We’ve seen the return of the Mass Effect series to the field in recent months, with the Mass Effect Legendary Edition, the first 3 members of the series meeting with gamers once again. Naturally, there’s a wait for the new game of the series. But it might be a little early to talk about the new game.
Bioware continues to work within EA. Therefore, they were among the companies that used frostbite game engine. While the first 3 games in the Mass Effect series were developed with Unreal, Frostbite was used in Mass Effect: Andromeda, which was developed after its acquisition by EA. BioWare also used the Frostbite engine for Dragon Age: Inquisition and Anthem.
But there are indications that a return to the Unreal engine is planned for the next Mass Effect game. The “Technical Director” listingfor Mass Effect 5 includes the “Unreal Engine 4+ experience”. Therefore, it is possible to conclude from this announcement that a new game engine will be switched to the new game.
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Jeff Grubb, in his postson the subject; He says that unreal 5 is likely to be used for the new game, that EA and BioWare have discussed all options for Mass Effect, that their primary goal is to develop a game that will include the next generation of visual technologies, and that frostbite is predicted to lag well behind Unreal when the new ME game is fully developed in 2023, so the Unreal engine is one step ahead. Still, grubb doesn’t rule out the possibility that EA might want to use its own game engine.
One of the critical details in this series of messages is the mention of a date like 2023 for the full start of the development of the game. Dragon Age 4 is expected to debut in 2023, jeff grubb added, noting that the game was developed with Frostbite. Therefore, it seems reasonable to wait for dragon age 4 to be completed first and then start work on Mass Effect 5. This points to 2023 as the earliest date.
Of course, unless there’s an official announcement, we won’t know if that’s really the case. For this, we are waiting for news from EA or Bioware, we are keeping a close eye on it.