Mass Effect 5 trailer leaks following BioWare shutdown

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/Screenshot-2026-10-22-at-11.12.28-AM.png?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Yesterday, EA <a href="https://www.theverge.com/games/1015647/ea-is-shutting-down-bioware">shut down BioWare</a> and canceled the studio's new <em>Mass Effect</em> game in development, but a trailer apparently representing the game was <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/masseffect/comments/1xclmpu/mass_effect_universe_trailer/">published on Reddit today</a>.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The trailer features "in-engine footage" and uses "pre-production assets," according to a message at the beginning of the video. The video focuses on an ex-soldier in a conversation with a mysterious Asari character that sidles up to him at a bar, including a flashback to a fight that looks like modern-day version of the gameplay from the original trilogy. It all feels very <em>Mass Effect</em>, with humans and aliens species mingling together, cuts to brief action sequences, and …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/games/1016932/mass-effect-5-universe-trailer-leak-bioware-ea">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>