Mass Effect 5 starts hiring for a new lead developer as BioWare remains tight-lipped about its next RPG

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Mass Effect 5 starts hiring for a new lead developer as BioWare remains tight-lipped about its next RPG News By Kaan Serin published 23 January 2026

EA's looking for a production director

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Details on Mass Effect 5 are still scarce, but BioWare seems to be ramping up production by hiring for a new lead developer.

BioWare's executive producer and Mass Effect 5's project director Michael Gamble jumped online earlier today to share a job opening at the studio for a production director. "Hi, I'm hiring a very important senior leadership role," Gamble tweets. "They'll report to me and it's gonna be awesome."

Whoever gets the role will be responsible for making sure the studio as a whole is on the same page in regard to high-level concepts, and will already need over 10 years of experience on AAA games and "deep expertise in ARPG and RPG development," according to the job listing. They'll also need "a passion for the Mass Effect universe to serve as a high-impact leader on our next Mass Effect title." EA's job board currently doesn't include any other openings for BioWare specifically.

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Mass Effect 5 is now the only game in production at the famed RPG maker after BioWare spent decades as a multi-project outfit, perhaps due to the soft launch of Dragon Age: The Veilguard and the layoffs that followed in its footsteps.

At the start of last year, we learned the next Mass Effect was still in its pre-production phase five years on from its first reveal trailer, which revealed that Liara T'Soni was back alongside remnants of the galaxy-threatening Reapers. Our only hint as to what the game is actually about came from Liara unearthing N7 armor. Although, whether this is a direct sequel or one set in the distant future is unclear since Liara, and all Asari, are, you know, capable of living for hundreds of years.

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