The next Mass Effect game has received an encouraging update directly from BioWare itself. Commonly dubbed Mass Effect 5, practically everything about the next Mass Effect game (even its title) is still a mystery. We've yet to see much of anything about it, apart from a couple of cryptic N7 Day teasers that seem to suggest it's still in development, although how far along, nobody outside BioWare knows.
However, Mass Effect 5 got some unequivocally promising news for the first time in a long time today, when a post on the official BioWare blog revealed that several veteran developers will be returning for its next entry. The dev team now includes Mike Gamble, producer of Mass Effect 2, 3, and Andromeda; Preston Watamaniuk, lead designer on every Mass Effect game to date; Derek Watts, art director of the original trilogy; and Parrish Ley, cinematic animator of the original trilogy, along with other familiar faces from throughout BioWare's history.
The blog post goes on to explain that the Mass Effect 5 team is holding itself to high standards, aiming to deliver nothing but the best possible experience to its fans. It also explains that ME5 has reached a stage of...