Update: BioWare Teases Next Mass Effect With Clue-Filled Video Clip For N7 Day

Last update, November 8, 2008: Fans who noticed a woman’s voice in the background of the clip weren’t hearing things. A few hours after posting the teaser, a fan decoded the audio to reveal a conversation between what sounds like Liara and the Geth. Bioware has acknowledged this breakthrough by releasing a new version of the clip with clean audio. Listen to the Tweet below. 

Original story: November 7 is N7 Day for Mass Effect fans, meaning all eyeballs are on BioWare in hopes it’ll release any info on its upcoming Mass Effect sequel. So far, the developer has satisfied that demand by releasing a brief video teaser containing hints of what’s to come. 

You can find out more at According to BioWare, fans should examine the 25-second clip “a bit more closely” as it is apparently chock full of clues. A tweetYou can download the video by clicking this link. This video appears to show a mass relay being constructed. This is evident from the text at the bottom right corner. The text in the bottom left corner reads: 

Vacuum-dock Relay Construction Record/Monitoring Station Operated by Green Dagger LTD. Property of Deepspace Dhow SAV/Ship Captain: Sub-Navarach Soa’Rhal Zhillian-Jones. 

Used for interior purposes only

SA——314——/////11_07_90_000_1000-201.48.16 –FILE BAT

The numbers at the bottom will change with the zooming of the camera, much like a video recorder timer. There are many large vessels floating around, but you will see the small vessel with the blue-tinted engine cruising along the bottom near the “MR 7”. Some fans have theorized it’s the same ship that appears in last year’s N7 Day teaser; others have proposed that it’s the TempestMass Effect: Andromeda. There’s also the question of what planet the relay is orbiting. 

The teaser trailer for the fifth Mass Effect was officially announced during The Game Awards in 2020. The title’s release date and details are still unknown. In May, it appeared BioWare accidentally revealed Commander Shepard’s return thanks to a collectible lithograph with a store description that read, “While Shepard and the survivors are left to pick up the pieces, fans are left wondering what’s next.” BioWare changed the text quickly and stated that this was an error made by internet store owners unfamiliar with the franchise. With BioWare also hard at work on Dragon Age: Dreadwolf, which seems slated to arrive first, it’s anyone’s guess when we’ll get the first substantial look at Mass Effect. 

Which clues do you see in this video, then? Please comment with your ideas and discoveries!