Yesterday afternoon
Chris Priestly, Community Coordinator and active forum mod from BioWare, posted a thread in the official Mass Effect forum with the message "If I were you, I'd be around here at 10am tomorrow" without revealing exactly why.
In the 15 pages worth of speculation and impatient time checking that followed before the thread was locked just prior to the announcement, everything from a big prank, PC version, DLC content to a certified gold expansion had been suggested.
Then at approximately 10:00am Mountain time, It was announced that new DLC will be released in March. Here's the official announcement quoted for your reading pleasure:
Chris Writes:To date, over 1.6 million gamers have explored the engaging sci-fi universe of Mass Effect. Beginning on March 10, fans everywhere will be able to expand the "Mass Effect" experience with the release of the first ever downloadable content for the award-winning saga.
The Bring Down the Sky downloadable content pack will be released to Xbox LIVE Marketplace on Monday, March 10 at 2 a.m. PST, and will be available for 400 MS points. This is the first in a series of planned downloadable content that further expands the Mass Effect universe and continues the adventures of Commander Shepard and the Normandy crew.
Bring Down the Sky includes a new uncharted world that introduces the notorious and feared alien race of the Batarians. 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. Only Commander Shepard can save the millions of innocent civilians before the asteroid completes its deadly descent.
Bring Down the Sky contains approximately 90 minutes of heart-pounding action and a new Achievement worth 50 Gamerscore points.
Mass Effect is exclusively available on Xbox 360 and is rated M for Mature by the ESRB
This is both welcome news and reasonably priced. As one not particularly fond of
disposable downloadable content, 400 MS isn't too bad. Cheap enough to splurge on, big enough to be worth it. XBL marketplace could use more content at that price as far as I'm concerned. It should hopefully help tide us addicted BioWare RPG lovers over until the next
dose of crack fun piece of Albertan gaming comes along.
Official announcement:
http://masseffect.bioware...ml?topic=616574&forum=104
