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Mass Effect 5 trailer leaks following BioWare shutdown

Mass Effect 5 trailer leaks following BioWare shutdown
The Verge Thursday 22 October 2026, 18:14 UTC By Jay Peters 1 min read
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Yesterday, EA shut down BioWare and canceled the studio's new Mass Effect game in development, but a trailer apparently representing the game was published on Reddit today. The trailer features "in-engine footage" and uses "pre-production assets," according to a message at the beginning of the video. The video focuses on an ex-soldier in a conversation with a mysterious Asari character that sidles up to him at a bar, including a flashback to a fight that looks like modern-day version of the...

Yesterday, EA shut down BioWare and canceled the studio's new Mass Effect game in development, but a trailer apparently representing the game was published on Reddit today.

The trailer features "in-engine footage" and uses "pre-production assets," according to a message at the beginning of the video. The video focuses on an ex-soldier in a conversation with a mysterious Asari character that sidles up to him at a bar, including a flashback to a fight that looks like modern-day version of the gameplay from the original trilogy. It all feels very Mass Effect, with humans and aliens species mingling together, cuts to brief action sequences, and …

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