If you thought the recent N7 Day teaser trailer for the next Mass Effect was an indication the RPG might be somewhat close to release, you may want to think again. We already know BioWare has Dragon Age: Dreadwolf to launch on PS5 first, but according to Giant Bomb journalist Jeff Grubb, the game is so far out that it may not release until 2029.
Referencing conversations with sources on Wednesday's episode of Game Mess Mornings, he explained: "This game is just nowhere near coming out. I was told when they revealed Dragon Age: Dreadwolf in 2018, this is similar in terms of timeline, where that was announced in 2018 and we're not getting that game until maybe next year. So now do the math for that and we're talking 2029 for Mass Effect."
Grubb then goes on to say the video was made purely to satisfy an N7 Day reveal rather than hint at what the experience might actually entail; it's a "proof of life," GameSpot's Tamoor Hussain explains. All the trailer shows is a character in some sort of N7 armour walking down a hallway, then turning to look at the camera and proceeding out a door.
The follow-up to Mass Effect Andromeda was announced three years ago, and since then, has only been shown in small teaser trailers much like Tuesday's video drop. Dragon Age: Dreadwolf is the next RPG that BioWare plans to put out, but it's been pushed back time and time again, with the latest suggestions placing it in summer 2024 at the earliest. It was revealed towards the start of this year that the Mass Effect team will help finish Dragon Age: Dreadwolf, so it's up in the air how far along the space RPG really is.
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A couple of days ago my go-to punchline would've been that we'll still play this before GTA 6.
But now? I'm all out of material. How sad.
The reapers could invade Earth by that time.
To be fair Dragon Age has gone through a lot of big revisions (I even remember hearing it was going to be a GaaS at some point before EA thankfully changed their mind). From what we know it doesn't sound like the same has happened with Mass Effect.
I think 2029 is a bit of a stretch but I certainly wouldn't expect anything concrete until at least 2026 or so.
Let them take their time. This is their last shot at making Mass Effect great again. If they fail this franchise is as good as dead.
i hope it releases in many years. they need to release dragonage first.
BioWare and Manchester United should meet up and discuss how they can eat themselves from within even more efficiently
i doubt we will see it before 2028
It hurts my soul what has become of my once favorite studio.
Ah yes, Jeff Grubb.
My youngest kid is in middle school. If the next Mass Effect game comes out in 2029, he will be off to college when it finally drops.
I am all for giving teams time to develop great games, but that is a long freaking time.
A perfect example detailing how utterly devastating the greed driven change from what you are good at, to chasing live service dreams can be. Such a shame to see what Bioware became.
Yet here we are nearly 5 years after the Anthem release. Dozens of live service failures and studio talent losses/failures later; yet Sony decides now to chase those same dreams. With what looks to be the same generic looter shooter, cheesy cosmetic based battle royal/extraction shooter garbage already available largely cornered in marketshare. Worse, it looks to transition beloved single player IPs into those models.... Just insanity. As this is no longer a gamble. Its a statistical certainty that most if not all of the ones Sony still has cooking will fail.
Brilliant Sony, brilliant.
Then why mention it now?
@Lorcan
That's right I forgot the reason was how good Fallen Order performed. Thank goodness for Respawn!
Take as long as you need. But get it right.
@MidnightDragonDX N7 day apparently.
This is the problem with wanting triple A’s. They take forever to make but I’d rather they made it properly than rushed. Just wish everyone had the same patience
Bioware is on its last legs. Cdpr and larian are the new bioware. Hell I bet most of the old bioware devs went to those studios.
Dreadwolf has been rebooted 4 times during its development cycle and the director is completely inexperienced, never directing a full game before.
Hope their studio is still open by then, given current industry trends.
Not a chance it comes out in six years. Honestly I think there's a better chance of Bioware getting shutdown after Dreadwolf than Mass Effect coming out before 2030
@themightyant I know, but still, wait until closer to time!
What was the point a doing a little tease then...is Bioware going to be around during that time.
I will be dead by the time red dead redemption 3 is released with how long games take nowadays
@Jayslow As disappointing as it is to imagine, I 100% agree.
Honestly I'm going with the 2026 rumor don't make me wait that long I just played through all the games again and boy do I want a continuation
Its Elder Scrolls all over again.
So it be on PS6 unless Xbox buys them.
Yup. It's what I've been saying. No point getting excited about it.
Bioware has been developing DA for 6 years and it's not out yet. But, as i also said before, ME might come a bit faster cause SWTOR was removed from Bioware. So, they got to actually release something to generate revenue.
Don't think DA4 will keep them going for 6 years.
In some ways I’d just like the IP to be passed around. Incredible potential but it’s with a studio that hasn’t shown it’s capable of fulfilling it anymore. We’re going to waste years waiting for mediocre DA and ME games, then wait years again before BioWare probably dissolves and someone else maybe picks them up.
I play the mass effect trilogy once a year , I source interesting mods off nexus. I love to get as much sci-fi from.the 70s to the 00s as I can today lacks what they did back then that's why I stay with the original trilogy. I saw something mentioning mass effect on spawn wave nope wasn't John shepherd I want a continuation with John shepherd build on what is and now the reaper threat is Gone the next big bad is unleashed on the galaxy .Make sure your military galactic strength is over 800 to get that. Crazy shredded m35 mako he wakes up in I want to see
What happens after that just a continuation.
@ShadowofSparta oh hell yeah a game once every 3 years every bit as good as the trilogy I'd be for that . Have a good one 👍
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