Mass Effect (2007) News

Mass Effect 5 exec producer re-emphasises to fans that all the game's senior leads are trilogy veterans, and here's who they are

Believe it or not, it's been almost four years since Bioware released the first teaser and various pieces of art for the next entry in the Mass Effect series. The game will be the fifth mainline entry and is yet to be named, though the mood music is unmistakeable: following on from the botched fresh start of Mass Effect: Andromeda, widely disliked by series fans (though I thought it was alright), this is going to give the people what they say they want. Returning characters? Check. N7 logo? Check...
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The Mass Effect board game will come with little guys and, dammit, now I want the thing

Modiphius, the tabletop publisher that just announced it's making a Discworld RPG, is also planning to put out a Mass Effect board game. Cannily, it focuses on fan favorite companions Liara, Garrus, Tali, and Wrex. All will be packaged in 32mm plastic form, along with two Commander Shepards—one FemShep and one BroShep. (Presumably the bad guys are all cardboard tokens or something.)..
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The best Mass Effect characters are returning in a surprising game

After replaying Mass Effect 1-3 in the Legendary Edition of the original trilogy, there's nothing more we want to do than to shoot, romance, and choose our way through a new adventure aboard the latest version of the Normandy. We might not be getting that exact wish, in videogame format anyway, but some of the best Mass Effect characters are reuniting for a board game.

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For just $45 BioWare will now sell you a poster of their teaser for a Mass Effect game they haven't even confirmed the name of yet

I was already riled up enough when yesterday I wrote about my frustrations with BioWare's endless cryptic teasing of its upcoming games, so it's probably a good thing for my blood pressure that it wasn't until today that I realised the studio is monetising them too...
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BioWare's endless cryptic teases for Mass Effect and Dragon Age aren't just frustrating, they're arrogant

Yesterday's cryptic Mass Effect tease revealed precious little about what we can actually expect from the upcoming sequel, but it did make one thing very clear for me: BioWare really doesn't understand what a mess it's currently in...
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