BioWare went against expectations yesterday and didn't announce a Mass Effect 3 multiplayer mode at the first major press conferences - but the rumours continue to circulate.
According to reports from LA, the BioWare threequel is indeed set to include a "full-fledged multiplayer campaign", news of which will arrive near the end of the year.
Up to four players will be able to play co-operatively and choose from up to six different classes, the report claims.
The game will also feature a 'multiplayer store' where players will be able to spend in-game currency on weapon upgrades and other items, the site's "secret source" adds.
There's been much speculation that BioWare might include an online mode for the third game - and job ads suggested as much.
So far the developer's refusing the budge on its stance that Mass Effect 3 will be "a single-player game", however it did confirm one long-running rumour in LA last night; Mass Effect 3 will feature Kinect support.
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StonecoldMC on 7 Jun '11 said:
Why wouldnt they have mentioned this at the MS or EA confernence
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Very strange if true.
Denther on 7 Jun '11 said:
But it doesn't need a multiplayer, makes me a sad Panda
Just concentrate on ta proper bits please
LiqzZ on 7 Jun '11 said:
If this is truely the last game in the Mass Effect series, I don't mind if it includes multiplayer. Gives me somthing to prolong the mass effect experience. With the new action elements i'll imagine it'll be as good as Uncharted 2's multiplayer. The story wont suffer either with the extended release date... i hope.
mogel94 on 7 Jun '11 said:
I won't play it they include it so I don't care whether they have it or nor, unless it affects the campaign in anyway in which case I will be p**sed
Black Mantis on 7 Jun '11 said:
Possibly the real reason why it was delayed, as opposed to Kinect being the cause. Multiplayer would definitely require extensive tweaking.
TheCrimsonFenix on 7 Jun '11 said:
Oh the dreams I had of what Mass Effect could have been after being hyped up and disappointed with the first one. Hell, I even enjoyed the first one a whole damn lot as it truly felt like a Bioware game. I had high hopes for a sequel to build on the initial idea and actually expand on ideas that they were never able to realise first time round but... look what we have now. In my own opinion, now a shooter with one or two RPG elements that is slowly being dragged even further into the shooter direction. Playing ME2, it didn't even feel like a Bioware game to me anymore. I consider this generation to be the whole reason I'm becoming less of a gamer. Series being wrongfully changed. Emphasis on bringing multiplayer into where it is not needed. New consoles already being announced. This gen hasn't even justified itself yet to me. I guess I will be sticking to games I consider to be classics and actually have fun with what they are, and not what some franchise milking boss considers to be a better money making scheme.
KMakawa on 7 Jun '11 said:
This is mass effect, a game built on its singleplayer values.
I think they are definitely bricking it, in terms of revealing such stuff.
MattyR95 on 7 Jun '11 said:
Mass effect is basically a shooter anyway, so it's not really a problem.
PMIKE5 on 7 Jun '11 said:
No multiplay please.
Spectre on 7 Jun '11 said:
"Our secret source..."
I don't believe that. BioWare have already confirmed in the May Game Informer magazine that there is no multiplayer in ME3.
kmcroc on 7 Jun '11 said:
If they add MP to this trilogy they will have ruined it , Mass1 did not need it nor did 2. so why tarnish the trilogy w/ bulls**t MP aspect portion. please EA /Bio-ware do not ruin this great franchise.
boonattack on 7 Jun '11 said:
Im actually against multiplayer being added - however, as long as it doesnt effect my campaign, i honestly dont care. I thoroughly enjoyed AC brotherhood and never even looked at the mp so it shows it can be done.
k-mysta on 8 Jun '11 said:
its still a must buy but why multiplayer?its just seems weird.it should be a story about shepard.they could have released multiplayer seperately.off to see how bioware social takes this
ash470 on 8 Jun '11 said:
as long as the single players polished i reckon a multiplayer aspect would be really cool i mean the only reason id be annoyed is if bioware skimped on the singleplayer but biowares not stupid so not to worry