Mass Effect 3 trailer shows Earth under siege

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Final chapter in RPG trilogy also confirmed for PlayStation 3 with a holiday 2011 release date

You knew it was coming. But any news about Mass Effect 3 is good news. Earlier this morning a listing on Electronic Arts online store confirmed that the final chapter for the trilogy will be coming out for the PlayStation 3.

The official description in the listing for Mass Effect 3 revealed some details about the plot of the title, reportsCVG. The description says, "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."

The listing has been removed, but a picture is worth a thousand words %26ndash; and the debut trailer for Mass Effect 3 is worth about a million. Check it out.

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