BioWare Discussing Xbox One, PS4 Remaster of Mass Effect Trilogy

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Lee Bradley

BioWare has discussed bringing the Mass Effect Trilogy to Xbox One and PS4, along with a possible graphical upgrade.

That’s according to BioWare Edmonton and Montreal general manager Aaryn Flynn, who was posed the following question by a fan on Twitter:

“What do you guys think about releasing an ME Trilogy remaster for PS4/XB1? 1080p/high-res textures/60fps, etc? :)”

Flynn’s response was to say, “We have discussed that internally. If we can put solid plans together we'll share. Great to hear you're keen.”

So while it’s far from a safe bet, a next-gen  version of the Mass Effect trilogy remains a possibility.

The Mass Effect Trilogy released on current-gen systems towards the end of November 2012, containing all three core games in the sci-fi RPG series, along with various chunks of DLC.

BioWare Montreal is currently working on the next proper instalment in the Mass Effect series, a title they say will not relate to original star Shepard. 

BioWare Edmonton meanwhile, the creators of the original trilogy, is now working on a brand new IP.

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  • Hopefully they will keep the ME3 multiplayer, I love that mode, that with next gen *drools*
  • Best picture ever.
  • Will that be with all DLC on-disc? If so, then I'll buy them all again. To take up time until Dragon Age Inquisition.
  • Would love to see a upgraded ME1.
  • If they do go down this road I hope they'll add all DLC this time. It was kind of weird with the Trilogy set, which was far from complete DLC-wise.
  • Erm... If they all come together and it isn't ridiculously overpriced then I'd buy it. BTW love that picture, lol.
  • How about a full HD remake of both Knights of the Old Republic games? I'd pay $100 for that without hesitation.
  • #8 If Kotor 2 was to be rereleased, it would need a whole lot more work than just a graphical upgrade.
  • A 1080p 60fps version of just ME1 would be an instant buy for me.
  • This would be great loved the mass effects on the 360. its probably the reason I started playing RPG's as before mass effect 2 which I borrowed from my friend I didnt play role playing games.
  • Would Deffenatly give me an excuse to finally get this game :D
  • If this ever comes to fruition and includes every DLC then I'd buy. Only played and completed the first one, passed on the rest. But like #7 I'd love a new graphical overhaul for the first KOTOR. Or a new KOTOR.
  • Yes please!
  • I would happily buy the trilogy if it came with all DLC included.
  • Thats fucking stupid! Save those resources for a new ME game. We don't need remastered games that aren't even that old. It's no wonder xbone/ps4 aren't backwards compatible, they want to charge us twice for shit we have already played! Big bullshit if u ask me.
  • but for other people like me who didnt get around to playin any of the mass effect trilogy. but after listening to the xbox and pst podcast and hearing the guys speak so highly of the trilogy. i would love to try it out, but alas i do not have an xbox 360 anymore. an updated trilogy for the xbox one seems like an excellent idea. and i would buy day one
  • I would definitely play this again. But I wouldn't be to disappointed if it wasn't true either, cause I would like to see ME4 possibly so hopefully they have plans for that as well.
  • At #10 - I'm still laughing, my stomach hurts... I've got a One and I love it but 1080p 60fps I can't see when that will happen (unless you count Forza 5 which isn't exactly pushing the system). I have a sneaky feeling the One isn't up to those kind of visuals - I hope I'm proved wrong I really do.
  • @#16, I'm with you on this. There is no need for a remastered version just yet, the game is not that old. All its going to be is the same game with better cg. I rather they focused on a new ME title and not on rehashed material.
  • Why do people care so much about graphics? I honestly don't see why it needs to be remastered visually when people enjoy the series as it currently stands. For example, it'd be like me saying Resident Evil 5 needs to be remade into a more snazzier version for X-Box One. Resident Evil 5 is fine the way it currently is and doesn't need a graphics overhaul.
  • It would definitely need all 3 games including DLC for normal retail price to be considered for me
  • I recently finished the Mass Effect series (About 2-3 months ago) and I would happily go through them again on xb1...if anything...it would give me a chance to keep wrex alive in this play through...
  • No don't do it. Leave it in the past make a new fucking game don't just rehash your old shit.
  • This is cool yeah. If they bring it. I might getting it for XB1 version but I might or not is because I had played Xbox 360 for all Mass Effect series in past. So I love Mass Effect series so much but will be bored for me play through again with longer hours of single-player. I not sure if I want to get remastered Mass Effect trilogy but it is great for fans (myself too) and newcomers. I really want to get Mass Effect 4 and can't wait for this whenever BioWare is ready to announced date. :)
  • With the discussion of this and Uncharted series coming to PS4, I'll have no time for new games.
  • Mass Effect is one of my favourite game Franchises with Super Mario, InFamous, Fallout, Metroid, Mario Kart, Uncharted, Super Smash Bros., Halo, Grand Theft Auto, The Last of Us, Splinter Cell, BioShock and lots more.
  • Easier than making new games, I suppose.
  • Agree with #16 - let's finish DA3 and get ME4 out the door before you start rehashing stuff. ME3 is just turning two years old, with Citadel DLC just turning one. Not really time to bring it back around. Also, agree with #21 - Gameplay > Story > Graphics.
  • wouldnt mind if the first got remastered along with dragon age origins as they seem like a good idea for better graphics considering their age but the others can be left alone for a while yet
  • ...I just finished the trilogy. I really thinkj they should focus on making DA3 and ME 4 the best they can
  • Sooooo ME4??
  • Is this the way forward for so called Next-Gen games?! Re-releases of old titles with a graphical update! Now don't get me wrong, there are some games that would really benefit from a Next-Gen update, but what about the developers concentrating their efforts on more 'original' future titles for us to play. The games industry, it seems, is getting lazy and boring (much like Hollywood and the movie industry, where we see endless remakes or re-boots of films instead of original content).
  • @#7 Im with you my friend, shut up and take my $100.
  • If they were to find a way to combine the RPG elements of ME 1 with the graphics and gameplay of 3.... SOLD.
  • Lol @ #9. Couldn't have said it better myself b
  • No thanks Bioware, put all your effort and resources into future Mass Effect/Dragon Age/KOTOR (I can dream) games.
  • Boo just make something new. Those games looked just fine on 360, stop wasting time.
  • @1 one of the best trilogies in terms of story and gameplay and all you're concerned about is the absolutely stale MP? You are a fucking moron!
  • I would be very accepting of this. Here's why! Soon enough, more than likely when Watch Dogs comes out, I'm switching to the Xbox One. I plan on trading in the console and all my games, besides this trilogy. Releasing Mass Effect 4 should be priority number one. After that is finished and out then feel free to work on updating the ME Trilogy and bringing it out on the next gen systems.
  • Someone should tell Webb about this! It's a major boner material for him buhahahaha! Joking aside, cool idea for ppl who didn't play it, but having spent quite a big portion of my life playing and replaying all 3 of the games with all of DLC's I have no more time to spend on something I played to death just with prettier graphics. Maybe when I'm retired this will sound enticing haha
  • I think this should be one of those things where it should only be done if it includes all the DLC built into the games. As for ME3, it should be seamlessly integrated into the story at that. I love the trilogy and the DLC, but with ME3 the DLC currently exists in a sort of haphazard way in which much of the fan base has developed "the right time" to do each one of them because of the way most of it ties into the story. The Leviathan and Citadel DLC's each has parts that would need to be split up so that it either makes sense storywise(Thessia) or so that the most can be had from it. I doubt they would go through the trouble of doing all that though. This could also provide an opportunity to add little things that hint at the ending better since apparently most people needed that.
  • That's what next-gen will be all about ? Remake of the previous-gen ? That sucks
  • @16 and others - I agree. We don't need a remake just yet, maybe not other. I've never heard a person who played Mass Effect complain about the graphics, because they took a huge backseat to everything else: story, progression, world, etc. ME3 is two years old. I'm sorry, but you should not consider a remake of a two year old game. Is this what next gen is all about?
  • Don't get me wrong, this is something I am pleased to hear that they are considering doing but this is entirely too soon. Please save this remaster for 5-6 years down the line where people will be more interested in revisiting this great franchise. If Bioware wants to remaster/remake a game I want to see it done to KotOR. People would go crazy over that.
  • The ME trilogy is the only set of games released for the 360/PS3 that I would repurchase for the new systems. A great set of games that could only be made better with this remastering. Better graphics, maybe some glitches fixed *cough* Omega DLC *cough*, and perhaps uniform gameplay across all three games.
  • No, thanks. I understand that every generation has growing pains as the transition from previous gen to current gen continues, but we don't need ports, which wouldn't even be that great looking, of every popular game from the previous gen.
  • @7 - Talk to Disney about that. LucasArts published them, and Disney now own LucasArts. Obsidian made KotOR II anyway, not Bioware.
  • If you ever do a "remaster" of a game, you need to fix all the "game breaking" junk that's in it. A simple graphical update no longer pleases me, especially after the unfixed controls and introduction of even more bugs into Fable Anniversary. Remake it only if you are serious about fixing the bugs in each of the games. Only then will I buy it again.
  • Yes please. I'd play them again.
  • I'd rather go for a Jade Empire or KoTOR HD Remake
  • All i can say yes please do it bioware
  • I would love this if the following conditions where met. 1) All DLC for all three games comes included. 2) The story of our Shepard can be carried over into Mass Effect 4 3) New Achievement list (Nothing wrong with the lists from the original releases, but i'd like a new set of challenges for the next run through.)
  • @43 I totally agree, remaking last gen franchises that were awesome is just a way to make more money without having to make a new game, also to sell more xbox ones before any new good games are actually out on it, wtf Microsoft? I played the first 3 to death, lets see mass effect 4 before making more money off already made games, fable did it with fable anniversary, i'd hate seeing more companies going down this path, money, money, money.....and more money, it's all about the profit so let's see, take a game we already made and port it onto next game= HUGE PROFIT MARGIN
  • I meant port it on next *gen, not next game lol
  • Ladies and gentlemen, we have now reached a point where developers prefer to release a prettier next-gen version of the games you've already fucking played instead of releasing brand new games that are actually good. Is it me or are game developers getting lazier and lazier all just to make a quick buck....it is truly disgusting.
  • Don't touch this for about 5 years, get some new games done, continue the series if you're going to do that, then do this to help build hype, it's far to soon to consider 'remastering' M3, or even M2. I swear if more studio's end up picking up on the 'remastering' of games the way Tombraider was done, not even a year old and they released a new 'better' version >_>.
  • Umm.. So Bioware/EA wants to reissue the same games at a price tag of $59.99 again with a "graphical upgrade," and people are willing to purchase this? Put the money towards new games, new content, not old stories that have come and gone. Give us something NEW, nothing something old with a new look. I'm happy I have these on the 360, I don't need them on the Xbone. What I could use is NEW games with new stories, and new adventures.
  • I will seriously purchase BOTH trilogy versions for my X1 and my PS4. Please BioWare, do this!!!!
  • uggghhhh!!!!!!!!!!!
  • I hope Bioware makes this happen, it would be an opportunity for gamers who didn't get the chance to play the trilogy last generation to finally get to experience it on the Xbox One/PS4. Personally I would absolutely love this, knowing I've never had the chance to play Mass Effect 1 and 2 because I no longer own an Xbox 360, only Xbox One.
  • So basically what is already available on PC?
  • Hell no. Leave them be. Re-releases are going too far. How about they try a new making a new game
  • Fix the ending!
  • If they upgrade each game to new graphics, no requirement to buy 'new DLC' ...oh yes I'll buy it. (happy space)
  • Say what you want. The Mass Effect trilogy is one of the greatest gaming franchises ever created. People will seriously shit on anything.
  • NO NO NO NO NO NO NO AND MORE NO. THE MAGIC OF MASS EFFECT WAS THE XBOX 360. ITS LIKE WATCHING BAYWATCH IN HD, YEAH IT LOOKS GOOD TO SEE ALL THE TITS BOUNCING AROUND BUT THAT SLIGHTLY SOFTER DISPLAY MAKES IT MORE WARMING AND EMOTIONALLY ATTATCHED TO THE GAME, STORYLINE, AND ALL THE LITTLE BITS OF MAGIC. PERSONALLY, UNLESS YOU'VE COMPLETED ALL 3 - THEN COMMENT
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  • I doubt they could even get these games to run at 1080p 60 fps on xbox one anyways. It would basically be the same as just sticking in a current gen disk on the 360. The one and only benefit of this would be all the dlc on disk but if you have to wait for a next gen remake thats not improved in any way besides a texture pack to get the dlc then you need to re-evaluate how you spend your money and just buy the damn dlc already and save the 500 dollar entry point to these "wonderful remakes". Why even have next gen if this is the creativity of game development?
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  • Sweet hopefully it has all the DLC with it.
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