Mass Effect 3 is one of the most anticipated game releases of 2012. It will be released on March 6th. The sci-fi RPG series earlier announced that for the first time, the games will feature an online cooperative gameplay mode. That new mode will be showcased in a demo to be made available February 14th. Of course, online cooperative gameplay on X-Box requires a gold level subscription to X-Box Live.
The good news to those who only have a free Silver level account: Microsoft confirmed to BioWare that the demo will temporarily bump up players accounts to the gold level until the launch of the game. The limited time offer is likely a strategy move by Microsoft to encourage more players to purchase Gold level memberships. It is not currently know if the bump will only give Silver level players access to just online gameplay for the demo or if it will give them access to all Gold level features. Although, if Microsoft were really looking to encourage people to sign up for a gold account, letting them use the other gold features while accessing the Mass Effect 3 demo would be a brilliant marketing strategy.
