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BioWare today confirmed one of the worst-kept secrets in video games: an HD remaster of the Mass Effect trilogy will be coming to Xbox and PlayStation consoles, as well as PC, in 2021. The company also surprised fans, however, by announcing that an all-new Mass Effect game is additionally in the works.
BioWare general manager Casey Hudson revealed the news in a post on the BioWare Blog this morning.
“We really struggled to keep this one a surprise,” Hudson admitted, “But now it’s official: today we announced the Mass Effect Legendary Edition!”
The remastered edition will include all single-player base content and DLC from all three games in the original Mass Effect trilogy, Hudson confirmed, optimized for 4K Ultra HD. “Our goal was not to remake or reimagine the original games but to modernize the experience so that fans and new players can experience the original work in its best possible form,” Hudson explained. “It’s been amazing to see the adventures of Commander Shepard take on new life in super-sharp resolution, faster frame rates, and beautiful visual enhancements.”
The Legendary Edition should be available in “spring” 2021 for XBox One, PlayStation 4, and PC, with forward compatibility and “targeted enhancements” for XBox Series X and PlayStation 5.
A long time coming
Mass Effect first hit the world in the heady heyday of 2007—a banner year for gaming that launched not only that franchise but also brought us the first installments of Assassin’s Creed, BioShock, Portal, The Witcher, and Uncharted, among others. Mass Effect‘s 2010 sequel, Mass Effect 2, was a resounding hit. ME2 won a staggering number of Game of the Year awards at the time and, a decade later, still routinely shows up on best-of-decade and best-game-ever lists.
Two years later, Mass Effect 3 (2012) proved significantly more controversial. Launch reviews were largely positive, but the negative fan reaction to the game’s last act and final conclusion was strong enough, and widespread enough, that BioWare released a revision to the game’s last mission and final cutscenes as a free DLC three months later.
As time has passed, however, the trilogy overall has remained a huge fan favorite, in large part due to the strong character writing and—let’s be very real, here—the options for romance among those characters.
But while time has been mostly kind to the content of the trilogy, the actual act of playing through the Mass Effect games has become, well, an enormous chore. The game originally launched on the XBox 360 and PlayStation 3 in addition to the PC, now two full console generations ago. EA released a omnibus edition of all three games in November 2012, for the first-ever N7 Day—but even that compilation edition is now 8 years old. Chasing down all the DLC for the first two games, which launched before the advent of EA’s Origin platform as a one-stop shop, can be another headache in and of itself. With the…
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