Mass Effect 2

Last friday Mass Effect 2 creator’s Bioware announced formally that they intend to make a spin off game for the iphone, to compliment mass effect 2. The mini game for the iphone is to be entitled ‘Mass Effect: Jacob’s Story’ – a title that may suggest that the leading protagonist for the sequel to mass effect 1 will be called Jacob, however it could just be a red herring offshoot. Leaked, the subgame’s character (Jacob) is a ‘biotic-powered super-soldier who stumbles across a plot to terrorize civilizations greatest beacon of hope’ – this sounds like it should be a great little game on the i phone. Described as a birds eye view shooter (much like the original grand theft auto games) Jacob can presumably shoot his way through multiple levels. Supposedly the game should last around 2 hours, providing a good amount of gameplay for the cheap £3 pricetag.

“We were going to announce this, but one of the testers at a focus testing group broke the NDA (non-disclosure agreement) and things were revealed before we had the chance,” said BioWare community manager Chris Priestly on the bioware forums.