When is Mass Effect 5 coming out? Players are highly anticipating the next release in the legendary Sci-Fi RPG series. But they will most likely have to be very patient, as an insider claims that the game might not come out before 2029.
Everyone is super excited for Mass Effect 5, the next game in Bioware's legendary RPG series. The game was officially announced in 2020 and fans have been clamoring for any kind of new info since then.
On this year's N7 Day, BioWare finally released a first teaser to Mass Effect 5 and it of course got fans excited. But they didn't give any information about a potential release date. And that was apparently for good reason.
Mass Effect 5 Might Not Release Before 2029
In the latest episode of Giant Bomb's Game Mess Morning Show, industry insider Jeff Grubb and GameSpot's Tamoor Hussain talked about Mass Effect 5 and when it could actually release. And it's not looking great. According to their sources, we could wait a while.
“I was told that the schedule is comparable to when they announced Dragon Age: Dreadwolf in 2018. That was announced in 2018, and we won't get the game before next year. If you calculate now, that would mean we're talking about Mass Effect 5 in 2029.”
Well... that's not looking too good. Apparently, the game is still at a very early stage of development. In the conversation, Hussain added that he has heard murmurings as well, saying that “this game is so far away. It's literally in another galaxy.”According to Grubb, the N7 Day teaser was primarily created to reassure fans that Mass Effect 5 is still in development: “I just asked: 'Hey, is this something they had to do for N7 Day?' Yes. That's it, there's nothing more behind it.”
So with the teaser, they just wanted to show us that they are actively working on it. But it's not an indicator that the game is anywhere close to being finished. We're definitely still going to have to wait quite a while until the game is coming out.
Still: keep in mind that this is just Jeff Grubb speculating. The plan for this game is not set in stone yet, and Dreadwolf had a very difficult development that kept pushing the back several times. That means that theoretically, Mass Effect 5 could maybe come in 2028, but not much sooner than that.
In the meantime, keep an eye out for Dragon Age: Dreadwolf. It's the focus of BioWare at the moment, and while it doesn't have an official release date yet, it's generally expected to be released at some point in 2024.