Mass Effect Trilogy Compilation announced; 360/PC in November, PS3 version "at a later date"

EA announced the package just a few minutes ago. It includes all three Mass Effect games in one box.

[NYC_Gamer]

Mass Effect 1 the best game in the franchise will finally hit the PS3.That's real good news for PS3 only users/fans of the series.

[The Meerkat]

Any later and it will be on the PS4.

Now that I think about it, imagine how ME could be made to look as a launch game for a new gen.

[GrahamGolden]

it is know that casey is working on a new ME game
probably using the frostbite 2

[Knight_Crawler]

I wonder how they are going to work around releasing ME1 on the PS3 since MS published it.

This is almost like the FF7 situation where it can not come to the 360 becuase Sony published it.

[Carl_Shocker]

I don't think the PS4 is going to be that long away...

Besides what I'm thinking about is

Didn't Microsoft Game Studios publish the first game...I mean this is fantastic news if they managed to work around it to release it on the PS3.

May I ask though...if and I said IF this has happened to a game published by Microsoft which is now coming to the PS3, another platform, could the same happen to Bayonetta 2.

Bayonetta 2 is being published by Nintendo...maybe they could work something out so B2 will arrive on the PS3/360 or even in the future on the PS4/Nextbox

[BISHOP-BRASIL]

There's actually many ways to make those ports happen, usually some game companies tell you they can't do it because of publishing rights, but more often than not they could just take legal act or buy said rights and do it anyway, but the whole idea in porting games is to make the most money possible with as little investment as they can, the "suits" don't like to spend money on ports.

For instance, MS only own publishing rights for the original Mass Effect. If Bioware make a rebranded remake (think of Ninja Gaiden Sigma) or a Collection, chances are MS have no say about it. Also, the agreement may had stuff we don't know about as time or platform limitations.

But even if MS actually has a say in ME3 on PS3, it's not like EA can't buy those rights from MS, pockets deep enough granted. I really doubt the agreement wouldn't have a clausule allowing Bioware to buy back those rights anyway.

[DrJones]

Release it on the Wii U. I want to play Mass Effect 1 with the best visuals. (On console thatis.)

[_-EDMIX-_]

@Knight_Crawler-

??? Publishing a game doesn't mean owning the IP.

EA owns the publishing rights and IP to Mass Effect, they published Mass Effect 1 on PC.

MS doesn't own ANYTHING to the Mass Effect series. Nothing.

"on the PS3 since MS published it" MS also published Ninja Gaiden 2....its on PS3 under a different publisher.

Publishing doesn't = owning.

Nintendo Published Perfect Dark and Conkers Bad Fur day....the IP was owned by Rare and BOTH games are on 360 and XB1.

Square owns the FF7 IP and name, they very much can make FF7 on 360. IP is the actual game not the publishing rights.

LMFAO! Whats to "work around" ? They own the publishing rights and IP.....mind you they published ME1 on PC years ago. I'm not sure what your confused about.

[sikbeta]

@The Meerkat

Would not be cheap, that's for sure, port is too late but good for those who didn't play it though

[pixelsword]

Come to think about it, it could fit on one disc.

[nrvalleytime]

Agreed. Having the chance to play through all three games at once means that PS3 users finally get to experience the choices/dilemmas and the way the game was meant to be played.

This also means that the last DLC will be out before the collection, because BioWare wouldn't ship an unfinished product.

[Rockefellow]

"BioWare wouldn't ship an unfinished product."

Most inadvertently funny comment of the day.

[nrvalleytime]

@Rockefellow

Completely deliberate. Glad someone caught it. :-)

[kneon]

I played ME1 on PC and the rest on PS3. It doesn't really matter that ME1 wasn't on PS3 since nearly all your decisions have only a superficial impact on the game.

I wonder if the PS3 version will have a cheesy little box since all 3 games will fit on 1 bluray disk.

[EVILDEAD360]

Whoa..didn't see this coming. Throw in ALL the DLC and I'm all in again. Still never went back and played them all.

Easily one of my favorite games this gen. Retarted the first a longtime ago and stopped.

Great day for new gamers getting to play this for the first time.

Evil

[MysticStrummer]

I saw this coming and said so but was bombarded with disagrees in that special N4G way. I think it was pre-ME3 release when I said I'd wait for the inevitable collection to play them all because the ME2 demo had completely turned me off to trying it out on PS3.

[srcBFMVBMTH]

DAMN! I just bought Mass Effect 2 for PS3 a couple of weeks ago!. lol. Now I find out the trilogy is coming to PS3 WITH Mass Effect 1. Hope we can buy Mass Effect separately. Would rather play the actual game then that comic thing. lol

Now time to put some Left 4 Dead, and The Witcher 2 on PS3!!!!!

[EVILDEAD360]

You will be able to buy Mass Effect on PSN seperately.

Not sure if it will come out this year, but who cares especially if they give out the DLC for free.

@ Mystic

It's a great idea but no one ever knew if the original would come out for PS3,because MS published it. But there you have it.

It's hard to say if I will get this in November with so many amazing games coming around that time. But, it may be a personal gift to myself for Xmas.

Life is good..

Evil

[srcBFMVBMTH]

Ehhh, it's cool. I'll probably get it when the trilogy drops to like $40. That way, I didn't really lose any money. It's like getting Mass Effect 1 and 3 for $20 each. I also prefer physical copies over downloads anyway.

[MysticStrummer]

I don't remember the exact circumstances, quote, or conditions, but someone from Bioware stated there was nothing preventing ME from coming to PS3. I think that was about the time ME2 came out but I may be wrong. Once I read that I knew it would most likely happen eventually.

[kma2k]

I hope ME1 texture pop ins will be fixed for ps3. For some reason that really anoyed me in ME1, granted not a huge issue. Funny though, personally ME2 was my favorite of the series.

[Abdou23]

Only played 2 and it was okay, hated mining. So is it worth it to buy the trilogy ?!

[fossilfern]

ME 1 is worth it alone. It is how the rest of the series should of been in terms of its RPG elements which they stripped down in ME 2 and 3. So I would get ME1 on its own when its out on PS3

[despair]

Don't get too entangled in the hype, ME1 was good but had a ton of problems and its not really like ME2 it was like if KOTOR had growing pains, it was not as good as people keep claiming.

Plus if you hated mining in ME2 then you'll absolutely loathe driving the Mako in ME1, it was god awful and probably killed half the game for me and it was necessary. Story was the best of the series though.

[DOMination-]

Plus all these rpg elements people go on about are no different to those in me3. Sure there was more equipment but most of it was junk. There were more character tree abilities too but it meant classes were very similar because they all overlapped.

Also the combat was shocking. Sooooo bad.

Still my favourite though. I loved the narrative.

[Godmars290]

How can they put ME1 on the PS3 when MS published it? EA's going to buy them out?

If it does happen, includes all of the DLC over the three games, I'd get it. As flawed as the series is.

[Knight_Crawler]

I was wondering the samething...Maybe EA and MS worked out some deal where MS getS exclusive content like Porche in Forza or Battlefield 4 excusive DLC.

I do not see MS doing this out of kindness so will be very intresting to see how this unfolds...can EA pull a Team Ninja and call it Mass Effect Omega instead of Mass Effect 1?

If the 3 games come to the PS3 then I will pick up the PS3 version only becuase I want the trilogy on one disk...hopefully they ironed out all the bugs in ME1.

[_-EDMIX-_]

??? EA owns the IP and publising rights. The PC version was published by EA NOT MS.

This is extremely old news.

MS never owned the rights to Mass Effect.....EVER! EA bought the company that owned BOTH Pandemic and Bioware, doing so they bought everthing Bioware owned, including the IP to Mass Effect. MS NEVER owned the ME IP, in fact all that was bought from MS was the publishing rights.

Had Bioware had just left MS, MS would only have a name, they couldn't even be able to make a game with it based on not owning the IP (the characters, plot, world etc, the actually game itself) WHY Project Origins was STILL Fear 2 without the Fear name. Its about the IP, not the publishing rights.

http://www.joystiq.com/2009...

this is Bioware saying this, NOT MS. Only thing actually bought from MS was the publishing rights.

Again....EA published Mass Effect 1 on PC. What exclusiveiy GOES PAST OWNING THE IP? LMFAO!

So EA is some how asking MS to publishing a series they've published more times then MS, a series they own the right to, an series they own the IP to? Are you sure there was any deal at all? LOL! Cause the facts state otherwise. Its MORE then likely EA just waited to port the first ME, just based on making a ME2 on 3 systems and porting ME1 to PC.

Yes i know, 360 fanboys seem to be resting on this "deal" theory, that literally makes NO legal sense. Its even funnier cause MS never even owned the damn IP to ME when they where publishing it. LOL!

[DOMination-]

EA paid a billion dollars for bioware. Would have been a bad deal if IP ownership wasn't included in that!

[Christopher]

Agree 100% with NYC_Gamer.

Even if you've played ME2 and 3 on the PS3, pick this up for ME1. That is if you haven't played it on the PC or 360 already.

[Godmars290]

Chances are if it is happening on the PS3, then all three games will also become available on PSN separately.

[princejb134]

If all 3 games come out on ps3 I'm buying day 1

[showtimefolks]

Damn I have the N7 edition of ME3 and regular version of ME2 on ps3. But I guess time to sell those and buy this collection. The art book and the casing is awesome

Can't wait. Hopefully ps3 version won't be far behind aft xbox360 and pc release

[calis]

Sweet, since my 360 died, I almost bought 2 and 3 on PS3, but now I will just get this when it's released for PS3.

[Jazz4108]

Microsoft most likley agreed to let the game appear on the ps3. Ms is not all about greed like most on here want to believe as I am sure they did it out of respect for the series and the greater good of gaming and that is not that hard to believe as these companys work together all the time. Its a very old game now and most have allready played it and most of the series is multiplat so I see why they did what they did.

[trouble_bubble]

MS spent years advertising Mass Effect as being a feather in the 360 cap, the definitive experience on the 360, best if not only place to play the entire trilogy. Even the ME3 box boasts "better with Kinect". They milked having ME1 for all it was worth. They didn't let anything go for "the greater good of gaming" LOL.

Quote:
"And the original Mass Effect is absolutely an Xbox 360 exclusive, making Xbox 360 the only place to get the full Mass Effect experience".
http://ca.ign.com/articles/...

Have they let the equally old Gears of War go? No. Did last year's Halo Anniversary remake of a 10 year old last gen' game go to PC? No, even though the original was on PC anyways. EA bought BioWare and from that point the writing was on the wall. It was just a matter of time.

[OmegaSlayer]

This is how you deal with fans.
Platinum Games is how you do not deal with fans.

[RAFFwaff]

Nice three course meal, but the dessert will leave a bad taste in your mouth!

[JakemanPS31994]

i loved the third! one of my favorite games of the year

[JANF]

Im with you... I loved the third also and in my opinion is the best game this year so far.

One of the best trilogies this gen BTW

[kma2k]

The ending was more like getting the check at the end of a really great meal & realising WTF did i spend so much (time, instead of money) on this for.

[nrvalleytime]

Really? Some meals are definitely the price.

[kma2k]

I meant at the end of the game you dont get a check. I felt like a lot of people said at the end of the trilogy "i spent all this time for that" wth

[beerkeg]

That analogy makes no sense at all. Seriously.

You have a great meal, get the check, and wonder why you paid so much money for it, even though it was a great meal.

And somehow this analogy is supposed to make more sense when you substitute money for time.

And then, just to confuse me even more -

'I meant at the end of the game you dont get a check.'

Right....ok.

:/

[ChunkyLover53]

Nice set, but I already have all the Limited Edition games for Xbox 360. Mass Effect 1 still my favorite though, definitely sets a better tone and has more RPG elements.

[Shepherd 214]

Mass Effect 2 is my favorite. It's far more character driven than the first game, more romance options, deeper side quests, more satisfaction at the end when you see all your hard work and choices come together.

Not to mention i feel the atmosphere is the best in ME2. Shepard brought back to life and has to go rogue while working with a shady organization, more intimacy and reliance on close friends like Tali, Garrus, and Joker who are always by your side even when the galaxy hates you now, and also standing by new close friends like Grunt and Thane while you prepare your tight-knit team to go on what all evidence points to as a mission with no return.

Mass Effect 1 was great and had a nice tone and RPG elements, but it didn't give me the feeling ME2 did.

[ChunkyLover53]

I didn't feel like the Shepard that I played as in ME1, would go along with the overall plot and actions of ME2. I also felt there were less choices when it came to dialog.

I felt a much better connection with my teammates in ME1 for sure. I didn't mind ME2, but it seemed like a simple formula 1.Recruit a member 2.Do a loyalty mission for said member.....REPEAT.

[lastdual]

I agree that ME2 was more character driven, but while the loyalty missions were well done, the main plot unfortunately suffered.

ME2 is still a great game. The combat was clearly improved from the original, but the plot felt more like a collection of side quests than a single epic adventure.

[dragonrage00]

The only one ive played so far is ME2 (getting 3 soon), and while its a great game it is slightly overrated IMO. The main threat really takes a back seat to solving your teammates problems, which kills the sense of urgency of the situation. The mining is pointless and time consuming, and the side missions you discover by doing it are mostly terrible. I also found the lack of blindfire very annoying (i have to expose myself to shoot a guy thats standing right in front of me...BS). That said, the game is an great experience like no other, but one that certanly has its problems

[Shepherd 214]

Mass Effect 1 didnt truly have more dialog options., it just gave you the illusion that you did. Most of the time you got the same reactions/responses when you chose the middle option and it didn't have any worth to the conversation normally to go neutral.

it's true that ME2 felt more like a collection of sidequests, but ME1 followed the exact same plot formula as KotOR and felt tiresome and predictable as a result. Id rather have sidequests that enhanced my relationships with my squad than that. ME2 just had a more "we're on our own" tone rather than have the Alliance breath down your neck the whole game.

I have no idea how you could have more connection with the characters in the first game. In ME1 they simply don't say as much and you can't get too deep with them. You just mentor Garrus about being a crappy C Sec officer and listen to Wrex's war stories. Joker definitely has less personality and says less in ME1 and the addition of EDI to counter Joker in 2 was excellent. Tali becomes useless after her intro mission in ME1 and has little to talk about other than being homesick and how cool your engine room is. I also never thought of Tali as romance material until she actually had stuff to do in ME2 and became interesting.

[fossilfern]

Loved Mass Effect 1!

[Double_O_Revan]

Still my favorite of the 3.

I assume this release is just the basic games with NO DLC. That would've been too generous for EA. I might have bought it with all the DLC included.

[v0rt3x]

That is not a good sign for ME4 in terms of people who were hoping that Shepard's story continues.

[TekoIie]

Care to explain why? Because by that logic the Killzone trilogy is bad news for KZ4 as well right?

[Kingdom Come]

The original Halo, Halo 2 and Halo 3 are regarded as a trilogy, Halo 4, 5 and 6 continue Master Chief's story. There where 2 Star War's Trilogies featuring the same characters... I don't see your point.

[Godmars290]

Would rather see someone else's story actually. Someone who has a story and character development, proves their worth, instead of just stand there and is important to things because the story needs them to be.

[SlavisH2]

does this come with all dlc too? why does ps3 not have a date?

[TekoIie]

Probably to port ME1 over to ps3 since it never had its own original release.

[Summons75]

probably if it's a trilogy collection they need to either A)obtain the rights from Microsoft in order to put it on the PS3 for the first time or B) do a collection with ME 2 & 3 then figure out what to do in order to fill the gap of the first game. Either way it may take a bit longer to figure out that than 360 or PC which already has all 3 games on them.

[DaReapa]

They've apparently obtained the rights to release ME1 or they would've never specifically announced it for the PS3 in a press release. Now how they went about doing that is beyond me. Maybe regarding it as a “Trilogy” created a loophole somewhere.
As far as the delayed release, I'm assuming they are working on a definitive version of ME1 much like they did for ME2.

[Cueil]

There are separate rights for all the DLC as well... perhaps the deal is done in principle, but need i's dotted and t's crossed

[lastdual]

I'm also very interested to hear whether this includes all the dlc packs. Especially on PS3, cramming everying onto the disk shouldn't be a problem.

[Cueil]

30+ gigs worth of regular content with what 10-20 gigs of DLC... does DL have any affect on disc reading on BR for earlier PS3s?

[Mythicninja]

Mass effect 1 is the best! Always will be!

[Hellsvacancy]

Never played the first game, im glad im going to be able to alot sooner than i thought i would

I would of played it one day, i assumed itll be when i get a new pc/laptop in the future

[JakemanPS31994]

Hell yah! I loved the first one and always wanted to play them in order on my ps3 :P

[stragomccloud]

This is great news for PS3 owners!!! Now it is possible to play the whole adventure. Looks like EA was finally able to get the publishing rights from Microsoft!!!

[tigertron]

I have it on the PC, but I have 2 and 3 on the PS3 because I didn't have a 360 at the time and my graphics card sucks. Hopefully this will come out in Europe so I can rebuy it.

[CBaoth]

Remember this is EA, they love your money more than you do.

[TreMillz]

I Lol'd so hard after that XD

[tigertron]

What exactly is there to disagree with?

[aliengmr]

You had 360, PC, and PS3 in the same comment. How could one not disagree, this is N4G after all:P

[tigertron]

Good point.

[DaThreats]

Mass Effect, the game which started it all, will be available on PlayStation 3 for the first time through the Mass Effect Trilogy and digitally as a standalone title via the PlayStation Network.
FEELS REALLY GOOD TO BE PATIENT

[Cueil]

I couldn't disagree more...

[TheDivine]

Playing a 5 year old game after youve finished the trilogy feels AMAZING! You really nailed it. So glad i skipped out on one of the best games ever and had the story spoiled so i can play the exact same game i couldve played 5 years ago BUT ON PS3! F*** Yea! Maybe in 5 years i can finally grab The Witcher 2, Alan Wake, Halo, and Gears 3. Maybe by that time Lost Odyssey will be ported over also. Jrpg's arent fun unless theyre on a PS console, just isnt the same otherwise. My dream though is to finally experience Zelda OOT and the Metroid Prime Trilogy. One day...

[MattyG]

How many discs will be in this "one box"?? 5 or 6?

[MattyG]

@disagrees it actually does have 4-5. The 5th looks like a special features disc though, so ill go with 4. Here's there link. http://kotaku.com/5946590/m...

[stragomccloud]

I can't find any information regarding whether or not DLC will be included. So, I'm going to assume that it does not include any of it. Sad pandas indeed. I was really hoping to get a complete version for PC.

[KMCROC]

Wonder how much MS is getting from EA or what is it costing EA to even put the first game in a box set.
Hope MS taking them to the cleaners on this .

[GribbleGrunger]

Why would you hope MS are taking EA to the cleaners over this?! EA probably own the rights and the only reason it wasn't on the PS3 earlier is because they were working on the Mass Effect 2 and wanted it to release on both platforms simultaneously

[Kingdom Come]

Microsoft Published the original game, therefor they'd need their permission to port the game to PS3.

[ALLWRONG]

Kingdom Come has it right and I'm sure MS is getting something out of it.

[GribbleGrunger]

You might be right... but it's still odd to want a company to take them to the cleaners over it. That sounds very much like the writing of someone who is deeply hurt over this, which I find strange.

[Sevir]

Mass Effect was actually published by Microsoft, at that time, Bioware and Brother Studio Panedemic were both independently owned They also made exclusives for the first Xbox, after Mass Effect was released they were soon purchased by EA and released ME2 exclusive on Xbox 360 due to the publishing rights but EA purchased the IP rights from MS 6 months after release, during that time Production/ Porting on ME2 was already underway for ps3. It seems that EA has secured publishing rights for the entire franchise trilogy from MS and Now MET is complete on PS3.

[GribbleGrunger]

Thanks Sevir, I didn't realise that. I apologise to everyone for my ignorance.

[joeorc]

"Microsoft Published the original game, therefor they'd need their permission to port the game to PS3."

not if that is not in the contract, and if it was it was with Bioware not EA! you would have to make a brand new contract with EA in order to keep the full right's to publish, because microsoft did not get full right's to the iP.

Microsoft most likely only had the exclusive right to publish for a limited time before the deal with EA and Bioware completes. Now that it's completed the contract most like has or was ended due to the fact the iP holder is no longer Bioware most likely its now EA's. It could still be held under BioWare but i pretty much doubt that after EA spent over 1 billion for the company.

Most likely the only thing I think Microsoft got past this deal was limited exclusive platform presentation of the iP. If Bioware was not sold than it may not have ended up this way. but that's pretty much moot now because, Bioware was sold to EA so its pretty much over and done with.

[WetN00dle69]

Thats business for you. Nothing in life is free.
You want something you have to offer something for it in return.

[Lvl_up_gamer]

Well I think we need to look at this objectively.

Out of the trilogy, ME1 was the only game within the trilogy to be on the 360. A game that is 6 years old and has only sold 2.67 million units.

Needless to say there is little to no demand right now for the first ME game. MS got every cent they could have out of the ME sales.

It seems like EA just wants to make a bit of extra money by releasing a Trilogy box set. MS knows they are not going to make any money off the IP since regardless of how many new trilogies are created within the ME universe, ME1 would have been the only game on the 360 exclusively. MS makes some kind of deal...either financially or with later content agreements with EA (remember EA did allow Turn 10 to have Porsche in Forza 4).

This looks like MS is just trying to keep EA as a close 3rd party developer relationship.

Also, Since MS will be releasing a Next Gen system soon, to them what is the sense holding onto 1 ME game out of a trilogy when every other future ME title will be multiplat on next gen consoles. No sense hanging on to the past with a game nobody will ever buy again when you can make deals with 3rd party developers to secure future possibilities going into next gen...

I hope now some people will see that MS isn't the devil that some people like to make them out to be.

Remember, this is MS allowing Sony access to have a MS owned title on their system.

Seems like a pretty nice gesture to me.

[tallkidoPL]

It probably doesnt include all dlcs for me1/2

[AznGaara]

Mass Effect 1 is by far my favorite of the trilogy! I hope they're taking time to re-optimize it and fix all the glitches & texture loading times (I've heard the PC port has neither issue). Congrats to Ps3 owners.

[LOOK_AT_THIS_I]

Played the 3rd game very briefly but will pick up the set when it comes out. I have caught several good franchises as a part of the hd remakes/combo packs. Better late to the party than never show up at all.

[IamTheStorm81]

Seeing as Mass Effect 3 is coming to Wii U, it'll be interesting to see if this ever makes its way to Wii U.

Great package, though. Especially for PS3 owners (because of ME 1, of course).

[ziggurcat]

they must have negotiated one hell of a deal to get the first ME on PS3...

[TronEOL]

And now I'll be buying ME1 for PS3. I already have 1-3 on PC, but I have 2 & 3 on PS3, and I need to complete the collection. This is actually going to be amazing playing the first Mass Effect on PS3.

[TopDudeMan]

Having just migrated from ps3 to pc, I may try mass effect 1 on pc, but I'm not gonna get the trilogy. I already played 2 and 3.

[yewles1]

Ah, yes... I remember it like it was... TWO YEARS AGO!!!

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1...

PR can be funny at times... right, Will Powers? XD

[JakemanPS31994]

why you guys acting like its the first time a game published by Microsoft is going on the ps3... Ninja Gaiden 2 was published by Microsoft and it still went on the playstation

[ALLWRONG]

it had a different name and no limb damage

[JakemanPS31994]

yah but it was still Ninja gaiden... they could probably get around this with the trilogy release.

[Knight_Crawler]

I do not see EA pullinG of a Team Ninja with ME1, the hassle of re-regersting a new name for the game and paying lawyers to make sure that they can not get in trouble with MS for this is not worth it...also Team Ninja had to chnage the color of the blood from red to green in NG Sigma so they could say that they added something diffrent to the game.

Seems like a lot of work just to get 1 game onto a trilogy.

[DivineAssault]

Hmmm goes multiplat but no wii u version.. I thought EA was backing them on this system.. Ubisoft is releasing a lot of multiplat games to that arent going on it either.. Oh well, its good PS3 owners can finally play the best one.. Hopefully they fix the texture problem on it.. It was my favorite of all... The rest diminished the RPG elements with each installment

[Cueil]

It would probably be easier to port to the Wii U considering the architect is very similar

[ApolloTheBoss]

You ain't played ME till you played ME1. For those who didn't play it, I recommend you play it.

[WildStyles]

That packaging is nice as hell. I might buy this since I never played the first.

[josephayal]

Another Time Exclusive in my Brand New PS3 SUPER SLIM,

[Dno]

no PC controller support no buy

[cfountain]

consider it bought.

[theWB27]

This just wreaks of another reason why the owners left Bioware. Even though it's very good news for PS3 owners, it seems like the owners might have been fighting this among other things and gave up the "money" side of EA.

[MasterD919]

If I didn't already own all of them I would be all over this...I am curious if it will include every bit of DLC though. Probably not considering ME3 isn't done releasing DLC, but at the very least the Batarian DLC mission pack for ME1 and probably all ME2 content.

This coming off the tail of Bioware looking for fan input for ME4...interesting.

[Lordchunk]

good to see ps3 and pc get the chance to play the first :)

[NYC_Gamer]

Mass Effect 1 is already on PC.

[ajax17]

There IS going to be a PS3 version!!? FUCK!!!!!! I already have 2 and 3!!! UGH... I don't want to buy a trilogy pack just for 1... damn.

[ajax17]

oh, wait... digital download on PSN... I retract my previous comment :D

[PygmelionHunter]

This had me worried as well, but, will you be able to transfer your data over to Mass Effect 2?

[DaReapa]

Same thing I was wondering. They may have to release a patch for current owners of the PS3 ME2 to allow choice integration from ME1, unless its already implemented - which would raise another question.

[insomnium2]

Couldn't get into ME2. Boring. Sold it and went on to next game in my baglog. Don't care about this trilogy. Awesome for those who want it though but that won't stop me getting disagreed to hell....

[dorron]

I was waiting for a complete edition to buy ME3, but now I'll wait for this one.

[Drumsmasher]

Great, hopefully EA doesn't fuck up the first game. I love the first game.

Good for PS3 players, they should have been able to experience the first game a long time ago.

[stragomccloud]

Well, then unless ME3 is really cheap for Wii U, it'll be total rip off. Lest they decide to scrap 3, and then just release the trilogy on the system.

[PygmelionHunter]

Not likely since it is a launch title already, it could happen, though, it's just that I find it unlikely.

[Godmars290]

Thinking about this, what's going to happen to the WiiU version of ME3 now? Is that honestly going to be as attractive with its update comic and tablet screen functionality at the same price as all three title in the trilogy at the same price?

[SonyNGP]

It's MGS3D all over again.

[TenkoTAiLS]

They better damn well have at least all the DLC for Mass Effect 1 & 2 included. The Mass Effect 1 stuff can be hard to get for PC these days having to mail EA for a key, and they never released all the originally limited time stuff on 360 or PC in packs like they did on PS3. So many people requested an "Ultimate" edition of ME2 including the DLC like they did with Dragon Age, if they have ignored that, so help me *shakes fist*

Makes me wonder if 360 and PC will get that upgraded ME2 release PS3 received too. But man, poor Wii U, ain't even out yet and it gets shafted. Who's gunna buy just ME3 for retail price on Wii U when you can get the entire trilogy for that price on every other console ;_;

[Sheikah]

YESSS! Been waiting for a reason to pick up me2 again.. Also, I feel like replaying me1, but being stuck on the ps3, that couldn't happen.. can't wait for this

[StreetsofRage]

For those that haven't played these games yet, this is the perfect opportunity to jump on. But for those that were only able to play part 2 and 3 and having to watch a 5 minute video summary of the first one...I would be PISSED! This is the most amazing trilogy this gen, no question.

[PopRocks359]

I feel as though they should have canned Mass Effect 3 for Wii U and released this on all the platforms.

[Sheikh Yerbouti]

It may be the only Microsoft published game I buy for myself, but like they say "Jump In".

[Kratoscar2008]

I have skipped the series because i have a PS3 and i dont want to star with 2 so this is what i needed to jump to the series cool.

[Man-E-Faces]

Well this is very good news for PS3 Mass Effect fans, now the PC/360 snobs with a plunger rammed so far up their ass over at Bioware forums and elsewhere can't talk down on PS3 owners about having a gimped series and being irrelevant.

[Omnislash]

This is good news for me since I didnt want to play ME1 on my crappy PC and if ME1 2 and 3 come out with all the DLC that would be awesome!

[tiffac008]

I just purchased Mass Effect 3 for my PS3 the other day... ._.

[Darth Stewie]

Sweet I can finally play ME1.

[R1CAN617]

My question is will it bring all of the previous DLC?

[sdplisken]

YES! cant wait to play me1 for the first time on ps3
own both me2 and me2 frickin love em
one of the best new ips this gen easily

[RickHiggity]

At least the ps3 players will finally get to play the original. damn good game, and arguably the best in the series.

[J86blum]

I can wait till a later date seeing as I have a PS3, I read the site page and all im curious about is, "are all three dics' or games their complete editions?" The site itself does not say, so here is hoping more news on it will reviel so. If so that would be amazing. -fingers crossed-

[fourthpersonview]

PS3 version on a later date? Do they mean to release it the same time Bethesda releases Skyrim DLC for PS3?

LOLOLOLOLOLOL

[MrBeatdown]

Hope ME3 DLC is included. I've already played through all three, but I wouldn't mind one final run through of all three one one system with all DLC from the start.

I'm curious how ME1 will turn out. They used the ME3 engine for ME2. It would be nice if they did the same for ME1.

[banjadude]

I wonder if they will finally let the PC version have (official) gamepad support. Honestly, for me, I could not play ME1 on PC, due to the keyboard and mouse combo; I don't know why, it just didn't pan out well for me.

[XB1_PS4]

If everyone played ME3 the way it was supposed to be played, and didn't go look up the other endings then no one would have complained.I didn't even know about the other scenes until the web went nuts. I wanted to experience only what I chose...
I think Mass Effect is an amazing series. I hope for another.

[Ethereal]

If it contains ME1, I am all over this! Edit: Just read the presser. SOLD!! Take my money EA.

[CyrusLemont]

I've been waiting for this! Should be fantastic, sold Mass Effect 3 in an angry rage when it came out like a lot of people did haha, be nice to get the whole trilogy at the same price as ME3, I hope this comes with all the DLC as well. Tech points will be awarded to EA if they do.

[Perez]

ME 1 and 2 thats all there ever was imo and I regard 1 as the RPG and 2 as the TPS.

its great 1 is coming to PS3 but in all honesty with no anti ME or Bioware feeling I kinda feel the pay-off of the trilogy doesn't really make me want to invest another 50-60hrs+ to it all (10 characters ME1 and 8 ME2)

I expect disagrees but thats my opinion the ME series is good no doubt but I cant help feeling the ball got dropped somewhere.

[mananimal]

w/o the DLC " INCLUDED" , its worthless, ...thats the big question, & with the way EA operates, I wouldnt put it past them to "not " include DLC.

[WitWolfy]

I traded all My mass Effect games in for both Xbox 360 and PS3.. wont touch this games with a wooden stick on how they ended it. You have to be an ignorant BW fanboy not to see the plot holes in the end.

[c1181]

Bioware became part of EA just before (Oct '07) ME1 was released in Nov '07, so Microsoft would already have published it. Had Bioware still been part of Microsoft when the PC version came out in 2008 surely Microsoft would have published that version also, only reason this wasn't the case being that the studio was now part of EA.

If it has been the case all along that EA had the rights to publish ME1 on PS3 then why the hell haven't they done it sooner and allowed Microsoft to go around saying the only place for full experience is on 360.