EA Probably Remastering Mass Effect Trilogy

Mass Effect, the epic sci-fi trilogy that inspired a generation to make critical, color-coded cupcakes, is getting a fourth entry sometime next year, called Mass Effect: Andromeda. We still don't know much about this new game, outside the fact it'll take place in an entirely new galaxy, but still, the anticipation for this game is making people play the games that inspired it once more... if only there were a way to play the Mass Effect games on modern-day consoles, like the PS4 or Xbox One.

Well, when asked about that at Gamescom by Game Informer, Executive Vice President for EA Studios Patrick Soderlund had this to say:

"I think there is even more clear evidence that this is something that people really want. The honest answer is that we are absolutely actively looking at it. I can't announce anything today, but you can expect us most likely to follow our fellow partners in Activision and other companies that have done this successfully. A remaster is something that you can just do or do it really well. I want to make sure that if we were to do it, we would do it really well and that people feel that it's the same game but it feels so much better in this new shape and form."

Which... well, it's exciting, but I wouldn't exactly call it surprising. We already had the Mass Effect collection, a remaster seems like the logical next step, especially since it's pretty much guaranteed to be a smash hit. Plus, it might be a chance to fix Mass Effect 1's combat, which was always kind of what stopped me from playing it more than once.

Regardless, despite sounding like a promise, it's technically not an official announcement, so we can't take it as a guarantee quiet yet. Still, we can look forward to the return of Commander Shepard sometime soon, I'm sure.