Literally moments ago, BioWare announced that brand spanking new and flashy Mass Effect downloadable content will be headed to the XBLM on March 10th and boy oh boy is it juicy good.The Mass Effect Bring Down the Sky DLC pack will cost 400 Microsoft points and expand upon the Mass Effect story by introducing a new world featuring the Batarian race. According to the description, Bring Down the Sky will feature over 90 minutes of additional gameplay where a "Batarian extremist group has hijacked a mobile asteroid station in the Asgard system, setting it on a collision course with the nearby colony world of Terra Nova" and (of course) "only Commander Shepard can save the millions of innocent civilians before the asteroid completes its deadly descent." Intense stuff.
The new DLC will also pack one new achievement worth 50 Gamerscore and is confirmed to be the first of many planned Mass Effect expansion packs. We guess Surfer Girl was right about this one.
[Thanks, teknomusik]
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2-06-2008 @ 12:42PM
Josh said...
Thank you, now I can have some extra fun with a great game.
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2-06-2008 @ 12:44PM
terrence said...
wow, lots of people must have sent in tips on this one.
meh, it must have been Chris Priestly telling everyone on the Mass Effect forums to "be around at about 10am tomorrow" which basically gave the whole thing away.
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2-06-2008 @ 12:46PM
Heretic said...
RAAAAAAAAAAAAPE!!!!
Guess I better finish up my Turian Ally Achievement this month. 1000/1000 before the release ftw.
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2-06-2008 @ 12:50PM
ZEBRA NINER said...
w00t! More achievements(cheevos)!
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2-07-2008 @ 7:42AM
Boff said...
You said it again!! I let it go the first time...
2-07-2008 @ 11:23AM
ZEBRA NINER said...
Well, Knockers Johnson, Head of the Cheevo Police is gone! FOREVER!
So in the words of Cartman, "Whatevah, whatevah! I do what I want!"
Cheevos FTW.
2-06-2008 @ 1:04PM
ccc said...
SWEEEEET
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2-06-2008 @ 1:15PM
Ben said...
man, I need to hurry up and finish this game so I can play more of it! Looks like those leftover MS points from the holidays will go to good use.
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2-06-2008 @ 1:17PM
Ben said...
Having read the book that's not at all what I expected the Batarians to look like, but I do like the design.
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2-06-2008 @ 1:29PM
Kamal said...
Compare that to a 90 minute movie price ticket... WAYYYYYYYYY better deal.
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2-06-2008 @ 3:18PM
ryan said...
betcha it's 30 minutes Mako Roaming, 30 mins talking, 30 mins combat.
2-06-2008 @ 1:30PM
nerrrrrrd said...
i lost my game save of my super duper powerful character. i haven't convinced myself to start all over. it's so painful.
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2-06-2008 @ 2:32PM
Viridium said...
You and me both; at least I had completed two full plays, but my characters are gone. :(
2-06-2008 @ 4:46PM
RandomZero said...
Make me a third in the same boat...Now I've gotta restart, go through insane (so I can have 1000/1000), and all before the DLC comes out.
2-06-2008 @ 1:37PM
Josh said...
I'll definitely be picking this up. I wish they'd fix the frame rate issues though.
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2-06-2008 @ 1:48PM
IncredibleBulk92 said...
Oh wow, now thats good value for dlc imo, fricking halo 3 with a mere 3 maps for 800 points, that you cant play in normal matchmaking because not everyone owns them. complete rip. A whole new world, race and most likely new items 400 points. bargain!
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2-06-2008 @ 1:54PM
RolexDPracer said...
Mass Effect; how I love thee. Let me count the ways........
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2-06-2008 @ 1:59PM
BluesmanTLU said...
Very hard for me to get excited about 90 minutes of gameplay. I'd rather them bundle it up with some other things and make it a bit more extensive.
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2-06-2008 @ 2:21PM
Wilson said...
This is awesome! Thank you gods of gaming, for you have listened to our pleas :D
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2-06-2008 @ 2:32PM
Nick said...
W to the OOT!
I'm on playthrough 3, trying desperately to get to level 60 (only got to 41 on the first and 50+ish on the second - now only 30,000 xp to go! and I still have Virmire and Ilos!)
I'm going to get the Turian and Krogan assist this time, next playthrough I'll get the Sentinel and Asari assist, which will cover those off. Renegade will be this time, too.
Then I need to go through and get all the Biotic skills, then all the Tech skills.
Then Insanity, which I'll do with my lvl 60 soldier, but I'm still nervous about - although Hardcore hasn't been THAT hard (once I equiped the right armor)
I still don't know how I screwed myself out of Scholar all 3 times, but I'll fix that ;) 20 minutes on Casual with my level 60? Yeah, it'll be all good.
Sigh - I'm going to have put in a CRAPLOAD of hours into this game. Yeep.
ANd people think I'm crazy. Hah. HAH. HAaah...
Is it just me or, for those that have customized their Shep, nothing else is good enough. I want a gamerpic of MY shep. I don't even want to buy the statue because it's not MY shep!
It sucks!
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