Ex-BioWare Dev Says New Mass Effect Game Could Be Made For Under $200 Million

Christina Norman, a former BioWare developer who worked at the company between 2005 — 2011, has stated she believe it’s possible to make a new Mass Effect game for under $200 million — a figure that BioWare co-founder Trent Oster suggested would be necessary to save the franchise.

Norman, who worked on the first three Mass Effect games during her time with BioWare, pointed to the hugely successful Clair Obscure: Expedition 33 as an example of a game that can be made for far cheaper, as that title cost just $10 million.

“This is a good example of why I think another Mass Effect game could be made for well under 200 million. 5x the budget of Clair Obscure: Expedition 33 should be more than enough. You can always spend more, but clever small teams can get it done,” said Norman.

Electronic Arts announced recently that it was shutting down BioWare as part of another wave of layoffs at the industry giant. As such, the new Mass Effect game was cancelled. In wake of this, fans began petitioning for EA to save the series, either by having them continue Mass Effect themselves or license the IP to another team.

We did get a brief glimpse at what the new game could have been, with footage of Mass Effect Universe emerging soon after BioWare’s fate was sealed. Meanwhile, former BioWare legend Mark Darrah suggested that EA could sell the Mass Effect IP now that nobody is working on it, but he conceded it could easily be just left in the vaults to gather dust.

[Source – Christina Norman on X via VGC]

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