Earlier today, visitors at the EA Store were surprised to find a listing for the upcoming third entry to the Mass Effect franchise. The yet-to-be-announced Mass Effect 3 was listed on EA’s online store for pre-order on Xbox 360, PC, and PS3.

The listing, which was soon taken down, had the following descriptor for the game:

Earth is burning. Striking from beyond known space, a race of terrifying machines have begun their destruction of the human race. As Commander Shepard, an Alliance Marine, your only hope for saving mankind is to rally the civilizations of the galaxy and launch one final mission to take back the Earth.

Additionally, placeholder box art was placed, as was a hefty $59.95 price tag for the PC version. The game is expected to be revealed tomorrow at the 2010 VGAs, so we’ll hopefully know more about Shepard’s upcoming journeys then.

via Joystiq