As the dust continues to settle after the closure of RPG studio BioWare and the cancellation of Mass Effect: Universe, which would have been the fifth game in the sci-fi RPG series, more information keeps trickling out about the game the studio’s skeleton crew was working on before EA pulled the plug. Now, more concrete details about the game have been shared by someone claiming to be a member of a community council giving BioWare feedback on the game as it was in development.

A video by YouTuber Dantics breaks down several elements of the story and world. As a heads-up, the video does tout some anti-woke nonsense and comment on “masculine” women while talking about the details, so if you don’t want to watch it, we’ll cover the broad strokes. Kotaku wasn’t able to verify Dantics’ involvement (though ex-BioWare Executive Producer Michael Gamble does follow him on Twitter), but a separate source tells us that the information in the video is accurate.

Some of this could be inferred from the leaked trailer, but what’s most interesting to me is that BioWare seemingly had no intention of picking a “canon” ending for Mass Effect 3, and would instead write around it in a way that would allow it to tell the story it wanted to without stepping on players’ toes. This is in line with some of the studio’s statements on the idea of not foregrounding earlier player choices in Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

“Honestly, we try to avoid the idea of there being a single canon,” Veilguard creative director John Epler said in 2024.

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