Mass Effect 5

Platforms

PC
PS5
Xbox Series X/S

Initial release Cancelled

Developers

Bioware

Genres

RPG
Shooter

Publishers

Electronic Arts

Franchise Mass Effect

Mass Effect 5 Feed

Garrus in Mass Effect Legendary Edition.

News

EA execs choosing Star Wars Battlefront 3 over Mass Effect 5 was the main factor in BioWare's demise, according to report

Corporate chair shuffling and the Mass Effect studio's recent struggles may also have played roles

Oct. 30, 2026 Mark Warren

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Mordin Solus in Mass Effect Legendary Edition.

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Leaked Mass Effect 5 trailer is being "re-scored" by one of the original trilogy's composers, so folks can get a taste of his musical vision for the game

More Massively Effective tunes incoming

Oct. 28, 2026 Mark Warren

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Commander Shepard and his crew in Mass Effect 3.

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"Mass Effect was my ultimate white whale": Journey composer shares 20 minutes of music created during talks to work on BioWare's recently cancelled RPG

"It's been hard to see dear friends lose their jobs, and this beloved franchise seemingly vanish forever"

Oct. 27, 2026 Mark Warren

6 comments

The default Femshep in a Mass Effect: Legendary Edition screenshot.

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Mass Effect 5 was named Universe partly because it let players generate alternate timelines based on their choices in previous entries, technical director says

The system was part of BioWare's effort to give the player "absolute autonomy", according to Romain Toutain

Oct. 26, 2026 Mark Warren

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Commander Shepard at a table with some companions in Mass Effect 3.

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BioWare staff "should be given the first opportunity and the federal support" to buy the studio and keep it running, says Canadian political party leader

We'll buy BioWare, ok?

Oct. 23, 2026 Mark Warren

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"What if Larian had shut down after Divine Divinity?": Star Trek Online exec scorns publishers who close teams like BioWare in favour of "AAA veteran" start-ups and AI "magic beans"

It's like "setting fire to millions of dollars of property and equipment"

Oct. 23, 2026 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

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Liara smiles towards the horizon in the Mass Effect 5 teaser trailer.

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An internal Mass Effect 5 trailer has reportedly leaked, offering you a glimpse at the sequel you'll never get to play

A tiny look at what could have been

Oct. 22, 2026 Oisin Kuhnke

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The default Broshep in a Mass Effect: Legendary Edition screenshot.

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Mass Effect 5 was aiming to offer a "level of autonomy and choice" that could vault it into orbit with Larian and CD Projekt's top RPGs, former dev says post-cancellation

"I'm sad you won't ever get to see what we were cooking"

Oct. 22, 2026 Mark Warren

26 comments

The Illusive Man in a Mass Effect Legendary Edition screenshot.

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EA is shutting down RPG veteran Bioware "to align talent and investments where we see the greatest opportunities for players and long-term growth"

Gotta think of those quarterlies

Oct. 22, 2026 Julian Benson

147 comments

A bunch of soldiers rushing past a golf cart in Battlefield 6.

News

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

The deal was announced last September

Aug. 4, 2026 Oisin Kuhnke

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The Milky Way in the foreground with the Andromeda galaxy in the background, in the opening shot of the Mass Effect 5 teaser trailer.

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BioWare are "focused exclusively" on the next Mass Effect, says exec producer, along with a Krogan teaser

"We have a lot of universe to cover, lots of features to build..."

Nov. 7, 2025 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

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The Normandy frigate from Mass Effect floating near a ringed planet in No Man's Sky

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No Man's Sky has a Mass Effect Normandy again, together with new cross-save functionality

"Nor Mandy Sky" was an ace strap last time so I'm using it again

Nov. 7, 2024 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

6 comments

Liara picks up a piece of N7 armour from the snow in the Mass Effect 5 teaser trailer.

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Mass Effect 5's top development brass includes a few original Mass Effect trilogy veterans

Doing the far future the old fashioned way

March 26, 2024 Nic Reuben

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Guide

Mass Effect 5: Everything we know

Piecing together the Mass Effect 5 story

Jan. 19, 2023 Ollie Toms

Concept art from the next Mass Effect, Mass Effect 5, showing a turian, krogan, and salarian

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Mass Effect’s scrambled N7 Day message has been decoded

Never underestimate human defiance

Nov. 8, 2022 CJ Wheeler

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Games from the Mass Effect franchise