It seems that the future of BioWare’s scifi franchise Mass Effect may not be just multiplayer, but massively multiplayer. Casey Hudson, executive producer for the series, told GameInformer that BioWare has yet to figure out a working multiplayer take on the franchise, but an MMO could be in the cards.
“We’ve been trying to think of a way that makes sense for people to experience Mass Effect with their friends,” he explained. “We haven’t yet come up with a way to do that, so we don’t have anything to announce at this time. But, obviously, multiplayer is something we want to do more of in the future as a company.”
Hudson did agree that an MMO could be a great fit for the intellectual property.
“A lot of people say that they want to see an MMO, I think that kind of makes sense for this universe,” he said. “Part of what you’re trying to do is save the universe so you can live in it. That’s part of the promise, I think, for any great IP. It has to be a world worth saving.”
“I think Mass Effect has that quality to it. If you get rid of the Reapers and win that, wouldn’t it be amazing to just live on the Citadel or just take a ship to Omega? That makes sense.”
Mass Effect 3 will be released sometime in 2011 on PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3.
