Although a Senior Cinematic Animator at EA, Kevin Scott, added to his LinkedIn page with the inclusion of “(2024 release)," the game does not yet have an official release date. Scott's update to his LinkedIn page () has stoked the fires of fan excitement; however, the current state of the game's developer, BioWare, may indicate that fans of the franchise should not get their hopes up for a 2024 release of this long-awaited sequel.
While Scott has changed his post from "(2024 release)" to "(Release TBD)," speculation abounds regarding whether his original LinkedIn update was an unintentional confirmation of things to come, or simply a mistake. Irrespective of Scott's update, has been cursed with delay after delay; with the game's developer laying off over 50 developers in mid-2023, many fans of the franchise have become listless and worried that may be in trouble.
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The development of the fourth main entry in the series,, began back in 2015, and as this lengthy development cycle may suggest, it has been far from smooth sailing. Plagued with lengthy delays, a cancelation, and high staff turnover, it is somewhat of a miracle that remains in development at all. Quite possibly, the most impactful factor contributing to the ongoing delay is the game's almost revolving door of key development staff. Following the initial cancelation, a number of senior staff members, including its creative director, Mike Laidlaw, left BioWare. Though he was replaced, his successor also eventually quit the project.
Although it seemed as though was making good progress by the early 2020s, in August 2023, BioWare laid off a total of 50 staff members working on and a future Mass Effect title
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