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https://www.masseffect.com/news/mass-effect-andromeda-coming-in-march

By Aaryn Flynn, General Manager of BioWare

On behalf of our teams across Montreal, Edmonton and Austin, I’m excited to announce that Mass EffectTM: Andromeda will be launching in North America on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 and beginning Thursday, March 23, 2017 in Europe. We appreciate your patience (and in fact, even your lack of patience in some instances) as we’ve been focused on completing the game. Here’s a little bit of context into how we’ve gotten here.

Mass Effect: Andromeda is our most ambitious Mass Effect game to date. We’re telling completely new stories, creating new characters, new planets, new species, and introducing new gameplay systems. And for the first time, we’re bringing Mass Effect to the FrostbiteTM game engine, an incredible engine that’s delivering a tremendous graphical jump from the trilogy to Mass Effect: Andromeda. To deliver on this, we’re taking all the time we can to make sure you’re getting the best possible experience.

Over this holiday break, developers at BioWare took home a version of the game in what we call the “holiday build”. This is a longstanding studio tradition that goes back to the early days of the original Mass Effect. Many load up a PC or console and go home to play as much as possible at their leisure. Coming back from holiday, the feedback has been great. Getting the endorsement from members of our studio, many of whom played key roles on the original trilogy, was definitely a key factor in helping us lock in on the date.

Even more exciting for us over the last couple of months has been seeing the excitement build in the community as we’ve started to share more about the game. The passion you have for the franchise continues to drive us. And now, we’re just a couple of months away from delivering a brand new Mass Effect experience to you for the first time in five years – richer, deeper and ready for exploration. We’re excited about how far we are going with the franchise, and we hope you find it’s been worth the wait.

See you in Andromeda,

Aaryn

 

[Lakitu]

Excellent!

 

[Dany]

Just came out.

YES.

 

[benny_a]

Just came out.

TMI

 

[purseowner]

Surprisingly soon!

 

[Markitron]

Perfect, booking that week off!

 

[Jonneh3003]

Switch baby!

Spoiler

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

AWESOME. Can't wait. Fucking sucks that there's a 2 day delay between the US and the rest of the world though. Why does this bullshit still happen?

 

[Xando]

Way earlier than i thought.

<3 Bioware

 

[Omega Kirby]

That's really soon

 

[Gator86]

Gamefly queue is ready. This will help me push through the last couple weeks until Persona 5 is mine.

 

[Dany]

March 21st for states. 23rd for europe.

 

[FullMetaltech]

Sweet. Now to schedule some time off from work.

 

[icespide]

2 days after my life anniversary

 

[JeffG]

Now just need MS to put the pre-order version up

 

[wapplew]

What else release in march?

 

[Inuhanyou]

My wallet in the first 3 months....

 

[HeisenbergWW62]

Can't wait!!!!

 

[ViciousDS]

pre-ordering right now through GCU.....fuck yes

 

[TC McQueen]

You've got two different dates for the US and Europe:

On behalf of our teams across Montreal, Edmonton and Austin, I’m excited to announce that Mass EffectTM: Andromeda will be launching in North America on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 and beginning Thursday, March 23, 2017 in Europe. We appreciate your patience (and in fact, even your lack of patience in some instances) as we’ve been focused on completing the game. Here’s a little bit of context into how we’ve gotten here.

 

[kadab]

o yes!! march is going to be great

 

[dreamfall]

Goodness that is really soon! Ayyyooo!

 

[Ralemont]

I'd actually love to know what experiment EA was running. Maybe how long the hype cycles takes to rise to its peak once a release date is known or something?

In any case, all GAF armchair analysts line up to eat your crow.

 

[IgotElbows]

That's really soon

This. And we've seen so little of it as well.
Wouldn't be surprised if it's delayed to summer or even fall.

 

[Aces&Eights]

Damn. I think that's the same day as South Park. Really excited for both games. Gonna be an expensive year again...

 

[AlexFlame116]

Whoa that's earlier than I thought! This AND Nier Automata in the same month??? I'm so excited!

 

[iRAWRasaurus]

Nice

 

[Tecnniqe]

 

[Mifec]

Good thing I can VPN on PC.

 

[LiK]

No delays please

 

[Ydelnae]

Ah, yes, I didn't have anything to play in early 2017 so I'm glad another game which I wanted to buy is releasing around that time.

 

[N° 2048]

Damn. I think that's the same day as South Park. Really excited for both games. Gonna be an expensive year again...

South Park has no release date yet.
Just Q1-2017.

 

[oti]

AWESOME. Can't wait. Fucking sucks that there's a 2 day delay between the US and the rest of the world though. Why does this bullshit still happen?

Yeah man, wtf.

 

[Zyae]

In my veins

 

[WooHooAlex]

What else release in march?

The Switch (and every game that launches alongside it)
Nier: Automata
Kingdom Hearts 1.5 + 2.5
Ghost Recon: Wildlands

I think those are the big ones for now.

 

[Static Veins]

Way sooner than I expected after all that radio silence last year. Can't wait!

 

[DeadlyParasite]

Excited.

 

[Mik317]

March is going to be crazy as shit this year, eh?

 

[Jake2by4]

Nice, when's the beta?

 

[Mash83]

Awesome, I was thinking this was going to get pushed into the summer or fall.

 

[callmeCata]

Looking forward to it! Sooner than I thought it would be

 

[Cornbread78]

Too close to Persona 5 for me. It's gonna have to wait. Besides, EA will drop the price down to $39.99 after a couple weeks anyway.

 

[Aces&Eights]

South Park has no release date yet.
Just Q1-2017.

Ah, probably saw a place holder. Either way ME for Spring is a great thing.

 

[Man Called Aerodynamics]

Oh happy day, it was not delayed! (Yet!)

 

[piccio_ssl]

with Horizon and Nier, not a bad month for RPG

 

[OléGunner]

Wow it's basically a little over two months away!?

Gimme some of that sweet Andromeda goodness on PS4 Pro. I've massively missed the ME universe lately.

 

[DMONKUMA]

Oh dang comes out that soon? Welp I'm definitely excited.

 

[Kirie]

That's so soon! I can't wait

 

[Garlador]

That's fairly soon.

Hopefully that means they'll ramp up the marketing stuff soon.

It's both interesting and frustrating just how little we actually know or have seen about the game. At this point with ME2, they were in full-on blitz mode.

 

[Ridesh]

I was expecting may.

Hopefully it will be a polished experience at launch.