{
  "id": 16031714,
  "title": "Mass Effect 5 was aiming to offer a \"level of autonomy and choice\" that could vault it into orbit with Larian and CD Projekt's top RPGs, former dev says post-cancellation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/mass-effect-5-was-aiming-to-offer-a-level-of-autonomy-and-choice-that",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-22T09:49:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Rock Paper Shotgun",
    "slug": "rock-paper-shotgun",
    "url": "https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/mass-effect-5-was-aiming-to-offer-a-level-of-autonomy-and-choice-that-could-vault-it-into-orbit-with-larian-and-cd-projekts-top-rpgs-former-dev-says-post-cancellation"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Following EA's decision to shut down BioWare , the game that would've been the fifth entry in the Mass Effect series is being dumped out of an airlock, never to become a finished article that'll reach players hands as its creators envisioned. The larger tragedy is, of course, the job losses and the closure of a studio with a legacy befotting RPG royalty, but it's still sad that next Mass Effect…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}