On N7 Day last year, BioWare and Electronic Arts officially announcedMass Effect: Legendary Edition, a collection of the original threeMass Effectgames remastered for modern platforms. Now EA has released a brand new 4K trailer forMass Effect: Legendary Editionalongside its release date, lettingMass Effectfans know exactly when they can revisit these three classic sci-fi RPGs.
TheMass Effect: Legendary Editionrelease date is Friday, May 14 on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, with all three games remastered to support 4K visuals. There will beno PS5 or Xbox Series X version ofMass Effect: Legendary Edition, but those that play the game on next-gen consoles will still have some perks to look forward to. What exactly those next-gen enhancements are have not been specified at the time of this writing, but presumably, those that playMass Effect: Legendary Editionon PS5 or Xbox Series X will get an added performance boost.
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Regardless of which platform players use to playMass Effect: Legendary Edition, the content will be the same. This includes theoriginalMass Effecttrilogyof games, along with over 40 pieces of DLC. Besides the substantial story DLC that was released for the originalMass Effectgames back in the day, this DLC includes DLC weapons, armor, and other goodies as well.
Leakers recently teased that aMass Effect: Legendary Editiontrailerwould be coming soon, so it’s nice to see that fans of the franchise didn’t have to wait long at all to see it. It’s also nice that the game now has a firm release date, so those looking forward to revisiting the originalMass Effectgames with upscaled visuals know exactly when they will be able to do so.
Mass Effect: Legendary Editionshould be a great way for fans of the franchise to tide themselves over while they wait for more information on the newMass Effectgame that’s currently in development at BioWare. The newMass Effectgame was announced at The Game Awards 2020 with a trailer that confirmed little beyond that it will apparently be set in the Milky Way Galaxy (like the original trilogy) and thatfan favorite character Liara T’Soniwill be involved somehow. The game is in the earliest stages of development, though, so fans shouldn’t expect substantial details anytime soon.
IfMass Effect: Legendary Editionproves popular enough, it will be interesting to see if other BioWare games get a similar treatment, like theDragon Agefranchise. There have been rumors that aStar Wars: Knights of the Old Republicportis in the works as well, so hopefully BioWare fans will have even more classic games to play on their current-gen hardware soon.
Mass Effect: Legendary Editionlaunches May 14 for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
