Published Oct 27, 2026, 9:00 PM EDT

Three new galaxies to get emotionally attached to

Image: Archetype Entertainment/Wizards of the Coast

When EA closed BioWare and canceled the next Mass Effect game, it took away a future many of us had been looking forward to for a long, long time. Think: more squadmates to fall for, more ships that you slowly realize feel like home, more decisions that haunt you years later.

Despite Mass Effect’s cancelation, that future still exists, at least in some manner (even outside of any direct results from the ongoing #SaveMassEffect campaign ). We just need to look ever so slightly outside of this franchise to see it. Two games with similar DNA to Mass Effect arrive next spring. There’s also a third very intriguing option, depending on how patient you are, coming from the director behind both Knights of the Old Republic and the Mass Effect trilogy. Tell the crew we’re taking off.…