BioWare trickles out some Mass Effect teasers for N7 Day
Today is November 7, or as BioWare and the Mass Effect fan community might call it, N7 Day. Dubbed for the insignia Commander Shepard bears throughout their journey in the original trilogy, it’s usually a day of celebrating the series and some news about future projects.
While the amount of news has varied over the years, BioWare has a new Mass Effect in the oven. So naturally, the developer revealed an ARG trail today that led to some cryptic teasers. The good news, is they’re for the new Mass Effect. The less exciting news? They’re pretty slim.
After the first two trailers, code-named Epsilon and Oculon, were revealed showing a mysterious figure in an N7 jacket walking, the Nebula trailer gave us a full-on view of our enigmatic strider. It is… someone wearing a helmet.
Totaling 31 seconds up to that point, it seems to be the end of the ARG and N7 Day teases. So unless it’s confirmation that Daft Punk is starring in the next entry, we’re going to need to do some speculation.
An important thing to note, before talking any possibilities, is that it does seem like Andromeda is playing into this new Mass Effect. Text on the first “Epsilon” teaser page reads:
/////SECONDARY ENCRYPTION DETECTED
/////VJBSVU-XXXX-XXXXXXXX
/////ANDROMEDA DISTRESS SIGNAL DETECTED
/////YEAR SENT: [REDACTED]
/////AUDIO TRANSCRIPT: ALTHOUGH THEY SHOULD KNOW BY NOW NOT TO UNDERESTIMATE HUMAN [REDACTED]
Couple that with previous teases, including both the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies being shown in the Game Awards reveal trailer, hints that we’re bridging the trilogy and its not-quite-so-beloved cousin.
There are a few prevailing theories about who this character could be. Option A seems to line up best with the previous Game Awards teaser: that’s
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