Mass Effect 5 cancelled, the storyline revealed
The project was set to explore a galactic cold war 600 years after the Harvesters.
The video this brief is aboutThe fifth installment of the Mass Effect saga was abandoned after BioWare's abrupt shutdown. The game, slated to be called Mass Effect 5 or Mass Effect Universe, was set to take place more than 600 years after the war against the Harvesters and swap space invasions for a galactic cold war. The developers wanted to preserve Commander Shepard's legacy, regardless of the outcome of Mass Effect 3. The decision fits within Electronic Arts' new direction, now owned by the Saudi sovereign wealth fund, which favors profitable titles like Battlefield and EA Sports. A trailer leaked, recalling the project's ambition. According to Écran Large, the purge of secondary projects sealed the fate of the legendary studio.