BioWare Says 'Next Mass Effect Game is in Development' - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 07 November 2025 / 2,363 Views
Mass Effect executive producer Mike Gamble in a blog post in celebration of N7 Day has reiterated the next entry in the Mass Effect series is still in development.
"Like you, we’ve heard the rumors lately," said Gamble. "You’ve made it clear you care deeply about what’s next. So let’s start by setting the record straight: the next Mass Effect game is in development, and EA and BioWare remain committed to telling more stories in this universe.
"The truth is, the last few years have been an incredibly busy time at BioWare. But currently, the team is heads-down and focused exclusively on Mass Effect. We have a lot of universe to cover, lots of features to build, and lots of romances to figure out. We’re excited by what we’re building, and we promise you: when we’re ready, it’ll be a lot of fun to show. Until then, thank you for your patience because y’all are thirsty for news and I see you looking for secret meaning in my tweets (okay, sometimes they have secret meaning).
"Beyond the next game, there’s more to get excited about. I haven’t talked about it much, but you might have heard a little something about a TV series? We’ve been partnering closely with Amazon on it, and we’re really excited with what the talented team over there is coming up with.
"The writers room is going strong, and we’ve got a lot figured out about how it fits within the Mass Effect canon, and where it sits in respect to the new game. The show will explore a brand-new story within the universe’s timeline, and will be set after the original trilogy. It won’t be a retread of Commander Shepard’s story – because after all … that’s YOUR story, isn’t it?"
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I thought they already announced this was in development. Hopefully it turns out a lot better than Andromeda did lol
And turns out better than Inquisition, Anthem, and Veilguard.....
If they can hit "inquisition" levels, that would be good.... Anthem, Veilguard and Andromeda are fails imo, they need a "hit".
Well if you're going to include Inquisition, I'd also say ME3. It wasn't terrible, just really disappointing.
I agree Inquisition isn't the worst, not the best, I played through recently, WITH MODS, and enjoyed my time quite a bit, wouldn't have happened without the mods though..... isn't that sad though that at this point, we hope Bioware, this is BIOWARE we are talking about, to at least have a mediocre hit like Inquisition with Mass Effect 5.. sad, man. makes me sad.
True but it's better to have realistic expectations than set yourself up for disappointment.
I think Mass Effect 3 was the best in the series................ till the last ten minutes.
Fair enough. Most people seem like 2 the most. The first one has definitely aged the worst.
Ass Effect Legendary Edition definitely cleaned up the trilogy I found. Although, it's missing the Pinnacle Station DLC unfortunately due to their lack of appropriate archival of source code... And the Ass Effect 3 Multiplayer stuff.
That's true. I think ME1's story is better than 3's, which is far more important to me.
Inquisition was actually a solid game. It's one of the few games in the last 20~ years I actually 100% completed, right down to the smallest of fetch quests.
The story was great, the music was great, even the visuals were great for the time... And it scored highly in most reviews.
Ass Effect 3 was also a good game with a crappy ending.
Andromeda was terrible.
Veilguard was "okay" and enjoyable. - But was tarnished by the anti-woke brigade who like to whinge about everything.
Side quests that went nowhere. No real development. The steeds were useless and awkward. Enemies don't respawn on the map so you have just empty areas and the areas were big and empty to begin with. clicking the stick to search for items was a pain when Xenoblade you just run by them and auto collect. Combat was dumbed down from DAO. Story was meh. Tresspasser DLC was ok tho.
I had all the DLC.
The Breach kickstarted the adventure, there you build your team of stalwart warriors in an inquisition and go on an adventure across different regions. (Which some looked breathtaking at the time.)
There you closed rifts, collected loot, battled enemies, dealt with different factions...
Enemies most certainly respawned, especially animals and enemy camps, it's story specific spawns that didn't re-occur... Which isn't a bad thing really.
Then you found and build Skyhold, stop Corypheus and discover along the way that you are NOT the Herald of Andraste, only to be screwed over by Solas, who was secretly the ancient elven god Fen'Harel. Talk about plot twist.
And of course, who could ignore Varrics signature chest hair?
I enjoyed Inquisition, it is easily the second best Dragon Age game behind Origins.
Combat was "better" if you kicked up the difficulty which forced you to strategize like older titles...
And many of the side quests actually tied into previous games... Which those older games could also influence the story in inquisition or have cameo appearances.
And the Humor was there. Although, no bad swooping was present.
It will probably end up a mess like failguard. Sorry, I have zero faith in Bioware.
Watch it get cancelled. Bioware shut down. Laid off and EA replaces them with AI.
Bioware is dead. 3 flops in a row
Andromeda, anthem, and da veilguard
i hope its different writers to dragon age
Yes, and if it wasn't I'd be shocked especially as DAV came out a year ago now but it's not about it being in dev but when we should expect it. IF Bioware are now just 1 team, only just started on ME5 after DAV and it's a been a year since, I don't expect it until 2029 at the and by then, will anyone care?
Gone are the Bioware of the 7th gen and before, masterpieces after masterpieces in the span of a decade, leading to 3 subpar games the next.
Personal gripe I have with this current era, I undertand it but this don't like it, the idea that we are waiting for nigh on 5 years between the biggest studios games, more even for some of the most acclaimed games. And this isn't even big studios, look at Silksong or even Hades 2, from the last studios games was 5 or more years.
This isn't to say we aren't getting bangers but my game collection this gen is just single game after single game or if it is a sequel it's from last gen. The idea of a new game series appearing and getting an entry every 2 or 3 years is long dead. I just want sequels yet it seems the devs and some gamers just each entry to one-up the last and that takes time.
