Skip to main content
GamesRadar+ GamesRadar+
US EditionUS CA EditionCanada UK EditionUK AU EditionAustralia
Sign in
  • View Profile
  • Sign out
  • Games
    • Game Insights
      • Games News
      • Games Features
      • Games Reviews
      • Games Guides
      • Big in 2026
      • The Big Preview
      • On The Radar
      • Indie Spotlight
      • Future Games Show
      • Golden Joystick Awards
    • Genres
      • Action Games
      • RPGs
      • Action RPGs
      • Adventure Games
      • Third Person Shooters
      • FPS Games
    • Platforms
      • PS5
      • Xbox Series X
      • PC
      • Nintendo Switch
      • Nintendo Switch 2
      • Tabletop Gaming
    • Franchises
      • Grand Theft Auto
      • Pokemon
      • Assassin's Creed
      • Monster Hunter
      • Fortnite
      • Cyberpunk
      • Red Dead
      • The Elder Scrolls
      • The Sims
  • Entertainment
    • TV Shows
      • TV News
      • TV Reviews
      • Anime Shows
      • Sci-Fi Shows
      • Superhero Shows
      • Animated Shows
      • Marvel TV Shows
      • Star Wars TV Shows
      • DC TV Shows
    • Movies
      • Movie News
      • Movie Reviews
      • Big Screen Spotlight
      • Superhero Movies
      • Action Movies
      • Anime Movies
      • Sci-Fi Movies
      • Horror Movies
      • Marvel Movies
      • DC Movies
    • Streaming
      • Apple TV Plus
      • Disney Plus
      • Netflix
      • HBO
      • Amazon Prime Video
      • Hulu
    • Comics
      • Marvel Comics
      • DC Comics
    • Toys & Collectibles
    • Lego
    • Dungeons and Dragons
    • Merch
  • Hardware
    • Insights
      • Hardware News
      • Hardware Reviews
      • Hardware Features
    • Computing
      • Desktop PCs
      • Laptops
      • Handhelds
    • Peripherals
      • Headsets & Headphones
      • TVs & Monitors
      • Gaming Mice
      • Gaming Keyboards
      • Gaming Chairs
      • Speakers & Audio
    • Accessories & Tech
      • Gaming Controllers
      • Tech
      • SSDs & Hard Drives
      • VR
      • Accessories
      • Retro
  • Deals
    • Game Deals
    • Tech Deals
    • TV Deals
    • Buying Guides
  • Video
  • Newsletters
    • Quizzes
    • About Us
    • How to pitch to us
    • How we score
    • Newsarama
    • Retro Gamer
    • Total Film
  • home
  • Games
    • View Games
      • Games News
      • Games Features
      • Games Reviews
      • Games Guides
      • Big in 2026
      • The Big Preview
      • On The Radar
      • Indie Spotlight
      • Future Games Show
      • Golden Joystick Awards
      • Action Games
      • RPGs
      • Action RPGs
      • Adventure Games
      • Third Person Shooters
      • FPS Games
    • Platforms
      • View Platforms
      • PS5
      • Xbox Series X
      • PC
      • Nintendo Switch
      • Nintendo Switch 2
      • Tabletop Gaming
      • Grand Theft Auto
      • Pokemon
      • Assassin's Creed
      • Monster Hunter
      • Fortnite
      • Cyberpunk
      • Red Dead
      • The Elder Scrolls
      • The Sims
  • Entertainment
    • View Entertainment
    • TV Shows
      • View TV Shows
      • TV News
      • TV Reviews
      • Anime Shows
      • Sci-Fi Shows
      • Superhero Shows
      • Animated Shows
      • Marvel TV Shows
      • Star Wars TV Shows
      • DC TV Shows
    • Movies
      • View Movies
      • Movie News
      • Movie Reviews
      • Big Screen Spotlight
      • Superhero Movies
      • Action Movies
      • Anime Movies
      • Sci-Fi Movies
      • Horror Movies
      • Marvel Movies
      • DC Movies
    • Streaming
      • View Streaming
      • Apple TV Plus
      • Disney Plus
      • Netflix
      • HBO
      • Amazon Prime Video
      • Hulu
    • Comics
      • View Comics
      • Marvel Comics
      • DC Comics
    • Toys & Collectibles
    • Lego
    • Dungeons and Dragons
    • Merch
  • Hardware
    • View Hardware
      • Hardware News
      • Hardware Reviews
      • Hardware Features
      • Desktop PCs
      • Laptops
      • Handhelds
    • Peripherals
      • View Peripherals
      • Headsets & Headphones
      • TVs & Monitors
      • Gaming Mice
      • Gaming Keyboards
      • Gaming Chairs
      • Speakers & Audio
      • Gaming Controllers
      • Tech
      • SSDs & Hard Drives
      • VR
      • Accessories
      • Retro
  • Deals
    • View Deals
    • Game Deals
    • Tech Deals
    • TV Deals
    • Buying Guides
  • Video
  • Newsletters
    • Quizzes
    • About Us
    • How to pitch to us
    • How we score
    • Newsarama
    • Retro Gamer
    • Total Film
Trending
  • Pokemon Winds and Waves
  • New Games for 2026
  • Submit your game clips
  • GDC
Don't miss these
Mass Effect 5
Mass Effect Mass Effect 5 starts hiring for a new lead developer as BioWare remains tight-lipped about its next RPG
Commander Shepard in Mass Effect
Mass Effect Jennifer Hale has "no idea" if Shepard will return in Mass Effect 5, but if you ask nicely, maybe BioWare will listen
Commander Shepard in Mass Effect
Mass Effect OG Mass Effect Shephard actors would be there "with bells on" if BioWare brought them back for Mass Effect 5
Mass Effect 5: What appears to be Liara appearing in the first teaser for the Next Mass Effect game
Mass Effect Mass Effect 5: Everything we know so far about the new BioWare adventure
BioWare
Mass Effect Mass Effect 5 might release "a long time" after The Veilguard as BioWare's become a "one project studio," veteran says
BioWare
Mass Effect Skyrim lead thinks Mass Effect 5 would benefit from looking to Baldur's Gate 3 or being more of a "Bethesda-style game"
Garrus in Mass Effect 3
Mass Effect The Mass Effect 3 scene with Garrus, you know the one, made Shepard actor Jennifer Hale "break"
Exodus
RPGs Mass Effect veterans don't want side quests to feel "tacked on" to their new sci-fi RPG Exodus
Exodus
RPGs Mass Effect veteran says new RPG Exodus won't be a game where "you can just romance anyone because you're the hero"
Screenshot from an Exodus trailer, showing a white man reach out to a glowy alien object in a dark room.
RPGs Ex-Mass Effect devs know "there's a hunger" for big RPGs, so there's an "unbelievable amount of pressure" on Exodus
Exodus screenshot
RPGs BioWare legend steps aside at studio headed up by Mass Effect vets after reportedly deciding his work on Exodus "was complete"
The Witcher 4
The Witcher CDPR welcomes new AI director, who joins The Witcher 4 studio "after 8 years of building memorable RPGs at BioWare"
Starfield screenshot showing Saturn's vista
RPGs "We were never going to make Mass Effect": Skyrim and Fallout artist says Bethesda had to adapt
Anthem
Third Person Shooters Dragon Age veteran defends studio's attempt to make something different with Anthem: "BioWare's always been changing"
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's Gustave in a French-inspired outfit
RPGs "If I told you, I'd have to kill you": Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 writer is tight-lipped about the RPG series' future
  1. Games
  2. RPG
  3. Mass Effect
  4. Mass Effect 3

BioWare says no Shepard in Mass Effect 4

News
By Connor Sheridan published 19 October 2012

Next entry in sci-fi RPG will have a "very, very different context"

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

  • Facebook
  • X
  • Pinterest
  • Flipboard
  • Email
Share this article
Join the conversation
Follow us
Add us as a preferred source on Google
Get the GamesRadar+ Newsletter

Weekly digests, tales from the communities you love, and more


By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.

You are now subscribed

Your newsletter sign-up was successful


Want to add more newsletters?

GamesRadar+

Every Friday

GamesRadar+

Your weekly update on everything you could ever want to know about the games you already love, games we know you're going to love in the near future, and tales from the communities that surround them.

GTA 6 O'clock

Every Thursday

GTA 6 O'clock

Our special GTA 6 newsletter, with breaking news, insider info, and rumor analysis from the award-winning GTA 6 O'clock experts.

Knowledge

Every Friday

Knowledge

From the creators of Edge: A weekly videogame industry newsletter with analysis from expert writers, guidance from professionals, and insight into what's on the horizon.

The Setup

Every Thursday

The Setup

Hardware nerds unite, sign up to our free tech newsletter for a weekly digest of the hottest new tech, the latest gadgets on the test bench, and much more.

Switch 2 Spotlight

Every Wednesday

Switch 2 Spotlight

Sign up to our new Switch 2 newsletter, where we bring you the latest talking points on Nintendo's new console each week, bring you up to date on the news, and recommend what games to play.

The Watchlist

Every Saturday

The Watchlist

Subscribe for a weekly digest of the movie and TV news that matters, direct to your inbox. From first-look trailers, interviews, reviews and explainers, we've got you covered.

SFX

Once a month

SFX

Get sneak previews, exclusive competitions and details of special events each month!


An account already exists for this email address, please log in.
Subscribe to our newsletter

BioWare has been pretty forthcoming about the sci-fi RPG shooter series not ending with Mass Effect 3, but has been cagey on any other details. Now we know we're in for a whole new context and characters in the next game thanks to an interview with VG247.

"There is one thing we are absolutely sure of--there will be no more Shepard, and the trilogy is over," BioWare Montreal producer Fabrice Condominas said. The series' rich setting gives the team worlds of possibilities to pursue, Condominas said, and at this point he's not even sure what time frame the game will occur in.

"So first, we don’t want to make 'Shepard 2,' or Mass Effect 4 with like, 'oh there’s no more Shepard but you’re a soldier in the universe,'" Condominas said. "So this will be a very, very different context for sure, and nothing has been decided on the rest."

You may like
  • Mass Effect 5 Mass Effect 5 starts hiring for a new lead developer as BioWare remains tight-lipped about its next RPG
  • Commander Shepard in Mass Effect Jennifer Hale has "no idea" if Shepard will return in Mass Effect 5, but if you ask nicely, maybe BioWare will listen
  • Commander Shepard in Mass Effect OG Mass Effect Shephard actors would be there "with bells on" if BioWare brought them back for Mass Effect 5

What sort of context would you want from the next Mass Effect game, knowing that Shepard-Commander is out of the picture (at least as a main character)? Loose cannon C-Sec officer who can't help but love an Asari consort with a heart of gold? One of those praying mantis things that takes care of the Citadel? Sarcastically questioning: Elkor?

Sign up to the GamesRadar+ Newsletter

Weekly digests, tales from the communities you love, and more

By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.
TOPICS
Bioware
CATEGORIES
PC Gaming PlayStation Xbox Platforms
Connor Sheridan
Connor Sheridan
Social Links Navigation
Former GamesRadar+ News Writer

I got a BA in journalism from Central Michigan University - though the best education I received there was from CM Life, its student-run newspaper. Long before that, I started pursuing my degree in video games by bugging my older brother to let me play Zelda on the Super Nintendo. I've previously been a news intern for GameSpot, a news writer for CVG, and was formerly a staff writer at GamesRadar+.

Read more
Mass Effect 5
Mass Effect Mass Effect 5 starts hiring for a new lead developer as BioWare remains tight-lipped about its next RPG
 
 
Commander Shepard in Mass Effect
Mass Effect Jennifer Hale has "no idea" if Shepard will return in Mass Effect 5, but if you ask nicely, maybe BioWare will listen
 
 
Commander Shepard in Mass Effect
Mass Effect OG Mass Effect Shephard actors would be there "with bells on" if BioWare brought them back for Mass Effect 5
 
 
Mass Effect 5: What appears to be Liara appearing in the first teaser for the Next Mass Effect game
Mass Effect Mass Effect 5: Everything we know so far about the new BioWare adventure
 
 
BioWare
Mass Effect Mass Effect 5 might release "a long time" after The Veilguard as BioWare's become a "one project studio," veteran says
 
 
BioWare
Mass Effect Skyrim lead thinks Mass Effect 5 would benefit from looking to Baldur's Gate 3 or being more of a "Bethesda-style game"
 
 
Latest in Mass Effect
Mass Effect
Mass Effect "F***ing Colonel Shepard dies in Mass Effect 3, and that makes us the Worst Company in America," former EA exec laments
 
 
Commander Shepard smiles bizarrely in Mass Effect
Mass Effect Mass Effect DLC prototype uncovered after 19 years with a look at the cut side mission that became Bring Down the Sky
 
 
The Witcher 4
The Witcher CDPR welcomes new AI director, who joins The Witcher 4 studio "after 8 years of building memorable RPGs at BioWare"
 
 
BioWare
Mass Effect Skyrim lead thinks Mass Effect 5 would benefit from looking to Baldur's Gate 3 or being more of a "Bethesda-style game"
 
 
Mass Effect 5
Mass Effect Mass Effect 5 starts hiring for a new lead developer as BioWare remains tight-lipped about its next RPG
 
 
BioWare
Mass Effect Mass Effect 5 might release "a long time" after The Veilguard as BioWare's become a "one project studio," veteran says
 
 
Latest in News
The Elder Scrolls 6
The Elder Scrolls "Just pretend we didn't announce it": Todd Howard knows The Elder Scrolls 6 has haunted RPG fans for nearly 8 years
 
 
Peak
Co-op Games "Make friendslop games before the fad dies": Peak co-creator tells indies to embrace new dev tools
 
 
Image of the MSI and Frieren Beyond Journey's End PC accessory line.
Accessories MSI has teamed up with Frieren Beyond Journey's End to create the anime accessory line of my dreams
 
 
Eleven drawn in bright neon colors
Sci-Fi Shows Stranger Things: Tales From '85 is following the mothership series and heading to theaters
 
 
Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil Leaks say Resident Evil Requiem DLC "likely" features series icon everyone wanted in the base game
 
 
Vivi
Final Fantasy After 5 years, the Final Fantasy 9 animated series is actually in production
 
 
LATEST ARTICLES
  1. The Elder Scrolls 6
    1
    "Just pretend we didn't announce it": Todd Howard knows The Elder Scrolls 6 teaser has haunted RPG fans for nearly 8 years, but its early reveal was about "informing our audience"
  2. 2
    All the new comic-book characters in the Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer
  3. 3
    "Make friendslop games before the fad dies": Peak co-creator encourages indie games to free themselves from traditional dev practices
  4. 4
    Resident Evil Requiem DLC "very likely" features series icon everyone wanted in the base game, prominent leaker claims, and shippers are in bits: "Leon's sugar mama"
  5. 5
    Stranger Things: Tales From '85 is following in the footsteps of the main show and heading to theaters

GamesRadar+ is part of Future US Inc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Visit our corporate site.

Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google
  • Terms and conditions
  • Contact Future's experts
  • Privacy policy
  • Cookies policy
  • Accessibility statement
  • Careers
  • About us
  • Advertise with us
  • Review guidelines
  • Write for us
  • Accessibility Statement

© Future US, Inc. Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036.

Please login or signup to comment

Please wait...