Mass Effect 2 PS3 rumor resurfaces, thanks to source code

Mass Effect 2 heading out to the PS3 has always been one persistent rumor. But now that the game’s been released for Microsoft’s platforms, this cryptic message comes out on the Internet supposedly confirming the PS3 version. Is it for real?

Mass Effect 2 heading out to the PS3 has always been one persistent rumor. But now that the game’s been released for Microsoft’s platforms, this cryptic message comes out on the Internet supposedly confirming the PS3 version. Is it for real?

Polish website Kikko posted on their site this message that was allegedly sent by a friend to one of their members:

[SFXGame.BioSFHandler_CharacterR? Ecord2]
m_nMaxRenegade=1900 m_nMaxRenegade = 1900
m_nMaxParagon=1957 m_nMaxParagon = 1957
m_srXPFormat=340881 m_srXPFormat = 340,881
m_srSpendTalentPointsMessageXBox?=348754 m_srSpendTalentPointsMessageXBox? = 348,754
m_srParagonRenegadeMessageXBox=3?48755 m_srParagonRenegadeMessageXBox = 3? 48,755
m_srSpendTalentPointsMessagePC=3?48753 m_srSpendTalentPointsMessagePC = 3? 48,753
m_srParagonRenegadeMessagePC=348?755 m_srParagonRenegadeMessagePC = 348? 755
m_srSpendTalentPointsMessagePS3=?348755m_srSpendTalentPointsMessagePS3 =? 348,755
m_srParagonRenegadeMessagePS3=15?3007m_srParagonRenegadeMessagePS3 = 15? 3007

I told you it was cryptic. For those of you who don’t understand what that is all about (like me), these are supposedly fragments of Mass Effect 2‘s source code. Now, the last two lines in Bold contain the two letters and lone number that set off this whole rumor all over again: PS3.

Could this be pointing to a hint that ME2 was just a timed-exclusive after all? And now that the MS versions have been released, will we be seeing an official Sony reveal?

We have no answer for you, but digging deep into this will obviously be fun.

Via [Kikko]

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