BioWare have now officially confirmed that Shepard doesn’t die!!!

  Ok so the gods that be BioWare have finally confirmed, in a very heavy spoiler post on their forums, a vital plot point in Mass Effect 3‘s “Destroy or Red Ending” from the recently (And thankfully brilliant) released Extended Cut, quelling any rumors that have surfaced...

(You know about that hidden Reaper DLC right?)

  Anyway,  for one last time, there are spoilers passed this point, so do not read on unless you really want to know!

...or if you feel the need to whine like a bitch that the ending was spoiled for you by this post!

  Anyway the point in question is at the end of the “Destroy Ending” (Big red glowing one) just before the credits run, where Shepard is seen gasping for air just before it all fades to black (Thanks Sopranos!!!) and it is left unclear if he lives or dies. So now BioWare have now officially confirmed that Shepard doesn’t die.

Damn you Bioware....

  So... that means that there is hope for future appearances by everyone’s favorite commander. BioWare’s Tully Ackland said the following on the game’s official forums:

"One of the goals for the Extended Cut, as part of addressing player feedback, was to provide more time with the love interest, and more opportunity for players to say goodbye to them and provide additional moments of connection between them. We did this in several ways"

And so on...

• Shepard can now actually say goodbye to the love interest when they are split up at the conduit run.

• When Shepard sees flashbacks of important characters during the final decision, the flashbacks are now variable based on your play-through – so your love interest can appear as one of the flashbacks, providing another moment of reflection between Shepard and that character.

• A memorial scene was added, partly to show a close bond between Shepard and the love interest. The scene is variable, and if Shepard has a love interest in a given play through, it will be that character who places Shepard’s name on the memorial wall.

• You may notice that in the “Shepard lives” ending, the love interest hesitates to place Shepard’s name on the wall, and instead looks up as though deep in thought. This is meant to suggest that the love interest is not ready to believe Shepard is dead, and the final scene reveals they are correct. As the Normandy lifts off, there is hope that the love interest and Shepard will again be together.

 So all we have to do now is wait for some "Post Ending DLC"... Nice!!!