The first Mass Effect game not featuring a version of Commander Shepard was a massive failure by all accounts. So in the post-Mass Effect: Andromeda era, will the next Mass Effect game feature a return to the legendary N7 soldier and his compatriots?
That remains to be seen. However, Bioware General Manager Casey Hudson did confirm that a new ME game is in the works.
"I would say a majority of the people at BioWare are working on Anthem, but we do have people who are figuring out what a next Dragon Age would look like." He went on to add, "And as for Mass Effect? “It’s my baby. I helped start Mass Effect from the beginning. Of course we intend to get back to it at some point."
Not the strongest of support. It's likely that Mass Effect will remain on the shelf for a while, and if Anthem proves to be a failure, some gamers are theorizing that the next Mass Effect installment might not be made by Bioware.