Mass Effect 3 Delayed into Early 2012

Expect even more delays, which is frankly a good thing, considering how bloated Q4 usually is, and this year is no exception.

ME2 got delayed until early 2010 and that worked out great, this is prolly a good thing.

damn it

Oh right, this makes my ICI bet even sweeter. Mmm, delicious.

Good, because I wan them to have more time to finish this game so that it'll be great.

New laser weapons confirmed, exclusive!

Saw this coming a mile away.

wut ever you guys need to do to get it done. ill be waiting

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This makes me sad, but hey whatever needs to be done to make the game awesome!

" And it'll of course still be on the same engine since it's being made by EA. "

No surprise here.

Well that kind of sucks. It better be worth the wait. As my impotent rage knows no bounds. 

I hope they didn't push ME3 out of the holidays out because of the harsh competition. At this point, other games should be afraid of Mass Effect i think :)

I wasn't surprised to see them attempting to turn around a new game in 18-20 months but giving them a full 24 months will pay dividends. 

" It's actually good to get bigger games in the first quarter, when we get way less releases overall. Actually, it'd be good for Skyrim to be pushed back to that time also. Leave the holidays for the multiplayer-focused /shorter single-player campaign blockbusters such as Uncharted 3, CoD, Halo and the like. "

" Well this gets me more time to play Skyrim I guess.. "

I didn't expect this at all. Wow. Well, at least there are plenty of other games to look forward to. If this was to happen, it would have been nice if they also took time to make the Arrival dlc good.

I am not even remotely surprised.

Sweet, this means i can buy more stuff during the holidays, maybe i can get Skyrim....

This gives me time to restart my Shepard legacy because I had lost all interest in ME3 after my save files got corrupted.

After seeing what you did with DA:2 - Bioware, you take as long as you need.

" lol "more time to make the game better!" people are ridiculous. "

Darn, they'll end this year with a downer with Dragon Age II.

I care about the quality more then when it comes out. Bioware works hard at that in my book.

Of course I would love to play Mass Effect 3 as soon as possible, but I'm not surprised....kinda expected it.  Plus, I want them to make sure the game is awesome.

joins in the crowd, and say this was kinda expected

lol "more time to make the game better!" people are ridiculous.

Man, I hate being right.

At least it goes well with the whole end of the world theme.

I don't mind waiting it'll be worth it. Don't want it to end up being a rushed product as Dragon Age 2 was. I enjoyed it but the end was appalling and felt rushed.

That's fine by me, but tbh i'm a slacker who still hasn't played ME2 even after pre-ordering it ... I've only done one play-through on ME1 and I was a bit upset that I ended up on a path to beating the game w/out realizing it, leaving many loose ends in the form of incomplete side-quests.  Still, I guess that's what makes the first attempt so fun.. you're not expecting all the triggers.

Can't believe I just sat and read through 184 comments just going "called it" and "good, DA2 sucked". Either way I don't mind really, as long as Skyrim isn't delayed as well. *knocks on wood*

A slight bummer, but it'll benefit from avoiding the crowded holiday period. If the last game is any indication, the wait will be worth it.

Seriously, this is the best ME3 news I could have gotten.

Hopefully that means that they learned their lesson with Dragon Age 2...*fingers crossed*

shit

After the whole Dragon Age 2 mess I'm kinda glad they delayed it ... if that means the game will actually be good.

I'm actually really glad to hear this. This year, especially the last quarter, is crowded enough as it is.

This thread is surprisingly full of people who are okay with a delay.

I was hoping that ME3 would be delayed. Q3/Q4 2011 is way too crowded at the moment (even with the delay of ME3). I mean, there's Gears 3, Resistance 3, Uncharted 3, Skyrim, Battlefield 3 and (for some folks) the new CoD.

ME3 is going to be amazing!

I'm actually very glad they did, means more time to polish and perfect it.

" Hope Bioware/EA has learned their lesson from Dragon Age 2 and are taking their time in making a proper addition to the Mass Effect series. "

Oh thank GOD.  After the let-down that was dragon age 2, it makes me really happy they decided to take some time with this one.

Hope Bioware/EA has learned their lesson from Dragon Age 2 and are taking their time in making a proper addition to the Mass Effect series.

Cold hard business move. They're scared of the profit margins in face of going against Skyrim, arkham, gears and call of duty electric boogaloo.

Good, last thing the series needs is a Dragon Age 2 cash grab rush job.

Get ready for more delays like this once Activision reveals Modern Warfare 3 at E3.