Amazon have been developing a TV project based on the video game franchise for some years now. The original announcement sounded like the show would be based directly on the events of the original games, Mass Effect (2007), Mass Effect 2 (2010) and Mass Effect 3 (2012). The original story depicts humanity trying to establish itself on the galactic scene, where several, much older races dominate a multi-civilisation society based at an ancient, gargantuan space station known as the Citadel. The protagonist, Commander Shepard, becomes the first human accepted into the elite Spectre organisation, given wide latitude to track down a renegade agent named Saren. From a small start, the trilogy expanded into a massive war story with the galaxy under attack from an ancient alien force known as the Reapers and Shepard having to assemble a vast fleet and army to stand against them.
The fourth game in the series, Mass Effect: Andromeda (2017) avoided having to commit to any outcome from the story by being set centuries later and over two million light years away, with a fleet of exploration ships reaching the Andromeda galaxy after centuries in stasis. The game was not as well-received as others in the series. BioWare did enjoy success with the release of Mass Effect: Legendary Edition in 2022, a moderate remaster of the series.
Reportedly the Mass Effect TV series is still a year away from shooting, let alone airing. Doug Jung is producing and showrunning. Meanwhile, BioWare are developing a new Mass Effect video game, but there hasn't been much news about the game for a while.
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