A recent post on Kotaku reveals that before Mass Effect 3‘s multiplayer mode was a third-person tag along for the campaign, developers at BioWare’s Montreal studio were planning to release a first-person shooter under the name “Mass Effect Team Assault”.

In gaming journalist Geoff Keighley explained that the game was in development in 2010 as an attempt, “to create a standalone multiplayer experience in the Mass Effect universe that would mix the play styles of Unreal Tournament and Battlefield 1943 — and likely be released as a downloadable game.”

While the idea was well received, BioWare moved away from the competitive aspect to deliver the co-op experience the main campaign in Mass Effect 3 couldn’t offer.

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