Speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media, and Telecom Conference, EA CFO Blake Jorgensen revealed a delay to Mass Effect Andromeda, saying the next installment in the sci-fi action series is now due in their fiscal fourth quarter, which is the first quarter of 2017 according to the regular old calendar. The game was announced for release before the end of this year, but there is no explanation for the setback. VG247 has the relevant quote, courtesy of NeoGAF, which also says to expect new Battlefield and Titanfall games this year. Here's word:

“We’ve got a great year ahead,” the executive told attendees at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference.

“We’ve got our Battlefield first-person shooter game coming in the third quarter, and our third-party title that Respawn, our partner, built, it’s called TItanfall, it’s the second title that they brought into that brand.

“Both of those are first-person shooters and will be targeted around the fast, action-driven shooter market, as well as the strategy-driven market in that quarter.

“We have our Mirror’s Edge runner game this first quarter, and then we have Mass Effect, which is a sci-fi action game, in our fourth quarter. So big year ahead and we’re pretty excited.”