Amid changes at BioWare as the studio shifts its focus to Mass Effect 5, while shuffling some devs to other EA studios and reportedly laying some off, the project director of the upcoming sci-fi RPG has clarified that the game is "still in pre-production."

Mass Effect 5’ is “still in pre-production”. Now that BioWare has finished work on ‘Dragon Age: The Veilguard’, many employees have moved over to the upcoming sci-fi RPG, though director Michael Gamble has now said ‘Mass Effect 5’ has not yet entered full-scale development.

BioWare is reportedly now down to fewer than 100 employees after a round of layoffs and staff exits following the release of Dragon Age: The Veilguard and a restructure to focus on the next Mass Effect game.