Although many people were expecting it, BioWare didn’t announce a release date for Mass Effect Andromeda at The Game Awards when debuting the gameplay, meaning it’s still scheduled for a spring 2017 launch on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.
To find out what’s going on with the date, Eurogamer spoke with Creative Director Mac Walters and Producer Fabrice Condominas. As Condominas explained, there’s no reason to be worried about the release date:
There’s absolutely no reason to be worried. BioWare is all about quality and believe me – the team is extremely aware of how fast that is coming [laughs]. But we’re focusing on that – that’s our objective. Maybe we’ll need two extra days" When we’re 100 per cent confident we can go to certification on a certain date, then we’ll give a very specific date. In the meantime, we’re focusing on quality and every day counts. We don’t want to pressure that. Condominas also addressed the feedback surrounding the facial animations and lip-syncing in the trailer, saying they’re working on it. He added:
As was mentioned in the tweets it’s actually something that comes last in the polishing stage. We’ve been using full facial capture for the first time to record the actor’s performance and it’s also the first time for BioWare [using this technique] working in Frostbite – I think we’re beginning to push that fair...