'' Mass Effect : Andromeda '' , the first game in a new series , and the fourth major installment overall in the franchise , was revealed at E3 2015 . It was released on March 21 , 2017 . The title utilizes EA DICE 's Frostbite 3 engine and was released for Microsoft Windows , PlayStation 4 and Xbox One . Andromeda is the first game in the series to feature an open world environment and began during the time in which '' Mass Effect 2 '' takes place , then jumps 634 years into the future . The player 's character is either Sara or Scott Ryder , designated as a Pathfinder – an operative tasked with discovering new planets in the Andromeda Galaxy
E3 2015
E3 2015
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