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Report: EA Is Remastering The ‘Mass Effect’ Trilogy At Long Last
Buried at the very end of a long VentureBeat story about EA’s upcoming plans for the year is a reveal that is sure to get many fans excited:
“Oh, and that HD remaster of an EA game is the Mass Effect Trilogy. Just don’t expect that to also launch on Switch — at least not at first.”
If this report is accurate, and given the source, that does seem likely, EA will finally bow to years of pressure and release a remaster of the Mass Effect Trilogy at some point this next year.
The series has been on ice ever since the underwhelming performance of Mass Effect Andromeda, though a new title is in the works alongside Dragon Age 4 and an Anthem rework at BioWare. But that is still years and years away, and so to not let the fire die for the series, it appears we may finally get a Mass Effect remaster at last. https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattga...onto-xbox-series-x-ps5-and-more-this-october/
There are no other details in this report, but if this is a game coming out in the next year, it stands to reason that even if Mass Effect came out in 2007 for Xbox 360 and PS3, that yes, we will see a remaster playable on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X when it arrives (though as the report notes, not the Switch, immediately).
Mass Effect is one of the most beloved RPGs in gaming history, and despite its hiccups with the Mass Effect 3 ending at launch, still holds a special place in the hearts of millions of gamers, and a remaster would obviously be a blowout hit for EA, which is why it’s surprising it has waited so long to do one.
I wonder if this would be BioWare directly working on a remaster, or if EA would task some other support studio with the modernization of the remaster instead, with BioWare having three projects (that we know of) going on right now.
In a few hours we are seeing the first third party games featured for the Xbox Series X as Microsoft is putting on a digital event. We are likely to see some EA titles with them being a frequent Microsoft partner, though I would be a bit surprised to see a Mass Effect remaster featured. Despite being a project everyone wants to see, it’s not exactly a title you would imagine will make full use of the Series X’s horsepower.
Mass Effect 3 arrived in spring 2012, so it’s now been a full eight years since the original trilogy debuted. I am curious if it would launch with all the fixes to the ending in place, or if BioWare may go even further in re-doing aspects of that finale that remained awkward even after all the updates, and if they might tease the next Mass Effect game in some way by doing so.
Again, this is still just a single report from VentureBeat, so we’ll have to wait for official confirmation and a debut. But this remaster was always likely to happen, and now, it seems like it’s finally time for EA to play that card.
Report: EA Is Remastering The ‘Mass Effect’ Trilogy At Long Last
Buried at the very end of a long VentureBeat story about EA’s upcoming plans for the year is a reveal that is sure to get many fans excited:
“Oh, and that HD remaster of an EA game is the Mass Effect Trilogy. Just don’t expect that to also launch on Switch — at least not at first.”
If this report is accurate, and given the source, that does seem likely, EA will finally bow to years of pressure and release a remaster of the Mass Effect Trilogy at some point this next year.
The series has been on ice ever since the underwhelming performance of Mass Effect Andromeda, though a new title is in the works alongside Dragon Age 4 and an Anthem rework at BioWare. But that is still years and years away, and so to not let the fire die for the series, it appears we may finally get a Mass Effect remaster at last. https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattga...onto-xbox-series-x-ps5-and-more-this-october/
There are no other details in this report, but if this is a game coming out in the next year, it stands to reason that even if Mass Effect came out in 2007 for Xbox 360 and PS3, that yes, we will see a remaster playable on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X when it arrives (though as the report notes, not the Switch, immediately).
Mass Effect is one of the most beloved RPGs in gaming history, and despite its hiccups with the Mass Effect 3 ending at launch, still holds a special place in the hearts of millions of gamers, and a remaster would obviously be a blowout hit for EA, which is why it’s surprising it has waited so long to do one.
I wonder if this would be BioWare directly working on a remaster, or if EA would task some other support studio with the modernization of the remaster instead, with BioWare having three projects (that we know of) going on right now.
In a few hours we are seeing the first third party games featured for the Xbox Series X as Microsoft is putting on a digital event. We are likely to see some EA titles with them being a frequent Microsoft partner, though I would be a bit surprised to see a Mass Effect remaster featured. Despite being a project everyone wants to see, it’s not exactly a title you would imagine will make full use of the Series X’s horsepower.
Mass Effect 3 arrived in spring 2012, so it’s now been a full eight years since the original trilogy debuted. I am curious if it would launch with all the fixes to the ending in place, or if BioWare may go even further in re-doing aspects of that finale that remained awkward even after all the updates, and if they might tease the next Mass Effect game in some way by doing so.
Again, this is still just a single report from VentureBeat, so we’ll have to wait for official confirmation and a debut. But this remaster was always likely to happen, and now, it seems like it’s finally time for EA to play that card.
