Good news PS3 folks! Formerly Xbox 360-only “Mass Effect 2” is getting a PS3 launch next year. Why? Because Microsoft didn’t publish it this time around…multiplatform-friendly EA did.

Sure, it’s a little strange that PS3 users will be playing a sequel to a game they probably never got a chance to play (“Mass Effect” the original was only released for Xbox), but that’s okay. An awesome RPG set in space is an awesome RPG set in space. Like, you didn’t need to play “Halo 2” to get the gist of “Halo 3.” (Oh wait, that’s another Xbox-only game…sorry.)

ANYWAY. The “highest rated game of 2010 for the Xbox 360…and PC” hits the PS3 in January. It’ll include the game and thus unspecified bonus content that will make it “the perfect introduction” to the BioWare franchise. Whatever that means.