PS3 gets Mass Effect 3

With Mass Effect 2 preparing to land on PS3 on January 21st 2011 – one year after its debut on Xbox 360 and PC – EA has confirmed that the next game in the series will not suffer a similar delay.

Mass Effect 3 will be released on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC simultaneously some time late in 2011.

At BioWare, we are always driving ourselves to improve and I firmly believe our best work is still ahead of us,” BioWare co-founder and GM Dr Ray Muzyka stated.

We could not be prouder of the team’s accomplishments with Mass Effect 2, and are excited and humbled by all of the recognition the game has received so far. We can’t wait to show you what the team is doing to make Mass Effect 3 an even bigger success.”

The game sees protagonist Commander Shephard returning to earth to help fend off an alien invasion.