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BioWare, the developer behind EA’s Dragon Age<\/a> and Mass Effect<\/a> franchises, has released a new trailer for its next Mass Effect game and it teases a connection to the original trilogy<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0the Andromeda sequel<\/a>, and maybe even a new protagonist. Since yesterday was November 7, known as N7 Day in the Mass Effect community as a reference to the N7 Systems Alliance military in the series, BioWare launched a countdown on a special Mass Effect “Epsilon” web page<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n A decoded message says the following on the site now:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \/\/\/\/\/ACCESS CODE: EPSILON<\/p>\n \/\/\/\/\/ACCESS CODE ACCEPTED<\/p>\n \/\/\/\/\/SECONDARY ENCRYPTION DETECTED<\/p>\n \/\/\/\/\/VJBSVU-XXXX-XXXXXXXX<\/p>\n \/\/\/\/\/ANDROMEDA DISTRESS SIGNAL DETECTED<\/p>\n \/\/\/\/\/YEAR SENT: [REDACTED]<\/p>\n \/\/\/\/\/AUDIO TRANSCRIPT: ALTHOUGH THEY SHOULD KNOW BY NOW NOT TO UNDERESTIMATE HUMAN [REDACTED]<\/p>\n As you can see, this transcription mentions a distress signal from the Andromeda galaxy, which was the setting of the fourth Mass Effect game that took place more than 600 years after the events of the original Mass Effect trilogy. Then, following this teaser, BioWare released a new 30-second trailer that hints at a connection to those original games.\u00a0<\/p>\n Watch the N7 Day 2023 teaser trailer for yourself below<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/p>\n