Gamers interested in giving BioWare’s Mass Effect 3 game a play before its official launch. Will be pleased to know that a new Mass Effect 3 demo complete with Microsoft Kinect support will be arriving on Xbox Live on February 14th. Just in time as a perfect gift for Valentine’s Day.

The new Kinect controls to be included in the Mass Effect 3 demo will give you a glimpse of what you can expect when the game is officially launched. Providing you with voice commands that enable you to control environmental interactions, together with commands for combat and choosing your conversation options within the game. Watch the Kinect commands in action within the promotional video after the jump for a taste of what to expect.

It will be interesting to see whether the new Kinect controls improve the gameplay or just provide a distraction for gamers. Demo release dates for the PlayStation 3 and PC have yet to the unveiled by BioWare, but as soon as we learn anything we will keep you updated as always.

The new Mass Effect 3 game will be officially launching on March 6th in the US and March 9th in Europe on both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles, together with Windows PCs. Mass Effect 3 marks the final chapter in the Mass Effect trilogy of video games, completing the story of Commander Shepard.