Mass Effect Andromeda Dev Gives New Information About Multiplayer And Beta Cancellation

Yes­ter­day Bioware announced that Mass Effect Anromeda’s mul­ti­play­er beta has been can­celled. No rea­son was giv­en for the can­cel­la­tion, leav­ing many ques­tion­ing why.

Since then a devel­op­er, Fer­nan­do Melo, has tweet­ed out an explanation.

Sor­ry we won’t have MPTT. I know many were look­ing for­ward to it (as were we). Long sto­ry but right deci­sion for how close we r to live 1/4

— Fer­nan­do Melo (@DiscoBabaloo) March 2, 2017

He goes on to reas­sure gamers that Mass Effect Androm­e­da’s mul­ti­play­er has had the most exten­sive test­ing of any Bioware mul­ti­play­er. A new screen­shot of the char­ac­ter selec­tion was also tweeted.

Mean­while, we’ll get some more MP info out — let’s get the ball rolling… see you all soon in Androm­e­da! 4/4 pic.twitter.com/FuhGpuat9f

— Fer­nan­do Melo (@DiscoBabaloo) March 2, 2017

Melo replied to a num­ber of ques­tions about the game. Here is a list of infor­ma­tion that Melo confirmed.

• The image above does not con­tain all the classes
• Char­ac­ters will have rar­i­ty levels
• Each char­ac­ter will have their own voice
• Race and faces will not be customizable
• The col­or and pat­terns of armor can be customized
• Hel­mets can­not be removed or added
• Mul­ti­play­er will be peer-to-peer
• Androm­e­da will only have text trans­la­tion in Portuguese

More infor­ma­tion about Mass Effect Androm­e­da’s mul­ti­play­er will be revealed at PAX East, March 10th to 12th. A livestream will be held by Bioware on Twitch from 4pm to 5pm (EST) on March 10th.