 At Gamescom 2010, BioWare announced that a PlayStation 3 version of the game was in development.Microsoft responded to the announcement that, despite losing the game's exclusivity, the Xbox 360 was still the most appropriate console to play the game due to the game's compatibility with the original "Mass Effect", which was only available for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 at the time.The PlayStation 3 version was released on January 18, 2011, in North America and January 21, 2011, in Europe.