Category: Mass Effect: Andromeda News

Aaryn Flynn, current General Manager at BioWare, is leaving the company after “contemplating changes for [his] life”. Flynn does not elaborate on future projects if or when he returns to the gaming space, but he thanks the BioWare community for all of the 17 years he was with the company. Over the next two weeks, he’ll be working with Casey Hudson, returning to BioWare and the GM position.

BioWare has announced that a new 10-hour free trial of Mass Effect: Andromeda is now available for PC, PlayStation 4 and XBox One. This is the same trial that was made available to Origin Access members prior to the release of MEA. Players can game up to 10-hours in the MEA universe in either single- or multiplayer and all progress will be saved should a full version of the game be purchased.

The v1.09 patch has been released for Mass Effect Andromeda. Among the usual bug fixes, there are a new series of improvements to facial animations as well as stability updates and the addition of Platinum difficulty in multiplayer.

Kotaku is reporting that several sources within BioWare have confirmed that there will be no single-player DLC for Mass Effect: Andromeda. After lukewarm reviews when the game first came out, it appears that much of the staff that had worked on the game has been moved to other studios and projects. This leaves a “skeleton crew” that is working on basic patches and multiplayer DLC with no one left over for any type of single-player content, according to sources.

BioWare has published the patch notes for the next update to Mass Effect Andromeda. Much of what is contained in the update are things directly requested via community feedback. Players can look forward to improved character creation options, the ability for male Ryder to romance Jaal, alterations in the conversation with Hainly Abrams and much more. A long list of bug fixes and other issues have been addressed for multiplayer as well.

Kotaku is reporting that four independent sources within BioWare are reporting that any further development on the Mass Effect series is on an indefinite hiatus, with the team at BioWare: Montreal being turned into a support studio for Project Dylan while other employees have been transferred to EA Motive for Battlefront II support.

Mass Effect: Andromeda is ready to be updated to v1.06 for both single- and multiplayer. The official patch notes for each have been published on the BioWare blog. The single player notes reflect a number of technical fixes including improved performance and stability, improvements to some cinematics, increased autosaves, improved responsiveness with control sticks and much more.

Bioware’s Mike Gamble has sent out a Twitter post to let Mass Effect Andromeda players know that the second major patch for the game will be out on Wednesday, May 10th at 9:00 am Pacific / 12:00 pm Eastern. As yet, the patch notes have not been posted.

Proving that you should never throw away your kids’ LEGO building bricks, a Mass Effect fan has recreated the Tempest, the space-faring ship used in Andromeda. This is Sebastian B’s second foray into the Mass Effect universe having previously created the original trilogy’s Normandy with LEGO.

Today’s Mass Effect Andromeda patch is out and ready to download. It brings a number of changes to the game, but none so noticeable as the alterations and improvements to cut scene facial animations. Reddit has been busy posting before and after images and the difference is definitely apparent.