Have you been enjoying Mass Effect: Andromeda using your 10-hour gameplay trial on Origin? I know I have, and wonky facial expressions aside, the game is turning out to be a lot of fun so far! So what about those of you who’ve used up that 10-hours? Here’s when you’ll be able to unlock the full game and pick up the action again.
The game will have two release dates, with one of them applying to Canada, Latin America (excluding Brazil), Mexico, Russia, South East Asia, and the US.
March 21, 00:00 EDT
- PDT: 21:00, March 20
- ART: 01:00, March 21
- MSK: 07:00, March 21
- KST 00:00, March 21st
After that, there will be a second timed release that covers Africa, Australia, Brazil, Europe, Israel, Middle East and New Zealand.
March 22, 11pm GMT.
- CET: 00:00, March 23
- AEDT: 10:00, March 23
- BRT: 08:00, March 22
- IST: 01:00, March 23
- NZDT: 12:00, March 23
Some of the regions may unlock early at midnight on their respective release date, but we can’t be sure, so keep an eye on the Origin product page to double check if you get impatient. If you’re super eager, you can use a VPM to authorise at the US launch time, or even the Korean one, which is even earlier.
This always gets on my nerves. I know reasons must exist for the release dates to be different, but to me it translates into “nah, man, US gamers come first”. Just a bad show all around.