Mass Effect

Steam News · 1d

Ex-BioWare designer says doom and gloom about the next Mass Effect is overstated: 'I think that they can do it'

Given that Anthem and Mass Effect Andromeda were widely considered disappointments, and Dragon Age: The Veilguard had a divisive reception, there's a certain amount of skepticism about the Mass Effect game BioWare is currently working on. Some have even suggested it might not come out at all... Read more.

Steam News · Aug 4

EA have gone private, as Saudi Arabia and Jared Kushner's investment groups complete their $55 billion acquisition

Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, equity firm Silver Lake, and Jared Kushner's Affinity partners have completed their $55 billion acquisition of EA Sports FC, Battlefield, The Sims, Mass Effect and Dragon Age publisher EA. This comes following a filing from EA to the US Securities and Exchange Commission last week, and confirmation that the European Commission had no intention to stop the dea...

Steam News · May 31

Mass Effect and Metal Gear actor Jennifer Hale calls on studios to take responsibility for their AI use: 'Ain't nobody making you do it'

s part of an interview sampled in the 2026 GDC Trends Report, prolific voice actor Jennifer Hale once again spoke on the subject of generative AI and its effect on performers, with a particular emphasis on how the future is still in human hands, even as the controversial technology takes the games industry by storm... Read more.

Steam News · Apr 24

Mass Effect devs have been practically radio silent for over 5 years because there's 'not a lot of time for tease'

We know very, very little about the next Mass Effect game. In fact, BioWare hasn't even revealed its name yet, so we've all been calling it Mass Effect 5 in the meantime. That aside, it was announced at The Game Awards 2020, and over five years later, there's little to show for it. But Mike Gamble confirmed in a 2025 N7 Day post that BioWare is now "heads-down and focused exclusively on Mass Effec...

Steam News · Apr 20

Mass Effect TV show writer denies being told to rewrite it for 'non-gamers'

It was reported earlier this month that Amazon MGM Studios' head of global TV Peter Friedlander had requested script rewrites for the in-development Mass Effect TV series in order to make it "more appealing to non-gamers." Not very cool! But the claim may also not be entirely accurate, as writer and executive producer Daniel Casey said on Bluesky that it's news to him... Read more.

Steam News · Apr 11

How BioWare can make an unlikely comeback, and why it never will: The first step is cancelling Mass Effect

t the end of 2024, I resigned myself to the fact that BioWare was no longer capable, or willing, to make the kind of RPGs that once cemented it as the titan of the genre—or to put it more selfishly, the kind of RPGs I wanted to play. After The Veilguard, which followed Anthem, which followed Andromeda, I'd lost faith. I was emphatic and probably a little bit dramatic: I was out and the studio that...

Steam News · Apr 4

Amazon TV head allegedly orders Mass Effect show rewrite to make it 'more appealing to non-gamers'

I don't envy any showrunners currently working on a videogame adaptation, which have been the new hotness since Fallout and The Last of Us hit the big time. On one side, you've got the general TV audience who may be skeptical of what videogames can bring to the table, and on the other, you've got hordes of fans with an axe to grind for anyone who mucks up a take on that thing they love a little to...

Steam News · Jan 23

Mass Effect boss Michael Gamble is looking for a production director for the next game in the series: 'They’ll report to me and it’s gonna be awesome'

I'm not entirely confident that Mass Effect 5 will ever see the light of day. Between the Andromeda debacle, the dismantling of BioWare after Dragon Age: The Veilguard missed whatever expectations EA had for it, and the upcoming acquisition of EA by Saudi Arabia, the environment just doesn't seem entirely conducive to another big sexy space adventure... Read more.

Steam News · Dec 24, 2025

Commander Shepard actors will return for the new Mass Effect game 'with bells on' if BioWare asks them: 'Email the powers-that-be who make these games and say, Give us more Shepard'

We don't know much about the next Mass Effect game in development at BioWare except that it's happening, and even that feels a little soft right now, what with all the layoffs and looming sale of Electronic Arts to Saudi Arabia. But one thing we do now know, thanks to a Fall Damage interview on YouTube with Commander Shepard actors Mark Meer and Jennifer Hale, is that they're both pretty eager to ...

Steam News · Nov 7, 2025

The Mass Effect TV series will 'explore a brand-new story within the universe’s timeline,' BioWare exec says: 'It won’t be a retread of Commander Shepard's story'

Mass Effect chief Michael Gamble didn't have much to say about the next game in the series in today's N7 Day update, but he did throw some new light on the Mass Effect TV series being developed by Amazon... Read more.