Mass Effect Andromeda books & comics (Nexus Uprising 'soon')

then why is the game called "Mass Effect"?

November 14th appears to be indicated.

They are still keeping quiet and will continue to do so I suspect for several weeks yet...

Sofa, where was the Nov. 14th date announced?

Amazon.de has November listed.

Source: www.amazon.de/Mass-Effect-Andromeda-Initiation-Jemisin/dp/1785651560

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Interesting. I cannot find any publishing information from Titan Books.  I subscribed to Titan to get any news / announcements via email. So far it's ZILCH.

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I have a feeling that the prequel was held up because of the story  plot / elements.

The Mass Effect writer team must nail the answers to many questions. Why did we go to Andromeda? How did we get there? How long did it take? Where did the tech come from? Who gets there? Which Species and why? Who manufactured the ARKs? When did they leave? Was there any training? How many colonists? How were they recruited. Was the genophage cured? How many ARKs?  What is their size? What can they carry? How many colonists per ARK? What is the ARKCON project? Who are the Pathfinders? Did an ARK with Pathfinder contingent leave first to establish a beach head? Is N7 Ryder's brother / father?

The prequel is also supposed to focus on the main characters. Mass Effect: Andromeda is a human centric story. Perhaps there is some differences in focus between Jemisin and Bio regarding character development or maybe now that Jemisin is a Hugo award writer she wants more money. Or, maybe,  the initial story outline in the prequel novel contains heavy spoilers or controversial canon text that Bio felt it needed to be "polished".
 
We don't really know, but delaying the book because the game was delayed sounds fishy.

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Granted, that any delay because of plot / story changes makes sense.

Delaying a novel because the game is delayed for technical reasons is fishy to me.  I mean, how much of a negative impact is there between the original AUG prequel and Nov 2016 launch vs AUG prequel and MAR 2017 launch? 

 

I can't wait for the book, myself. Though, no dead-tree edition for me. Going all out on the tech on this one… and buying digital.

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 It's fishy if Bio says the delay is for technical reasons. It's not fishy if the game is delayed for story / character / plot reasons.

From my perspective, the book delay goes hand-in-hand with the game's delay.  It makes sense.

My assumption has been that around the time the game's delay was announced, BW was possibly cutting out some segments of the game that either needed more development time or were being shifted into DLCs for later releases, and this could have had an impact on the content of the prequel novel - either information that had to be cut or readjusted - which means delays for final editing, print production, and on and on and ..... Just thinkin'.

I've scoured the internet (at least I think I have) all summer to find any information about the release of the prequel novel. The initial reports were that it would be released last month in August. The only mention I could find of it's 'delay' is in a note in BW's blog after the June E3 convention:

June 27, 2016 by BioWare, here

"This past weekend, information came out regarding our new series of Mass Effect novels from Titan Books... Unfortunately, it’s still too early to go into more detail about the books or when they will be released. But don’t worry, we’ll have a proper announcement with all the juicy details at a later date. We are still in the midst of the creative process, but we are working with a talented group of writers to bring these exciting new stories to our fans."

I so wish that BW would more forthright and had not merely mentioned this little tid-bit in a small article on their 'blog' page.

Though it's nice to see the 4K pre-alpha trailer recently at the Playstation 2016 reveal, and I do like it, I hate their information  'strategy' of: See if you can find us when we happen to mention something somewhere. It's just NOT a first-class operation; it's just fragmented and seemingly disorganized - and it is NOT fan-focused.

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Good points. 

Seriously. I love books (like, actual, real books) but buying a Kindle is the best consumer decision I've made in the last decade. Absolutely zero regrets.