Mass Effect 5 exec producer re-emphasises to fans that all the game's senior leads are trilogy veterans, and here's who they are

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Believe it or not, it's been almost four years since Bioware released the first teaser and various pieces of art for the next entry in the Mass Effect series. The game will be the fifth mainline entry and is yet to be named, though the mood music is unmistakeable: following on from the botched fresh start of Mass Effect: Andromeda, widely disliked by series fans (though I thought it was alright), this is going to give the people what they say they want. Returning characters? Check. N7 logo? Check.

But what about Bioware itself? That's a little more difficult to put a pin in, because this is now a vastly different studio from the one that was riding high through the noughties, and it's coming off the back of two high-profile misfires, Andromeda and Anthem. The teams and talent have changed enormously, with the most notable departure for Mass Effect fans probably being Casey Hudson in 2020, who directed the original trilogy and was involved in the early concepting of this new game.

This weekend Bioware's Michael Gamble was prompted into offering some reassurance to fans, who were basically arguing over whether the new game was being led by «original trilogy veteran devs» (thanks, GamesRadar+). Gamble has been on the series since 2010, and replied to this saying that the "[Executive Producer], Art Director, Creative Director, Game Director are all trilogy vets."

This not only reassured fans but caused some excitement, despite Gamble neglecting to mention names. But we already know who some of the above talent are, as well as others, thanks to some tweets made by Gamble way back when around the game's official announcement.

The executive producer is Gamble himself, who was a producer on the games from Mass Effect 2 onwards. Next up is the art director, who is «Derek Watts,» <a data-analytics-id=«inline-link»