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Former Mass Effect 2 Animator Shares Unreleased Internal Trailer
Jonathan Cooper shared an unreleased Mass Effect 2 trailer that was made for the game's developers.
Cooper was the game's lead animator, and the footage dates to April 2009, while the game was still in development.
The internal video was made to showcase the animation team's work on the game's cinematics, not to promote the game to players.
It includes early versions of scenes and characters such as Miranda, Garrus and Jack, some of which appeared in the final game.
The trailer's action-focused tone reflects a shift from the first game's more optimistic style.
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Former Mass Effect 2 lead animator Jonathan Cooper shared a previously unreleased internal trailer for the game.
The trailer dates to April 2009 and was made to show the animation team’s in-progress cinematics.
Cooper shared it on November 7, 2026, for N7 Day.
It offers an early look at characters including Miranda, Garrus and Jack, and includes scenes that appeared in the final game.
- Who
- Jonathan Cooper, the game’s former lead animator, shared the trailer.
- What
- He released a previously unreleased internal trailer showing in-progress Mass Effect 2 cinematics.
- When
- November 7, 2026. The trailer dates to April 2009.
- Where
- Cooper shared it on social media. The trailer was made in Montreal.
- Why
- It was intended to highlight the cinematics the team was creating.
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The internal trailer dates to this month and was made to demonstrate the animation team’s work on the game.
Cooper shared the trailer for N7 Day.
IGN published its article about the trailer.
- Creator
- Jonathan Cooper
- Game
- Mass Effect 2
- Trailer date
- April 2009
- Shared
- November 7, 2026
- Location
- Montreal
- Characters shown
- Miranda, Garrus and Jack
What people are saying
Fuck it - here's something for #N7Day I haven't shown before. A very pre-alpha internal trailer intended to highlight the cinematics we were creating in Montreal.
remembering all the arguments and drama on the team haha
But mostly reading the scripts and getting pumped imagining how awesome we could make Shepard look hitting those story beats.
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Fuck it - here's something for #N7Day I haven't shown before. A very pre-alpha internal trailer intended to highlight the cinematics we were creating in Montreal. Faces were the average of all the customisation sliders in Maya, and we ran every scene with each possible squamate