# Mass Effect 5 Pitched as ‘John Wick and James Bond’ in Space, Report Says

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/mass-effect-5-pitched-as-john-wick-and-james-bond-in-space-report-says/
- Published: 2026-10-23T18:34:46+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-23T19:24:46+00:00
- Original publisher: Polygon
- Original article: https://www.polygon.com/mass-effect-5-leaked-plot-details-john-wick-james-bond-in-space/
- Topics: Entertainment, Gaming, Space, Technology

## Key points

- EA cancelled BioWare’s planned fifth Mass Effect game.
- It reportedly followed a galactic Cold War 600 years later.
- Missions would combine hacking with flexible approaches.

## Summary

BioWare had reportedly planned Mass Effect: Universe, a fifth mainline game, before EA closed the studio and cancelled the project. New claims about its story and gameplay suggest it would have continued the series in a very different direction, with a political standoff replacing the Reaper-scale war.

The game was reportedly set 600 years after the original trilogy, linking its timeline to the journey to Andromeda. Players would control a customisable N7 agent in a galaxy divided among three factions, using experimental technology to hack environments and approach handcrafted missions with Hitman-style freedom. The claims come from a former community feedback participant and were backed by an anonymous source cited by Kotaku; they have not been fully corroborated.

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