Mass Effect was released for the Xbox 360 on November 20, 2007 in North America, November 22, 2007 in Australia and New Zealand, and on November 23, 2007 in Europe. It was also released as a Limited Collector’s Edition, containing bonus materials including an art book and the Galactic Codex: Essentials Edition 2183 booklet, which gives background on the Mass Effect universe.
The game was later re-released by BioWare and Demiurge Studios for the PC, and the PC-DVD version was released in Summer 2008. By Summer 2008 there were also versions of the game translated into Spanish, French and Italian. A Japanese-language version was in development for the Xbox 360 only. Mass Effect is available via Xbox’s Games on Demand. A Platinum Hits version of Mass Effect for Xbox 360 was also released, and included an updated bonus disc containing the game’s soundtrack, the Bring Down the Sky DLC pack, trailers for the game, and pictures and themes for Xbox Live profiles.
Mass Effect is also included in the Mass Effect Trilogy, a boxed set containing all three Mass Effect games. The Trilogy was released on November 6, 2012 for Xbox 360 and PC.[1] A PlayStation 3 version of the Trilogy, which brings Mass Effect to that console for the first time, was released on December 4, 2012 worldwide and December 7, 2012 in Europe. A standalone digital version of Mass Effect was also made available via the PlayStation Store, and was released on the same day as the PlayStation 3 version of the Trilogy.[2][3]
In 2021, a comprehensive remaster of all three games in the original Mass Effect trilogy was released, dubbed Mass Effect Legendary Edition. This featured many changes to Mass Effect and its sequels Mass Effect 2, and Mass Effect 3, including major overhauls to graphical quality and gameplay. Legendary Edition consolidated not only the three games, but almost all of their original downloadable and other content, with a few exceptions.