Mass Effect 5, the next mainline installment of BioWare’s sci-fi RPG franchise, is being led by the very same developers who were responsible for the original and beloved Mass Effect Trilogy, comprising Mass Effect (2007), Mass Effect 2 (2010), and Mass Effect 3 (2012), according to a freelance illustrator. The news has been confirmed by Michael Gamble, Project Director and Executive Producer at BioWare.
The word from Kala Elizabeth:
The Mass Effect 5 leadership team is mostly original trilogy veteran devs, several who have been there since the very beginning. I sincerely think the game is in very good hands & the narrative that everyone left is disrespectful to those still there, games aren't made by 1 dev!
— Kala Elizabeth (@kalaelizabeth) March 22, 2024
Gamble confirming the news amid skepticism:
EP, Art Director, Creative Director, Game Director are
— Michael Gamble (@GambleMike) March 23, 2024
all trilogy vets.
The news comes a few months after N7 Day, when BioWare shared a small Mass Effect update:
Your joy, creativity, and passion help drive us towards the future of Mass Effect and all that it may become. The team is taking their time to craft a whole new adventure for you to enjoy, with new stories, characters, and experiences to fill it.
Discussion (5 replies)
Join Discussion →That's at least encouraging. I just don't know that it can be done properly with all the typical political ideology being shoved into games. Hell, Andromeda definitely suffered from that and its tame compared to the identity politics and crap being shoved into games now.
We need a dev that just focused on a good game. Like lyrian. They are inclusive because they just made everything possible. Wanna bone a bear . Uhhh. Ok. Wanna be a rock dwarf in love with a zenophobic racist psychic warrior? Sure fine we don't care have fun.
Nobody bitches about inclusion when all characters can bone each other or not. Just don't put plot in that forces what players don't want and you're golden.
Not holding my breath, but we'll see what happens. I hated Andromeda.
Andromeda was developed by a different team than the one that worked on the Mass Effect Trilogy. That team worked on Anthem.
Who exactly are they talking about? Unless lead designers and writers are the veterans it doesn't really matter.
Not that that would be a guarantee of quality either. People change, Drew Karpyshin said not long ago that his interest in video games waned.