Mass Effect 5 may never see the light of day following BioWare's closure, but fans are finally getting a better idea of what the developer had planned. A previously unreleased trailer for the canceled RPG leaked online, revealing that the project was apparently titled Mass Effect: Universe. The footage introduced a new protagonist, showed off some impressive cinematic action, and confirmed the return of Liara T'Soni once more. Bloomberg's Jason Schreier subsequently verified the trailer's authenticity, making it the clearest look yet at the game BioWare had spent years developing.
The leaked Mass Effect 5 trailer was particularly painful for fans because it arrived just one day after EA announced BioWare's closure and the game's cancellation. Although the footage was created using preproduction assets, it suggested that BioWare was pursuing a different approach to the franchise, with espionage, political intrigue, and a new protagonist taking center stage. Now, more information has surfaced online (and some of it sounds considerably different from the original Mass Effect trilogy).
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