{"id":96695,"date":"2016-06-27T15:46:39","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T13:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=96695"},"modified":"2016-06-27T15:47:32","modified_gmt":"2016-06-27T13:47:32","slug":"this-is-what-to-expect-from-the-upcoming-mass-effect-novels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/96695-this-is-what-to-expect-from-the-upcoming-mass-effect-novels","title":{"rendered":"This is what to expect from the upcoming Mass Effect novels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new series of Mass Effect novels published by Titan Books will serve as a link between the original Mass Effect trilogy and the upcoming Mass Effect: Andromeda, reports <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/2016\/06\/25\/mass-effect-novel-series-connects-original-trilogy-to-andromeda\" target=\"_blank\">IGN<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The novels will serve as both prequels and sequels to the in-game events and will be considered &#8220;canon&#8221; in terms of the greater Mass Effect universe.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Each book will focus on key characters, answering the many questions fans have been asking.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The first novel in the series, Mass Effect: Andromeda Initiative will release in August 2016, with the next three books slated for March 2017, September 2017 and March 2018.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mass Effect: Andromeda is expected to launch in Q1 of 2017.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Mass-Effect.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96697\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Mass-Effect.png\" alt=\"Mass Effect\" width=\"1428\" height=\"644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Mass-Effect.png 1428w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Mass-Effect-768x346.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1428px) 100vw, 1428px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Games you can play this week \u2014 blocks and barricades\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/96621-games-you-can-play-this-week-blocks-and-barricades.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Games you can play this week \u2014 blocks and barricades<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Xbox Scorpio will be more powerful than PlayStation Neo\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/xbox\/95815-xbox-scorpio-will-be-more-powerful-than-playstation-neo.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Xbox Scorpio will be more powerful than PlayStation Neo<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to This is why DStv has video games on SuperSport\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/95925-this-is-why-dstv-has-video-games-on-supersport.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">This is why DStv has video games on SuperSport<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is what to expect from the upcoming Mass Effect novels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":96699,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[31,19851,165,427,425,19853],"class_list":["post-96695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-active","tag-andromeda","tag-bethesda","tag-bioware","tag-mass-effect","tag-novel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96695"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96701,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96695\/revisions\/96701"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}