Mass Effect: Andromeda - Release Date Leaked?

[Aubrielle]

Dark Horse Comics may have accidentally leaked Mass Effect: Andromeda's release date.

Although originally slated for a 2016 launch, Mass Effect: Andromeda was pushed back to the fourth quarter of EA's 2017 fiscal year in March. All going to plan, this means the next slice of sci-fi role-playing should be with us between January 1 and March 31 of next year—and now it appears Dark Horse Comics has inadvertently uncovered exactly when.

As spotted by Destructoid, an Amazon listing of the publisher's incoming The Art of Mass Effect: Andromeda states the book will be released "simultaneously with the game" which is due March 21, 2017. Having just checked Amazon's UK site, it suggests a launch date of March 23—which could point to a delayed release for the UK and Europe.

While unconfirmed for now, the dates do line up with EA's end of fiscal year suggestion. We've reached out for official confirmation nonetheless.

BioWare's N7 Day—its annual Mass Effect celebratory event—is just around the corner on November 7 so we're likely to discover more then.

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[Morrandir]

 

[joxer]

Erm...

 

[Moriendor]

 

[rjshae]

Something stirs. It climbs toward the light... slowly, mysteriously.

 

[pibbur who]

Something stirs. It climbs toward the light… slowly, mysteriously.

HIT IT!!!!! STEP ON IT!!!!

pibbur who actually doesn't know if that's the wise thing to do.

 

[BoboTheMighty]

This the longest dev cycle for BW? It seems EA is giving them a break lately.

 

[azarhal]

This the longest dev cycle for BW? It seems EA is giving them a break lately.

Nope. Their longest is either DAO (2002 to 2009) or NWN (~1995 to 2002) with DAI coming next (2009 to 2014) and then MEA (2013 to 2017, pre-production started in 2012, but it didn't have a lead writer until Nov 2013, so not much dev cycle happening there).

BioWare is constant: if the next game require an engine change, it's going to take a while longer to make.

 

[Thrasher]

Add 6-9 months, say Xmas 2017, and I'll believe it.