[Rumor] Mass Effect going multiplayer?

[Guild McCommunist]

A new job listing posted on Electronic Arts' website suggests the franchise will be adding a multiplayer component sometime in the future. The listing calls for someone to take Mass Effect's "existing single player user experiences and make them multiplayer safe."

It should be noted this listing is for BioWare's studio in Montreal, which offered development support for Mass Effect 2. The franchise is primarily developed in Edmonton.

It's possible this could be a multiplayer expansion for Mass Effect 2, or an additional component for Mass Effect 3.

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I hope so. Mass Effect's customization and RPG aspects in multiplayer would rock, they just need to make the combat a little more in depth.

 

[DeadLocked]

I LOVE mass effect for a start

I can't see how this would work online however, the controls are more for tactical cover shoot. It works against AI that don't necessarily move around a lot but if there's a handful of people running around will it work?

I hope BioWare makes it work though because it would be cool.

I don't however think it would be DLC, to include a whole new gameplay in a DLC would be risky and a huge download. It would be Mass Effect 3 or a disc expansion pack because the price, size and internet speed of some countries would be terrible. Bring on Mass Effect 3 with MP.

 

[Blaze163]

Now that's a damn shame. If this job was here in the UK I'd be applying right now. But I hope whoever they hire instead of me does a good job, multiplayer would be a nice addition to the series, so long as it doesn't succumb to Live Syndrome and have the multiplayer totally dominate the single player.