An employee of ontwikkelstudio BioWare has stated that Mass Effect 4 is not more likely to appear than the end of 2014 to mid-2015. It was already decided that the franchise and a sequel will get. The main character Shepard will not return in the next game.
In an interview with Gamer Syndrome (via e-mail has had with the Mass Effect team will BioWare that the next game in the Mass Effect-series not earlier than the end of 2014, will appear. The BioWare employee, whose name is not mentioned in the article, it states that the BioWare studio in Montreal about two months ago started the development of the game. This is according to BioWare difficult to estimate when the game will be ready for release. Would there already in 2013 more information about the game to reach out
The studio made, shortly after the departure of founders Greg Zeschuk and Ray Muzyka, announced that the next installment in the Mass Effect series is in development. Mass Effect 4 is not more by the BioWare studio in Edmonton, but by the studio in Montreal. That studio was for Mass Effect 3 are still responsible for the multiplayer part of the game. In addition, Mass Effect 4 not more with the old engine, but with the Frostbite 2.0 engine. Also, it is clear that the main character from the Mass Effect trilogy, Commander Shepard, does not return for part four.