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Mass Effect

Platforms

PC
PS3
Xbox 360

Initial releaseNov. 20, 2007

Developers

Bioware

Genres

RPG
Shooter

Publishers

Electronic Arts
Microsoft
Microsoft Studios

FranchiseMass Effect

Mass Effect Feed

A space explorer leans against an orb while looking at an alien sky.

News

Former Mass Effect director cancels his next sci-fi game as his studio closes before it is fully revealed

"Funding shortfall" to blame

Nov. 26, 2024Brendan Caldwell

25 comments

Thane in a Mass Effect Legendary Edition screenshot.

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All three remastered Mass Effect games and their DLC are 90% off on Steam

Reap the savings

May 2, 2024Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

18 comments

An image of a black hole with an accretion disc, created by Mac Walters' new studio Worlds Untold

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One of the original Mass Effect writers is making a sci-fi near-future action-adventure

New studio Worlds Untold includes former Assassin's Creed and Metal Gear devs

Nov. 17, 2023Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

6 comments

Miranda's loyalty mission in Mass Effect 2, the squad are aiming their guns at a trecherous dude.

News

Laid-off Dragon Age: Dreadwolf and Mass Effect devs mark N7 Day by protesting outside BioWare HQ

Former full-timers accuse company of "stalling and intimidation tactics"

Nov. 7, 2023Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

22 comments

Wizard ally Gale and a bard character in Baldur's Gate 3.

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RPG experts on why we love Baldur's Gate 3, and the future of the genre

"Fidelity is a death cult," says Mark Darrah

Sept. 18, 2023Nic Reuben

113 comments

Artwork for No Man's Sky, Mass Effect Legendary Edition and Elite Dangerous form the header image for the RPS Bestest Best: Reader Edition for favourite space games

Feature

These are your 25 favourite space games of all time

As voted for by the RPS readership

June 2, 2023Katharine Castle

134 comments

Watch Michael Scott from The Office take a stab at running the Mass Effect crew

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Watch Michael Scott from The Office take a stab at running the Mass Effect crew

World's best boss

Feb. 7, 2023Kaan Serin

8 comments

Dragon Age: Dreadwolf production director and Mass Effect veteran leaves BioWare

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Dragon Age: Dreadwolf production director and Mass Effect veteran leaves BioWare

Former lead writer on Mass Effect 2 and 3

Jan. 23, 2023Graham Smith

15 comments

Concept art from the next Mass Effect, Mass Effect 5, showing a turian, krogan, and salarian

News

Mass Effect’s scrambled N7 Day message has been decoded

Never underestimate human defiance

Nov. 8, 2022CJ Wheeler

15 comments

Three images. The first shows a horned reaper from Dungeon Keeper staring upwards. The second shows the Doom Slayer from Doom Eternal standing menacingly. The third shows actual psychopath Jason Brody from Far Cry 3.

Feature

5 games that make you the monster

*Twilight Zone theme music intensifies*

Oct. 24, 2022Liam Richardson

48 comments

Austin Powers driving the Mako in a Mass Effect 2 edit video.

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Austin Powers is back in Mass Effect, yeah baby!

Another daft green screen mashup

Jan. 31, 2022Alice O'Connor

6 comments

A still from the Mass Effect: Legendary Edition trailer that shows Liara standing in front of some blue background

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If Amazon make a Mass Effect TV show, Liara should be the main character

Shepard is great, but humans are boring

Nov. 25, 2021Imogen Beckhelling

60 comments

A close up of the top of the geth head in the new Mass Effect 5 poster.

News

BioWare tease the return of the geth in the next Mass Effect game

A new poster features a big ol' crater in a familiar shape

Nov. 8, 2021Imogen Beckhelling

38 comments

Austin Powers spliced into Mass Effect makes a disturbingly good Shepard

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Austin Powers spliced into Mass Effect makes a disturbingly good Shepard

Intergalactic Man Of Mystery

Oct. 21, 2021Imogen Beckhelling

17 comments

A close-up of a female Commander Shepard in a white and red space suit in Mass Effect

News

40% of you played the most boring class in Mass Effect Legendary Edition

I refuse to believe people actually prefer shooty man to space wizard

July 28, 2021Imogen Beckhelling

169 comments

A still from the Mass Effect: Legendary Edition trailer that shows Liara standing in front of some blue background

News

BioWare won't show any new Mass Effect or Dragon Age at EA Play Live

EA are "focusing on games that are coming out soon rather than in the all-to-distant future"

July 2, 2021Imogen Beckhelling

4 comments

A first-person view of the CIC in Mass Effect 2. You can see the galaxy map and Yeoman Kelly.

News

This Mass Effect Legendary Edition mod lets you explore in first-person

Though it won't work in combat or cutscenes

June 30, 2021Imogen Beckhelling

4 comments

Commander Shepard, Garrus and Wrex in a lift in Mass Effect

Feature

Supporters only | I don't think I'll ever understand Mass Effect's Citadel

You've lost me

June 25, 2021Katharine Castle

10 comments

Garrus and Shepard stood next to each other during Garrus's loyalty mission in Mass Effect 2.

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Mass Effect remaster patch stops Shepard becoming an accidental millionaire

Plus the Mass Relay sounds will no longer burst your ears

June 8, 2021Imogen Beckhelling

9 comments

Shepard, Garrus and Wrex hanging out in a Mass Effect elevator.

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You can't make me make new decisions in Mass Effect, I'm boring

Burdened with glorious knowledge

June 4, 2021Imogen Beckhelling

31 comments

Commander Shepard stands facing the camera on the deck of the Normandy in Mass Effect, banks of cool orange computers behind her.

News

Mass Effect remaster mod lets you use console commands

Modders have already put in some work on the Legendary Edition

May 24, 2021Imogen Beckhelling

2 comments

Mass Effect's Normandy SR1 is in No Man's Sky now

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Mass Effect's Normandy SR1 is in No Man's Sky now

Nor Mandy's Sky

May 21, 2021Imogen Beckhelling

2 comments

Why do you all want to hump Garrus so much?

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Why do you all want to hump Garrus so much?

Friends through eternity, loyalty, honesty

May 20, 2021Alice Bell

108 comments

Commander Shepard stands facing the camera on the deck of the Normandy in Mass Effect, banks of cool orange computers behind her.

Feature

Supporters only | Shout out to whoever put together all the computer noises in Mass Effect

Don't even get me started on EDI

May 19, 2021Alice Bell

2 comments

My new Mass Effect squad feat. Liara, Garrus and a shifty-looking cow.

Feature

The joy of ignoring Mass Effect's main missions

Saren who?

May 19, 2021Imogen Beckhelling

25 comments

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Games from the Mass Effect franchise