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Mass Effect Universe LGBTQ+ References Reportedly Removed From Internal Demos

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Mass Effect Universe LGBTQ+ References Reportedly Removed From Internal Demos

The post-mortem on BioWare and Mass Effect continues with new details about the canceled game, and potential reasons pointing to why it was scrapped six years after it was announced, emerging all the time. The trouble is, with the developers providing the inside information having to do it anonymously, how reliable that information is remains up for debate.

The latest update on what was potentially happening behind the scenes at BioWare during Mass Effect Universe’s development comes from French news outlet BFM Tech. BFM journalist Sylvain Trinel claims to have talked to ex-BioWare devs who revealed they pre-emptively removed LGBTQ+ imagery from Mass Effect demos before showing them to EA following the company's acquisition by a consortium led by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.

The imagery in question was a flag that developers decided looked too much like a Pride flag, deciding it wasn’t worth the risk to leave it in when showing EA how the game’s development was progressing. Especially since this was at a time when it already felt like the new Mass Effect game, and BioWare as a whole, wasn’t something EA viewed as all that important.

The reporting on what allegedly happened with this flag, and its removal, has caused some friction. Some have claimed the flag was left in when the demo was shown to EA and the publisher was asked to remove it. That is not what was initially reported. The devs who spoke to BFM reportedly removed the flag before anyone from EA was ever shown the footage.


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