User blog comment:Lancer1289/Mass Effect will go on, but without Shepard/@comment-4301893-20110831143255/@comment-4301893-20110831144544

How could Shepard appear in media outside of these three games when every Shepard is unique to the player? That's why he/she hasn't appeared in any books, comics, board games, etc...to this point. Besides in the future, who knows what will happen. They already have two movies, one animated and one live-action, on the way. EA owns this property not Michael Gamble, so Shepard may appear later anyway.