Mass Effect: Andromeda Announced For Holiday 2016

Glory be! I can finally stop tutting as my colleagues casually refer to the next Mass Effect game as 'Mass Effect 4', which BioWare have been quite clear it wouldn't be. I'm a little insufferable as RPS news editor. But! Electronic Arts formally announced the game this evening with a trailer, a tiny handful of details, and a name: Mass Effect: Andromeda [official site].

BioWare explain in on their blog:

"While we aren't ready to go into too many details just yet, as you saw in the trailer and can tell by the name, this game is very much a new adventure, taking place far away from and long after the events of the original trilogy. You will play a human, male or female, though that's actually not the character you saw in the trailer (more on that later). You’ll be exploring an all-new galaxy, Andromeda, and piloting the new and improved Mako you saw. And through it all, you will have a new team of adventurers to work with, learn from, fight alongside of, and fall in love with."

It's coming in the 2016 Christmas season. Here, watch this and you'll know about as much as I do:

In truth, I don't think Johnny Cash's version of (Ghost) Riders in the Sky is the best one. But which is? Oh Ian Electronic Arts, I'll tell you that when you tell me more about Mass Effect: Andromeda.