If last week's mysterious Mass Effect: Universe trailer leak wasn't painful enough for you in the wake of BioWare's sudden closure , we've gotten yet another taste of The Game That Could Have Been, this time courtesy of award-winning video game composer Austin Wintory. Known for his beautiful and haunting soundtracks for games like Flow, Journey, ABZÛ , Aliens: Fireteam Elite, Sword of The Sea , John Wick Hex, and Hades II , Wintory was also evidently working on the Mass Effect: Universe soundtrack. From the sounds of things, EA and the now-defunct BioWare were considering having Wintory produce the game's OST. And thanks to Wintory, we at least know what the game might have sounded like. "Mass Effect was my ultimate white whale, my all-time dream project," Wintory wrote in a post on Bluesky . "For the last couple years I'd been in discussion with BioWare & EA to take on the project, and
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