Mass Effect 2 on PlayStation 3?

The whole Mass Effect 2 on PS3 debacle reminds of last year’s Metal Gear Solid 4 on Xbox 360 rumor, the will-it-won’t-it that got fanboys all over the Internet raging for months on end. Fortunately, that rumour has now been and gone. Unfortunately a new game has taken its place, and the fanboys haven’t left their seats.

Mass Effect 2 is of course the sequel to hugely successful Mass Effect, a sci-fi role-playing game for the Xbox 360 and PC that was critically acclaimed for its complete awesomeness, Mass Effect remains one of the 360’s best games so it’s easy to see why rumors of its sequel heading to other platforms popping up all other the Internet, especially given that Electronic Arts, who like to publish on multiple platforms, haven ow bought Mass Effect developer BioWare. Now, this isn’t the first time Mass Effect 2 rumors have featured in Rumor Killers and to be honest, it won’t be the last either. This time, though, these rumours have surfaced from a retailer and - wait for it - EA itself. D’oh!

Major British and Australian retailer GAME recently listed Mass Effect 2 as coming to PS3 as well as Xbox 360 and PC. Mere hours later, EA Russia also listed Mass Effect as coming to the PS3 on its official website. Coincidence? Or has someone just made a major boo-boo? The real question is what did EA and BioWare say? Both parties have now spoken regards the listings and each one offered up messages to be interpreted differently.

Eurogamer managed to get a hold of EA regards the listings, and the publisher’s response was that in fact the listings were a “mistake” that have since been taken down from EA Russia’s website. The same goes for retailer GAME. BioWare, on the other hand, decided against just flat-out denying the rumour by only issuing a "no comment" via the BiowWare forums. Let’s take that at face value: unless there’s some talks going on between EA and Microsoft regards exclusivity, and BioWare are simply keeping quiet for now, then surely Mass Effect 2 is coming to the PS3. For now, we’ll accept EA’s word of a "mistake", but mark my words: there’s only one outcome for this saga.

TGR says: True