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BioWare's Watamaniuk: Mass Effect 2 on PS3 statement a "misunderstanding"

Jay Watamaniuk is backing down from his statement that Mass Effect 2 is "probably" coming out for PS3. But maybe it's just damage control? Let's take a look at what BioWare was saying about rumors of a PC version of Mass Effect back in 2007.

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Tony P - 75 days 17 hours ago

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Too many misunderstandings. It's starting to sound like a badly kept secret.

"As we've said before, Mass Effect is planned as an Xbox 360 exclusive title. This means we are not working on a PC version and have no plans to start making one."

And they didn't, which most of their PC fans (me included) hated. In the end it was ably ported by Demiurge. I hope that's not ME2's fate; to be ported by outside devs.

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Jamescagney - 75 days 16 hours ago

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Difference being that it would have been far easier to port over.

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StanLee - 75 days 15 hours ago

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The problem with Mass Effect 2 on the PC is that when EA bought BioWare, they had to make a deal with Microsoft to publish Mass Effect on the PC and the deal with Microsoft was to publish Mass Effect on PC and future Mass Effect titles. I would think Microsoft would have taken steps then to protects it's interest, which is probably what the timed exclusivity. But what's the point without the first and it seems Microsoft didn't allow them to publish the first on the PS3 or they would have already. Probably to handicap the potential release of Mass Effect 2 on PS3.

http://www.gamasutra.com/ph...

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Kigmal - 75 days 15 hours ago

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When I saw that the article was translated, I already knew it was misquoted and a misunderstanding. I didn't believe they really said that.

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Luna Valhalla - 75 days 15 hours ago

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I am fairly sure that when EA splashed out nearly a billion dollars on Bioware, they got full control over all their IPs, including Mass Effect. If Microsoft still had any say in it, then I would be surprised.

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RememberThe357 - 75 days 15 hours ago

1.5 - I still think that we're going to see the trilogy be released when Mass Effect 3 is realesed.

I think that they will release them all on a single blu-ray months or even a year after the 360/PC version of Mass Effect 3 is released.

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Jamescagney - 75 days 15 hours ago

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Lol sorry Luna Valhalla did you just say that Microsoft wouldn't have a say in what EA does concerning a title that Microsoft owned?

Are you kidding? You think MS doesn't make deals?

Well that's one way to look at it I suppose.

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Tony P - 75 days 14 hours ago

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My point in saying so was that it SHOULD NOT be ported at all if it's taken on by outside devs. Do we really want to see another EA port to PS3? Sounds like an "inferior version" waiting to happen. I dunno about Demiurge, but they don't have much pedigree.

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Pandamobile - 75 days 16 hours ago

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Mass Effect 2 on PS3 would be rather silly without Mass Effect 1, if you ask me.

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jleack - 75 days 16 hours ago

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Not really. Most of us already played it on PC. It wouldn't be gamebreaking.

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thebudgetgamer - 75 days 15 hours ago

2.2 - as much as i want it i agree with you.

unless they do both it would be like reading a really good book from the middle.

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Kigmal - 75 days 15 hours ago

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If most PS3 owners are playing it on PC, then there really isn't any point to a PS3 version. I also agree with Pandamobile. Mass Effect 2 on PS3 wouldn't make sense if Mass Effect 1 wasn't released first.

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thebudgetgamer - 75 days 15 hours ago

2.4 - thats the thing

im not a pc guy (im a mac/ linux guy) so for me its hope they both come to ps3 or wait till i buy a 360 either way its cool.

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skatezero246 - 75 days 15 hours ago

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do people forget how much more space a ps3 disk(BR) can hold compared to a 360 game(DVD9)? mass effect was on one disk so Bioware could easily put 1-2 on a single blue-ray

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Jamescagney - 75 days 15 hours ago

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They could skatezero246, but then what would they charge for it?

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corneliuscrust - 75 days 13 hours ago

2.7 - the media format it would be on

probably has little to do with whether or not they would release it

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aaronisbla - 75 days 11 hours ago

2.8 - sorry but they would need to have the first one out as well if the second one was to come

Its a rpg, with a meaty story, you can't just skip games like Dead Rising 2,.

If they want the average joe to pick up the second game, the first would help

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KILLERAPP - 75 days 15 hours ago

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Is very simple Bioware has no say about there games, only EA can decide and as you all know EA loves money so the only logical solution Is that they will do what ever makes the more money.

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ForROME - 75 days 15 hours ago

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does anyone recall bio shock? All the times it was denied people were told to let it go, get over it, its exclisive, there are no plans

Then

Bio Shock shows up on PS3

Same will happen with Mass E

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kissmeimgreek - 75 days 15 hours ago

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yes but that was different as bioshock 1 was released only 6 monts later (i think). ME1 was never released on ps3. 2 different situations.

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Luna Valhalla - 75 days 15 hours ago

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Bioshock was released in August 2007 on 360/PC and November 2008 on PS3.

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Tripl3seis - 75 days 15 hours ago

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Well to me I want mass effect to come to ps3 is an excellent rpg and I think that EA noes us ps3 owners want mass effect but we just have to wait and see.

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darkpower - 75 days 15 hours ago

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Wow...how many times can Bioware continue to put the toothpaste back into the tube before it all catches up with them? How many times have they said "probably", "maybe", "it could happen", only for them to say that they were "misquoted", that a listing was an "error", or whatever, just a day or so later? How many times do they get before the MSM begins to question their loyalty to their own word here?

This is why I hate that the gaming press being too chicken sh!t and too scared to get on a dev's balls about things like this! Stomp all over that NDA if you have to and ask them the questions that you were contracted NOT to ask, because they are obviously hiding sh!t from you, and CYAing themselves by using an NDA.

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ForROME - 75 days 15 hours ago

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I think EA knows how to make money and they know it will equal more rev then it will happen

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cmrbe - 75 days 15 hours ago

8 - It still amazes me that people are still talking about this subject.

A PC is pretty standard in people's homes nowdays like TV's. I don't know anyone i know that dosen't have at least 1 PC and a laptop.

The way i look at these x360 console exclusives are not exclusive at all so i don't get why there is such a big fuss about it going to the PS3. Also ME is overrated. I loved baldurs gate more.

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Tony P - 75 days 14 hours ago

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I wish console people would make up their minds about PC gaming. Is it the sport of rich men or does everyone have a PC in their home capable of playing today's games? Can't have both. So why do I hear both when it suits a particular argument?

Not directed at you specifically, cmbre.

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cmrbe - 75 days 13 hours ago

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it depends. If you are like me that just want to play the game without the bell's and whistle that a dedicated gaming rig can offer then a standard PC is more than enough to get comparable proformance to console versions. Sub 400 PC than i need for my work at home in any case.

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Why Dat - 75 days 15 hours ago

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Maybe Bioware is just working extra diligently on the PS3 version, before they jump the gun and say it is going to be released on the PS3.

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Avenged Sevenfold - 75 days 15 hours ago

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I call bullsh1t. The whole thing went too far and now they're covering up. No doubt ME and ME2 are both coming to the PS3.

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Arnon - 75 days 14 hours ago

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so because they're saying that it was a misunderstanding, you believe they're covering it up? The reason it's a misunderstanding, is because right now, even BioWare doesn't know. They know it's coming to PC/360 (which is multiplatform), but they have no way of telling what's really going to happen. If it really does come to PS3, I expect it in the future, after it's already been released.

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Knghtz - 75 days 14 hours ago

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I like conspiracy theories too!

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artsaber - 75 days 14 hours ago

11 - Microsoft does not own Mass Effect as an IP

So it is strictly up to the developer and/or what sort of closed door deals were made with Microsoft on limited exclusiveness. The ONLY way that Microsoft could PREVENT Mass Effect 1 or 2 being released to another platform is to control it completely by owning the IP. Mass Effect was a great game IMO. The more platforms it reaches, the better. Now can I have a next gen KOTOR?

@jay2 below... they might be able to sqeeze both games on a standard 25GB Bluray, the dual layered may not even be necessary... depending on how much content they add to ME2, remeber a PS3 version is likely to come with added content as many other titles have done.

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corneliuscrust - 75 days 13 hours ago

11.1 - until we know what kind of contract

bioware and EA made with MS, there's no way we can make anything more than a random guess

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jay2 - 75 days 14 hours ago

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People who keep saying about ME 1's game save being carried over should remember that Blu-ray has 50GB+ of space, and the 2 games would take, what, 16GB.

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Jamescagney - 75 days 14 hours ago

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Yes and what would they charge for 2 games on 1 disc?

EDIT: Look at it practically from a publishers point of view, what would they charge, how much would it cost to do it, who would buy it?

I own a ps3 but fanboys don't look at practical terms.

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artsaber - 75 days 14 hours ago

12.2 - @jamescagney

I can see a reason to call that a "real" Ultimate/Deluxe Edition and charge $79.99 for it.

Edit 1: I think $59.99 for Mass Effect2 and $20 for Mass Effect 1 is a fair and attractive deal. I wouldn't push it past that price point, or you will have too many people waiting for a sale to hit.

@ guys below:
They could release Mass Effect 2 by itself @ the regular price for multiple console owners who may have already bought ME1 on the 360(like me).

If people can afford to buy WiiFit, then they can certainly pony up the cash for these two gems. Mass Effect is a great game IMO, as long as they offer the regular version @ regular price, I don't see an issue.

EDIT 2: Thanks jamescagney and arnon for pointing out the flaws in my original statement. I didn't make my point clear on the initial post.

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Jamescagney - 75 days 14 hours ago

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@artsaber

Who has the money to pay it? How many sales would that get?

Btw, nice edit artsaber. Considering you first posted a $79 price point for the 2 games together as one. But nm.

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Arnon - 75 days 14 hours ago

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Yeah... that would honestly be terrible, since it would be like... the only version.

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corneliuscrust - 75 days 13 hours ago

12.5 - I dont get this

What difference would it make whether they released it on 1 disc or 2. They could probably load the blu ray with all kinds of documentary style footage or find some way to fill the space.

Either way, the whole thing is wrapped up in red tape that we don't have access to. Whether they might choose to release it separately or on one disc really doesnt matter unless they have the rights to do so. We in the gaming community don't know what kinds of deals were inked.

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dragonelite - 75 days 13 hours ago

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Mass effect is made with the unreal engine and doesnt that engine hate the ps 3 or atleast not optimized for the ps 3. We shall see because with most pc/360 games discussion the ps 3 fan boys have a good gaming pc so they dont miss sh!t.

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seifer085 - 75 days 13 hours ago

14 - Still in the air...

but who knows game I'm worried about is Half Life ep 3 on Ps3.

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LeonhartX - 75 days 12 hours ago

15 - sadly i don't think so....

although i would love ME 1,2 to come to the ps3 but i don't think it's coming because announcing it for ps3 would have been in a major event like e3 not just like that out of nowhere 2 months before the release of the game

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sikbeta - 75 days 9 hours ago

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Just was I thought, they don't confirm anything, the only chance is EA, and by their logic another console means more money, so It can be release for the PS3 as well

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MetalGearRising - 75 days 16 hours ago

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What's with that distance noise from far far away i hear............Okay never mind it's just droids crying.

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CernaML - 75 days 15 hours ago

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" Let's take a look at what BioWare was saying about rumors of a PC version of Mass Effect back in 2007. "

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skatezero246 - 75 days 15 hours ago

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lol nice try, but why would I be crying when I just got uncharted 2 and demon souls?

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randomwiz - 75 days 15 hours ago

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What's with that distance noise from far far away i hear............Okay never mind it's just bots with a sigh of relief.

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Ceekay - 75 days 15 hours ago

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There's nothing to cry about even without Conviction and ME2 on PS3 (which we all know are coming).

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iNFAMOUZ1 - 75 days 15 hours ago

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good one man

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MGSR THE HD VERSION - 75 days 15 hours ago

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it's not like i could give a sh1t, 360's version is lead....and going by how bad 360 to ps3 ports are, ps3's will land in the discard pile just like the rest of the crappy ps3's ports, lolz.

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skatezero246 - 75 days 15 hours ago

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thats just sad, I really don't worry about multi-plats except the realy good ones ..... and here is why you comment is sad Sony=great exclusive games and thats why I support them they have great games that I can't play anywhere else while a good percent of the 360 games are either on pc or ps3

Mass effect 1-2=PC

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randomwiz - 75 days 15 hours ago

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If you look at games lately, there isn't a porting problem anymore with the big titles... maybe there's a problem for small games, but not with the good games.

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7ero H3LL - 75 days 14 hours ago

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"If you look at games lately, there isn't a porting problem anymore"

no it's still going on.

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Saaking - 75 days 15 hours ago

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No misunderstanding. ME2 will come to PS3, cry more bots.

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kissmeimgreek - 75 days 15 hours ago

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no ones crying except metalgearrising. hes just anannoying kid with no friends. i could care less if it came to the ps3. id still get the same great game but more people would get to play it now.

why cant you just grow up and stop being a slave to your console? games are supposed to be for fun. not to start pointless flame wars.

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MGSR THE HD VERSION - 75 days 15 hours ago

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lol...

......oh how was bioshock1 for you guys, i heard it was dipped in 680p sauce?

ahhahahahah.

edit, lolz, halo3's rez was better than Haze and ps3's ghost busters.

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PirateThom - 75 days 15 hours ago

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Higher resolution than Halo 3 anyway.

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CernaML - 75 days 14 hours ago

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Ice Burn.

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Erotic Sheep - 75 days 14 hours ago

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Oh no! Bioshock in 680P? Weird because I absolutely LOVED that game and think its one of the best FPS games I've played this gen. But.. I guess I can't really like it because of the resolution :\

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NecrumSlavery - 75 days 13 hours ago

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Bioshock on PS3 looked better and ran smoother. Near PC quality. Oh and had exclusive DLC. Sony didn't spend a dime, 2K wanted to get it on the better system, and Bioshock 2 leads for PS3 after PC.

But who cares? Really? ME is a huge disappoinment. Far behind KOTOR, Jade Emp or Balders Gate.

Nearly every 360 game is going to PS3 revamped with new quality and content or the sequels coming to the PS3 day one too.

Honestly there are too many PS3 exclusives to care what the 360 is doing. Every month is filled with 1-4 AAA games.

Demons souls, r&c, ng s2, and uncharted 2
Gow 1/2 w/ gow 3 demo, gt 5, and mag coming
heavy rain, white knight, ffvxiii, gow3, last gaurdian

It's hard to fit in AC2, MW2, or Bshk2 or any multiplat with the line up on PS3

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Doc Sony - 75 days 15 hours ago

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Spin City, trust me it definitely coming.

There's always some truth to a rumor.

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PirateThom - 75 days 15 hours ago

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It's not even a rumour, Bioware keep saying things and having to retract them.

It's either coming or they're blantantly messing PS3 owners around.

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topdawg122 - 75 days 14 hours ago

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A misunderstanding? Right, right ;)

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