Listen up, fans of slow elevators and
shooting everyone in sight. EA's recent financial earnings call divulged information indicating the publisher is readying sequels to BioWare's sci-fi RPG,
Mass Effect, and DICE's multiplayer-driven FPS,
Battlefield: Bad Company. There isn't that much else to report, other than EA CEO John Riccitiello saying that
Mass Effect 2 would be available on "multiple platforms" and Bad Company would be "back on consoles" in Q4 of fiscal year 2010, which translates into
normal people speak as sometime between January and March 2010.
We'll try to corner more information on these two titles and update as soon as we can.
Update: First screen of
Bad Company 2 released.
{ Feb 3rd 2009 at 6:02PM } 
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Lennoko @ Feb 3rd 2009 6:07PM
i was hoping for Battlefield 3, but the announcement of Mass effect 2 made up for it!
SoulBlade @ Feb 3rd 2009 6:08PM
On multiple platforms no less! Though I wonder if that means 360 and PC again. Something tells me they'll give the PS3 some love this time.
Snowblind @ Feb 3rd 2009 6:13PM
I imagine it means PC and 360, but if it's EA handling it, then it could go anywhere. But considering it continues directly from the first games save file.. would anyone really want it for the PS3?
(I'm guessing, yes).
Marty @ Feb 3rd 2009 6:48PM
Mass Effect for 360 and PC: confirmed.
ruibing @ Feb 3rd 2009 7:19PM
I'm hoping for a PS3 version of the original and sequel.
SoulBlade @ Feb 3rd 2009 9:07PM
Wow didn't realize what I said would offend so many people. Sad day.
Shumway @ Feb 4th 2009 1:53AM
It's easy to offend fanboys.
Obie @ Feb 3rd 2009 6:08PM
I'll also have another serving of Dead Space, please!
Neuromancer @ Feb 3rd 2009 6:55PM
OK but you'll have to play it on the Wii!
Obie @ Feb 3rd 2009 7:08PM
Wii-TF?
refinedsugar @ Feb 3rd 2009 6:10PM
Say goodnight, Manuel.
seanthebond @ Feb 3rd 2009 6:13PM
I'm not shocked that the rumored 'Battlefield' announcement was not 'Battlefield 3'.
It appears EA just doesn't want to invest the time in creating a strictly PC game right now-- Despite the fact that BF3 would, presumably, consist of only online play which would deter piracy.
--If the game were to be good, that is.
wickedpheonix @ Feb 3rd 2009 11:18PM
Wouldn't matter if the game was good - PC gamers would buy it in frickin' droves since Battlefield 2 was GOD (when the netcode wasn't complete crap and J10s weren't overpowered God-Kings of the sky, sea, and earth).
But yeah, I had gotten ahold of a legit copy of BF2 and I remember I wanted to get the expansion packs, so I downloaded them and they weren't worth shit since the CD keys were tied to accounts. BF is traditionally a MP-only game and that makes it impossible to pirate for anything more than LAN play (and although it's superior to online play - how many people LAN anymore, seriously?)
But then again.... if they just bothered to update BF2 to support widescreen, fix the netcode bugs, and balanced the game properly then we wouldn't need BF3 - who gives a shit about the Frostbite engine, really....
deaftly @ Feb 3rd 2009 6:14PM
ZOMG NO WAI
Shangheli @ Feb 3rd 2009 6:14PM
I hope it's not PS3, atleast not straight away. I'm tired of the PS3 delaying every game.
Longhorn4Life @ Feb 3rd 2009 6:16PM
just like the PS3 delayed FF13, oh wait
I hope it is for the PS3
Mr Khan @ Feb 3rd 2009 6:17PM
In a lot of cases, the games are originally developed on a neutral central platform, then ported to both. At least that's how it works with Capcom now, and i would imagine that others might follow suit
this is 2009, after all, not 2007
Andazeus @ Feb 3rd 2009 6:16PM
Mass Effect 2? Oh.. what a suprise.. wouldn't have expected this in a... trilogy.... yeah...
But then again... there was the Advent Rising train.. huh?
giantenemycrab @ Feb 3rd 2009 6:22PM
I'm so glad they're keeping the Battlefield:Bad Company IP going. I really enjoyed that game.
Mikey @ Feb 3rd 2009 6:19PM
I have a feeling the ps3 version will have mass effect 1 as a bonus...
Making up for the obvious advantage the xbox players would have
Hyams @ Feb 3rd 2009 6:26PM
As cool as that'd be, I can't imagine EA giving away a game for free...
arrrgh @ Feb 3rd 2009 6:31PM
I cant imagine EA porting ME1 properly
I really don't think the ps3 will suffer at all if it gets ME2. Lots of other players will be able to get in on the ME world (which is incredible and deep)
Doubt ME1 will make it to ps3 but here's hopin for ME2
Peter @ Feb 3rd 2009 6:32PM
that would be nice, or maybe the collectors edition that comes with both games for like $120. even for that price Id but it because the first one looked really good but I missed out on it!
SuckItTrebek @ Feb 3rd 2009 6:52PM
Peter, fuck you and people like you for why gaming costs so much.
"I'd pay $120 for both! $60 for a port of a game that's $20 on the other two platforms? What a bargain!"
"Really, Peter? Quick, jack the price up to $150, see if other fucktards will pay extra just because we tell them to!"
"Thank you Mister Gaming Executive! Can I pay for the DLC, too, so that I get the complete original raping experience?!"
DjDATZ @ Feb 4th 2009 9:14AM
NO. THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN. MICROSOFT STILL OWNS THE RIGHTS TO M.E.
Snowblind @ Feb 4th 2009 11:25AM
Yes, Microsoft still owns the first Mass Effect, it can't go anywhere. Like I said before, considering the developers heavily recommended that you play the original game first AND keep your save file, it would be very odd for them to just release the sequel on the PS3.
But I wouldn't put it past EA, they're not going to care if people don't understand the game, as long as they buy it.
NukeAssault @ Feb 3rd 2009 6:19PM
Hooray! ME2 and BC2 ftw!
So glad to hear about a Bad company sequel. That game was great. Love it more then i thought i would. =D
JizzyB @ Feb 3rd 2009 6:22PM
It's about damn time they announced ME 2! "Multiple platforms" is interesting. I'm wondering who owns the IP for that game as it was initially produced by Microsoft. If they have any say I don't see them allowing it to go to PS3.
Hyams @ Feb 3rd 2009 6:25PM
EA own the IP, not Microsoft.
As I understand it, the Mass Effect re-release on the 360 is being published by EA, rather than Microsoft.
Alien Lord @ Feb 3rd 2009 7:12PM
I believe the console IP rights belong to MS but the PC IP rights are EA's.
Hyams @ Feb 3rd 2009 8:09PM
There's no such thing as 'console IP rights' or 'PC IP rights'. You either own the IP or you don't.
Hyams @ Feb 3rd 2009 6:24PM
Sweet. I missed out on Mass Effect 1, so I'm happy the sequal is going multiplatform. ^_^
*boogies*
Hyams @ Feb 3rd 2009 7:05PM
OH NOES, HE WANTS TO PLAY A GAEM!
QUICK VOTE HIM DOWN!!1!1!!!
Lennoko @ Feb 3rd 2009 7:12PM
This thread is FULL of down voting. Its weird, all the legitimate statements are getting the shaft, lol.
Longhorn4Life @ Feb 3rd 2009 7:23PM
the xbots have arrived, quick defend your no longer exclusive game (although it doesn't make sense to keep it exclusive in this economic crisis, especially with AE).
Longhorn4Life @ Feb 3rd 2009 7:25PM
I meant EA,
Lennoko @ Feb 3rd 2009 6:27PM
Can "multi-platform" Mean just PC and 360?
Longhorn4Life @ Feb 3rd 2009 6:29PM
than that would mean most 360 "exclusives" are "multi-platform"
Hyams @ Feb 3rd 2009 6:30PM
It's certainly possible, yes. But this EA we're talking about, remember.
Haggard @ Feb 3rd 2009 6:48PM
I just can't imagine many PS3 players bothering to buy this (given that the story was the defining feature of the original, and they don't know it), and since BioWare could barely code a PC port a number of months later, I can't see them pulling off all 3 platforms without some severe hitches.
Hyams @ Feb 3rd 2009 6:54PM
*shrugs* I'd buy it if it happened.
Anyway, I imagine a seperate EA team would do the porting, not BioWare themselves. Which isn't bad, really. EA are getting pretty good at developing for the PS3.
PSN: Aggie_CEO @ Feb 4th 2009 7:22AM
@Haggard: ya know people say the SAME thing about Final Fantasy & Metal Gear. lol
Prothean @ Feb 4th 2009 9:36AM
I don't know why everyone is so shocked about this and saying things like "will PS3 owners even buy this?". I have a PS3 and 360, but after going through three of them, I refuse to buy any games for it unless its a last resort (Fable 2, Gears 2). So I played Mass Effect for 360 (still have it) and I will most certainly be picking this up for PS3 because of the reliability factor.
KinjiroSSD @ Feb 4th 2009 5:56PM
I'm a PS3 owner interested in ME 2. I completed Mass Effect when I used to own a 360 so story isn't an issue however a save file to continue from is.
BxGT @ Feb 3rd 2009 6:27PM
Can you say mass effect for the gameboy advance.
PSN: slycooper_rocker (The Agent of Orange) @ Feb 3rd 2009 8:39PM
mass effect for the game boy advance. can i have my cookie now?
Baby J Penn (PSN johnnynumber5) @ Feb 3rd 2009 6:30PM
Battlefield Bad Company was probably my favorite FPS of 2008. It kind of got lost in the shuffle with all of the other great shooter titles but it was and still is a fantastic game. It's still my go to shooter for online multiplayer.
I played and completed Mass Effect when I still had my 360 so I do hope that part 2 is released on the PS3 as well at launch. Maybe they can release part 1 for the PS3 sometime this year before part 2 is due to come out.
Dr Jeckyl and Mr ESC. @ Feb 3rd 2009 7:14PM
Bad Company is my favorite online FPS after Team Fortress 2.
It really rocks.
ill trooper @ Feb 3rd 2009 7:39PM
Bad Company was fantastic, the multiplayer is great - enormous maps allowing for a lot of diversity for all class types in the battles. I might play that tonight a little. Plus, taking someone's dog-tags is very satisfying.
Lennoko @ Feb 3rd 2009 8:00PM
my only problem with it was the stupid 4 person Squad crap, doesn't leave much chance for Strategy.