Alongside the announcement earlier this week that EA was officially shuttering BioWare, it was also announced that the next Mass Effect game, tentatively titled Mass Effect Universe, had been indefinitely shelved as well. This long-awaited fifth mainline installment in the Mass Effect series hadn’t even been formally announced yet, with its existence largely being a matter of rumor following a vague concept trailer that was unveiled at the 2020 Game Awards.
Following BioWare’s closure, one of its now-former employees decided to throw caution to the wind and leak a previously-unreleased trailer of Mass Effect Universe, featuring two whole minutes of alleged in-engine footage. With BioWare’s closure and the fate of the project unknown, there is a very real chance this footage is the only footage we’ll ever see, though some additional details about the game have at least managed to trickle out now that there’s effectively no consequences for it.
On his personal X, formerly Twitter account, Australian content creator Dantics revealed that he had apparently been involved with the development of Mass Effect Universe as a member of the so-called “Mass Effect Council.” He was privy to BioWare’s inner workings while the game was in...
