More free DLC on the way for Mass Effect 2

Concept art for the Hammerhead tank, as found in the Collectors Edition art book

The crew over at BioWare have been all a’Twitter this week, with the release and almost universal acclaim for the new Mass Effect 2.  Well a little while ago, they’ve also announced that a second DLC pack will be making it’s way to the game in the next couple of weeks.  And the best part of all?  Just like the Zaeed Massani content, it’s completely free for those already signed up to the Cerberus Network.  Nice to see that there’s still a developer out there who doesn’t mind adding the word ‘free’ to their DLC, BioWare.

As to the upcoming package’s content, there is all manner of speculation over the internet.  Eight out of ten Salarian science teams agree that this pack will be adding the M57 Hammerhead Hovertank, which was originally designed to replace the literally-all-terrain vehicle Mako from Mass Effect 1.  If so, then this means that we might actually get some planetary exploration back, instead of long, drawn-out scanning for minerals.  Quickly, launch moar probes while you still can!

Other rumours point to the 12th recruitable member of Shepard’s team, who is discoverable using a little debugging with the PC version.  The last member, known only by her placeholder name and image “Kasumi”, is a thief of some variety and is definitely probably not a crossover character from Dead or Alive: Paradise.  To my mind the tank seems more likely at this point, as we haven’t even heard BioWare discuss the last crew member, but there’s still an empty slot on the selection screen and a spare room in my Normandy, so they might surprise us yet.

I guess we’ll find out in the next couple of weeks.  For those with Twitter accounts, it’s no doubt worthwhile following the BioWare feed.  Gameplay developer Christina Norman is usually also quite free in her insider info.  Those wanting our opinion on Mass Effect 2, hold tight for the time being, as Stu is currently mopping the drool off his floor before writing his review.

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February 4, 2010 · Posted in Matt's Blog  
　　　　

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11 Responses to “More free DLC on the way for Mass Effect 2”

  1. Jess on February 4th, 2010 10:27 am

    There’s always room in your Normandy, Matty…FOR FISHIES!

  2. Matt on February 4th, 2010 11:34 am

    So many needlessly lost lives. I live on a superfuturistic, cutting-edge technology space ship. Why can’t EDI feed the fucking fish? :P

  3. Jess on February 4th, 2010 11:54 am

    And yet, somehow space hamster survives…

  4. Bob Gaul on February 4th, 2010 12:23 pm

    Yes, instead of long, drawn-out scanning for minerals we can now have long drawn-out driving around finding nothing — the height of electronic entertainment.

  5. Stu on February 4th, 2010 2:06 pm

    You guys clearly need some more experience in upper management – I got my assistant to feed the fish for me :P

    Plus yay DLC. The Hammerhead tank seems to be what most people are expecting. Surely it means more missions too, which should be fun.

  6. Deafiler on February 4th, 2010 7:39 pm

    And maybe actually getting to level 30 on a single playthrough.

  7. Matt on February 4th, 2010 7:56 pm

    Updated the concept art. Turns out the previous picture was just a terrible photo from the concept art book that was SITTING IN FRONT OF ME THE WHOLE TIME.

    Art book 1, observation sense 0

    So we can say now that it DEFINITELY is concept art of the Hammerhead

  8. Stu on February 4th, 2010 9:57 pm

    It’s good you didn’t read the art book before the game though, it’s totally got spoilers and shit in it.

    I might discuss that in my review that should be up tomorrow, BTW ;)

  9. BOB on February 6th, 2010 10:05 am

    I got to lvl 30 in 1 playthrough just before i completed it, you see there are these magical things called sidequests which get you lots of XP :)

  10. Matt on February 6th, 2010 12:09 pm

    I cleaned out every side quest I could find and only hit level 28 upon completion. 100% galaxy exploration and all.

  11. nescron on February 8th, 2010 8:25 am

    well i cant wait, though i dont think well get too much use out of it until new dlc comes out afterward. but as far as hitting lvl 30 on first play through, try hitting 60 and importing Ur character ull start at lvl 5, like i did and other option is finish through the game and all other characters receive +25% xp

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