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"Earth Is Burning" In Mass Effect 3

EA's online store will totally let you pre-order a copy of this unannounced game.

By Jeff Gerstmann  |  Dec. 10, 2010

 Spotted this Mass Effect 3 listing on the EA Store (via Destructoid) this morning. The page has since been removed from EA's site.

The little bit of descriptive text is pretty interesting.

Earth is burning. Striking from beyond known space, a race of terrifying machines have begun their destruction of the human race. As Commander Shepard, an Alliance Marine, your only hope for saving mankind is to rally the civilizations of the galaxy and launch one final mission to take back the Earth.

Earth hasn't really been in play during the last two Mass Effect games, so an all-out attack on the home planet sounds, well, pretty different. No word on if it has a bunch of multiplayer in it, which has been quite the popular rumor lately. Either way, the game is expected to be formally announced during the Spike TV Video Game Awards tomorrow night, so we'll probably know more very soon.    
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231 Comments
TrippinBungalowon Dec. 10, 2010 at 12:52 p.m.
Hooray, Mass Effect! 
 
EDIT: ... goddamn you, Mr. Sunshine.
DiGiTaL_SiNon Dec. 10, 2010 at 12:52 p.m.
Effective.
FritzDudeon Dec. 10, 2010 at 12:53 p.m.
Fiiiiiiiiiiiirrrrrrrrr-fuuuuuuck.
smitty86on Dec. 10, 2010 at 12:53 p.m.
Is Playstation 3 also confirmed yet?
Guyzeaon Dec. 10, 2010 at 12:53 p.m.
Shepard.
fillmoejoeon Dec. 10, 2010 at 12:54 p.m.
Still need to play Lair of the Shadow Broker.
damswedonon Dec. 10, 2010 at 12:54 p.m.
3 Games in WE'RE GOING TO EARTH!!!
BigChiefon Dec. 10, 2010 at 12:55 p.m.
@Guyzea said:
" Shepard. "
Wrex.
Keegson Dec. 10, 2010 at 12:55 p.m.
space nipples
gosukilleron Dec. 10, 2010 at 12:55 p.m.
@Guyzea: Wrex.
phrosniteon Dec. 10, 2010 at 12:55 p.m.
Shepard! I can't wait for this. Bioware are freakin' awesome - the best developer ever!
radioactivez0ron Dec. 10, 2010 at 12:56 p.m.
I feel like I should focus on playing through the first game.
Denexon Dec. 10, 2010 at 12:56 p.m.
PC version 60 dollars? =/
PlasmaBeam44on Dec. 10, 2010 at 12:57 p.m.
Isn't this the third time robots have tried to take over the universe in Mass Effect? I loved ME2 but this is kind of disappointing to me.
Yummyleeon Dec. 10, 2010 at 12:58 p.m.
By the end of the story, it'll reveal to us all that we humans... are the real reapers! We destroyed our earth with pollution, crime and cartoon porn.
Sin4profiton Dec. 10, 2010 at 12:58 p.m.
Earth huh? I want it to be a ghetto of a planet at this point, i think that would be cool. 
Either way, it'll be interesting to visit Earth within the ME fiction.
Warchiefon Dec. 10, 2010 at 12:58 p.m.
WELCOME TO ERF!
Afroman269 is online on Dec. 10, 2010 at 12:59 p.m.
@smitty86
Is Playstation 3 also confirmed yet?
With ME 2 goin to PS3 I highly doubt that ME3 would be exclusive to 360. I expect the 360 to get exclusive DLC or something like that.
benjaebeon Dec. 10, 2010 at 12:59 p.m.
Awesome awesome awesome. Still hoping they stick to single player.
Houraion Dec. 10, 2010 at 12:59 p.m.
I cannot express how stoked I am for this game.

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