Apparently work on the next Mass Effect started a month or two ago, and is scheduled to come out at the end of 2014 or early 2015. So, the oft-cited problem with recent Bioware games, the accelerated production schedule for RPG output every other year, is going to continue on. Not only is that going to continue being an issue, likely robbing the sequel of significant depth, but it will also likely be on next-generation hardware,so they'll have to deal with adapting to new consoles as well.
You'd think after the criticisms of Dragon Age II, The Old Republic, and Mass Effect 3, they'd take a little more care for their next few games. This isn't necessarily terrible news, but it's certainly a bad sign. I gotta tell you, I'm already excited...
For those that remember, DA II and ME 3 had about 2 years of dev time too... although they both had the benefit of building off of their predecessors.
EDIT: So did Mass Effect 2, which was pretty great, despite any personal feelings people may have for it.
Apparently the source for the article I linked to removed the interview. Sorry for spreading misinformation. See here:
@TullyAckland said:
Just wanted to let you know that the source of this article [LINK] has confirmed that the original article was completely inaccurate.
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