Shepard's Pie In The Face

In what looks to be a bit of a cockup on EA's part, the rumoured reveal of Mass Effect 3 at tomorrow's Video Game Awards show has inadvertantly been confirmed by a seemingly accidental leak on their online store.

Mass Effect 3 briefly appeared as available for pre-order, featuring a price tag of $59.99 and the following illuminating plot blurb.

'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.'

Many had assumed that the next game would be the rumoured multiplayer Mas Effect spin-off, but this appears to be a sequel proper. Given EA's recent comments about single player games I suppose it makes sense that the Mass Effect franchise would also get the multiplayer treatment.

Although I'm a little concerned that multiplayer doesn't really belong in a Mass Effect game the leaked plot synopsis sounds really, really cool. I hadn't expected things to be quite so cataclysmic right off the bat but since it's supposedly the last of the Mass Effect trilogy it makes sense to go out with a bang.

We'll all know a lot more after Mass Effect 3 is officially revealed tomorrow.