Mass Effect 5 Dev Says BioWare Saw What Larian and CD Projekt Had Done in the RPG Space and Was Taking the Franchise to ‘The Next Level’

A former Mass Effect 5 developer has said that BioWare had seen what RPG powerhouses Larian and CD Projekt were achieving with their games, and was responding by taking Mass Effect to “the next level.” Yesterday, EA sent shockwaves through the industry with the announcement that the next Mass Effect game was canceled and its developer, BioWare, was shutting down . Around 50 people were reportedly working on the game before development ended.