A standalone digital version of Mass Effect was also made available via the PlayStation Store, and was released on the same day as the PlayStation 3 version of the Trilogy. A PlayStation 3 version of the Trilogy, which brings Mass Effect to that console for the first time, was released on Decemworldwide and Decemin Europe.
The Trilogy was released on Novemfor Xbox 360 and PC. Mass Effect is also included in the Mass Effect Trilogy, a boxed set containing all three Mass Effect games. A Platinum Hits version of Mass Effect for Xbox 360 was also released, and included a bonus disc containing the game's soundtrack, the Bring Down the Sky DLC pack, trailers for the game, and pictures and themes for Xbox Live profiles. Mass Effect is available via Xbox's Games on Demand. A Japanese-language version was in development for the Xbox 360 only. By Summer 2008 there were also versions of the game translated into Spanish, French and Italian. The game was later re-released by BioWare and Demiurge Studios for the PC, and the PC-DVD version was released in Summer 2008. It was also released as a Limited Collector's Edition, containing bonus materials including an art book and the Galactic Codex: Essentials Edition 2183 booklet, which gives background on the Mass Effect universe. Bioware and FUNimation are also working on a Dragon Age flick, which we should see a whole lot sooner.Mass Effect was released on Novemin North America, Novemin Australia and New Zealand, and on Novemin Europe. The Mass Effect anime will be straight to DVD/download rather than in cinema, and isn't due until 2012 alas. Not that it doesn't have it (that sure is a lot of lore), but if I was trying to sell it to someone I'd suspect I'd bang on about its guns and conversation rather than how anally retentive it was.
I must admit that if someone asked me what I thought of Mass Effect, "attention to detail" wouldn't be my immediate description. Partnering with FUNimation ensures that we will bring this rich universe to life with the utmost quality and the same attention to detail that the Mass Effect games are known for.” Extending the story through an anime medium is another amazing opportunity for us. "Over the last few years, we have revealed different pieces of the Mass Effect world through different media. We don't have any plot details yet, beyond "an epic science fiction adventure set in a vast universe filled with dangerous alien life and mysterious, uncharted planets." My wild'n'craaaaaaaaaaaayzeee guess is that it won't tell Shepard's tale, as that could conflict with the game fiction (so a confiction?) somewhat. Primary duties, however, will be handled by Tokyo studio T.O Entertainment, Inc, with the flick to be distributed by the hilariously stupidly-named FUNimation.
I'm aware 'anime' conjures mixed feelings for some folk, but those who aren't keen on such things might be glad to hear that Bioware exec producer Casey Hudson, one of the main ME bods, will also do the exec production thing on the film. So it makes perfect sense that Mass Effect would turn to other mediums - specifically, movies. It's really doing the Star Wars thing, I guess, as there was perhaps a vast sci-fi fandom void waiting to be filled in the wake of Lucas' long-running exploitation/ruination of its galaxy far, far away. While common conception is that EA's getting its mega-corp bottom kicked by Activision, it's got a breadth of franchises that it's CoD'n'WoW-dependent rival does not - and Bioware's sweeping space opera universe is one of the foremost of those. I'm regularly taken aback by how quietly enormous Mass Effect is.