Veteran gaming actor Jennifer Hale, known for voicing Commander Shepard in the Mass Effect series, expressed hope for the franchise's continuation after BioWare's closure. Hale called the leaked Mass Effect trailer "extraordinary" and said she's "holding hope for magic to happen." A Change.org petition to save Mass Effect has garnered over 65,000 signatures.
A "Save Mass Effect" petition was launched to urge EA to continue the series, but composer Bear McCreary and Canadian politician Avi Lewis have expressed skepticism about the project's future. McCreary questioned the feasibility of crowdfunding a project as big as Mass Effect, while Lewis called for federal support to help BioWare workers buy the studio back. The Mass Effect TV show remains in development, but the new game's cancellation has left fans uncertain about the franchise's future.