Mass Effect 5 Details Revealed Following Cancellation, Including 'Hitman-Style Freedom' in Missions

Following this week's cancellation of Mass Effect 5, purportedly called Mass Effect Universe – alongside the closure of the entire BioWare development studio – new gameplay details about the role-playing game revival have emerged, including handcrafted missions that gave players Hitman-style freedom, the abililty to hack the environment, brutal close-range executions, the return of Liara, and much more.

YouTube content creator Dantics revealed the details in a new video, as he was a member of the Mass Effect Council – a group of external Mass Effect community members who gave BioWare feedback on the game during development. IGN has verified the legitimacy of these details, and can add that a development source told us that BioWare had "every major [alien] race" working in the build.

Dantics says it "looked incredible" and added, "From what I saw, BioWare was making Mass Effect for us, the fans." …