Mass Effect 5 trailer leaks following BioWare shutdown
A trailer for a game titled ‘Mass Effect: Universe’ popped up on Reddit, and it appears to be the real deal.
by Jay Peters
Oct 22, 2026, 6:14 PM UTC
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Yesterday, EA shut down BioWare and canceled the studio’s new Mass Effect game in development, but a trailer apparently representing the game was published on Reddit today.
The trailer features “in-engine footage” and uses “pre-production assets,” according to a message at the beginning of the video. The video focuses on an ex-soldier in a conversation with a mysterious Asari character that sidles up to him at a bar, including a flashback to a fight that looks like modern-day version of the gameplay from the original trilogy. It all feels very Mass Effect, with...
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