BioWare is teasing the title of Mass Effect 5 and the quests for the end of the trilogy

BioWare celebrated this year’s Mass Effect anniversary with a blog post that hints at the title of Mass Effect 5 — and suggests that fans will get answers to their burning questions about what happened after Mass Effect 3 ended.

However, it’s unclear whether this means these items will be coming in Mass Effect 5 – which is still several years away – or sooner, as part of N7 Day itself.

“We asked ourselves many of the same questions you asked us over the years!” Mass Effect head Mike Gamble books. “What happened to everyone you knew and loved in the games? Who really died? Who had children with whom? What does a baby sound like?”

“What about all the galaxies? The endings! What the hell is going on with our asari world turned into a shadow medium? What about S—it doesn’t matter… you get the idea.”

“Of course, there are answers to these questions, but you will have to wait to hear them. And anything we say will not be easy to find, just as you would expect from our #N7Day ads.”

The rest of the post continues with a list of various Mass Effect merchandise available for purchase, with the hidden binary code spread throughout. Filter it and you get 010001010111000001101101001011011000110111101101110, which spells out the word “Epsilon”. Could this be the name of the next Mass Effect game?

Fans have already found a new page on EA’s website if you type in the following URL: https://www.ea.com/en-gb/games/mass-effect/epsilon It remains to be seen whether more will be added to the page in the coming hours. [UPDATE: There’s now this brief video clip, below – and a reference to Andromeda.]

It is worth noting that Epsilon was one of the original names BioWare considered for the series, before the developer eventually chose Mass Effect. Oh, and Epsilon is also the Greek number 5 – which would make sense for ME5.

Of course, the answers to who lived and who died after the events of Mass Effect 3 will vary from player to player. The absolute reference to “S-” has fans excited, with some who insist that Shepard will somehow be alive in the next game looking for crumbs of information to justify their theories.

Mass Effect 5 is still in pre-production, with the bulk of BioWare still busy wrapping up the long-awaited Dragon Age: Dreadwolf. The next chapter of the space opera saga is expected to come hundreds of years after the original trilogy, and returns the focus of the series back to the Milky Way Galaxy.

Previous years have seen N7 Day provide further evidence. 2021 has given us a very detailed picture with a lot of hidden details, not the least of which is the return of the Gith. Last year brought more concept art and a snippet of new dialogue from Liara.

Earlier today, we reported on two groups of former Mass Effect and Dragon Age workers seeking to use N7 Day to highlight their plight, after being let go earlier in the year. A sit-in is planned at BioWare’s offices, while a group of employees files a lawsuit against the company over severance pay.