Mass Effect 5: release date speculation, news, trailers, and more By Sean Lawson, 02 Mar 2023 FollowtopicsPlayStation 5PlayStation 4Sean Lawson Here's everything we know so far about Mass Effect 5, BioWare's next instalment of the legendary sci-fi RPG extravaganza.Mass Effect 5 — or The Next Mass Effect, or Mass Effect 4, depending on who you ask — is probably still a ways off from release. BioWare has yet to confirm a release date for this follow-up to one of the best PlayStation RPGs around. In this guide you can find recent news, release date speculation, and more about Mass Effect 5 — here's hoping it won't be long before we can get a peek at all of those Mass Effect 5 trophies.Mass Effect 5 and everything we know!Mass Effect 5 newsMass Effect 5 main newsMass Effect newsMass Effect 5 updatesMass Effect 5 release date speculation for PS5Mass Effect 5 gameplay speculationMass Effect 5 companion and romance speculationMass Effect 5 trailersOther BioWare-related storiesThis guide will feature every news article we have written on Mass Effect 5, as well as articles that center around Mass Effect in general. We have also incorporated smaller news stories to keep you in the loop as much as possible — especially since the next instalment is more secretive than the Illusive Man himself. You will also find every trailer, teaser, release date speculation, and other BioWare-related news within this hub world to all things Mass Effect.Mass Effect 5 main newsThe spiciest and most intriguing Mass Effect news stories have been listed down below and should really help to get you pumped up for Mass Effect 5. Take a peek at stories that dive into the encrypted message BioWare put out on N7 Day and all the theories that look into how Shepard may yet be the central character of Mass Effect 5.Mass Effect 4 tease shows Liara, Geth, and a useless councilMass Effect 4 — more evidence to support Shepard is aliveMass Effect project director confirms DeMarle as senior narrative directorMass Effect 5 teased with mysterious concept artMass Effect newsIn this section, you can find news centred around Mass Effect but doesn't involve Mass Effect 5. For example, we've got free Mass Effect DLC for The Sims and a comparison of the Mass Effect trophies between the PS3 and PS4 versions of the series — little bites of info to tide fans over as they wait for the new game.Comparing Mass Effect Legendary Edition trophies to the PS3 gamesMass Effect 4 won’t be ready for ages, here's some free The Sims 4 DLCBioWare devs reveal hilarious behind-the-scenes info on Mass Effect 3Mass Effect 5 updatesSmall updates on Mass Effect 5 can be found here. Currently, we have not received any smaller-scale updates from BioWare.Mass Effect 5 release date speculation for PS5If we were to make an educated guess, we speculate the Mass Effect 5 release date might be around 2025 or later for PS5 consoles and other hardware. It's also unlikely a release date will be revealed soon. This is mostly down to ME5 being Bioware's secondary project, Dragon Age Dreadwolf will release before the next space-faring voyage.It's not crazy to assume that Mass Effect 5 will be coming to PlayStation, Xbox, and PC as BioWare has released all previous games on these systems. For now, we can only speculate that Mass Effect 5 will come to PS5 consoles. Fingers crossed BioWare officially confirms which consoles will receive the next instalment in this legendary sci-fi RPG soon.Mass Effect 5 gameplay speculationInformation on Mass Effect 5's gameplay can be found here, but as it stands right now, we do not have any idea what the gameplay will look like. It wouldn't be a stretch to assume it will further improve upon the combat we saw in Andromeda and may bring back the Paragon and Renegade options that are a staple of the franchise.Mass Effect 5 companion and romance speculationBioWare is yet to give anything away about who our companions and possible romance options might be in Mass Effect 5. However, it wouldn't be the craziest idea to think Liara might be a viable option as both a companion and a romance opportunity. Mass Effect 5 trailersTake a look at all of the Mass Effect 5 trailers that have been released so far.The Next Mass Effect — Official Teaser TrailerN7 Day 2022 Mass Effect 5 teaserOther BioWare-related storiesHere you can find a variety of stories that focus on other famous IPs from BioWare. Expect a strong focus on the Dragon Age series, specifically the upcoming Dragon Age Dreadwolf.Dragon Age Origins writer wants a remaster for the "brand new PS5-era"Dragon Age Dreadwolf teaser has Varric reciting Solas' storyDragon Age Dreadwolf gameplay leak — three key takeawaysDragon Age Dreadwolf looking to get romance options just rightThat's everything we have on the upcoming Mass Effect title. Are you excited? Let us know in the comments down below!Related stories: Best PlayStation games — from PS3 to PS5 and everything between (2023) The 11 best RPGs to play on PS5 and PS4 (August 2023) The best PS Plus monthly games 2022 for PS5 and PS4 — ranked PS Plus monthly games leaving soon for January 2023 Poll: What was your favourite PS Plus monthly game selection of 2022? PlayStation 5PlayStation 4 Written by Sean LawsonSean is a Staff Writer with a focus on the geekiest Sony news. He writes stories about unobtainable PlayStation trophies, the best PS Plus games, as well as RPGs and Fighting games. He is also excited for Tekken 8, Dragon Age Dreadwolf, Baldur's Gate 3, and Dragon's Dogma 2 to launch on PS5. Sean’s favourite games include Mass Effect, Tomb Raider, Tekken, and Persona.