
Shouldn't Cerberus Assault Armour come with three helmets?
Only a couple of days back we were speculating over the possible content included in the next free DLC pack for Mass Effect 2. Well today Bioware’s community co-ordinator Chris Priestly has spilled the beans via the official forums, and they didn’t come in hovertank flavour:
On Tuesday February 09 2010 Mass Effect 2 fans will be able to get the new Cerberus Assault Armor and M-22a Eviscerator Shotgun DLC for free through the Cerberus network. It should be available for all fans, both on PC and Xbox 360 at 12:00pm Mountain Standard Time.
Cerberus Assault Armor
Cerberus assault armor is designed for shock troops, turn the tide of battle against creatures or forces that would decimate normal soldiers.
Increases heavy weapon ammo capacity by +10%
Increases shields by +10%
Increases health by +10%
M-22a Eviscerator Shotgun
The M-22a Eviscerator Shotgun is a longer-range shotgun with armor-piercing loads. This design also violates several intergalactic weapons treaties, so the M-22a is not distributed to militaries.
-Chris Priestly, suggesting you suit up
So now, while this wasn’t what everyone was expecting (and eight out of ten Salarian science teams apologise for building you up), further on in the thread Chris drops another post to set overzealous would-be tank owners at ease:
This is the next piece (or pieces since you get 2 things) of Downloadable contant coming for fans of Mass Effect 2. We still have more DLC on the way, such as the mentioned Hammerhead and other rumors, and we’ll have more information on more DLC in the future. Stay tuned.
So not only is the Hammerhead on the way, but “other rumours” too. The only other major rumour circulating the DLC track is the final recruit, the thief “Kasumi”, which BioWare remains tight-lipped about. That is, of course, unless Chris is for whatever reason taking into account a bevy of Shepard/Wrex reuniting slashfic, in which case one of the next DLC packs could be very disturbing indeed.
While “in the future” may not sound like a particularly reassuring time frame for the next announcement either, keep in mind this first pack is only a fortnight out from release, so BioWare’s DLC schedule is obviously rolling out steadily at this point. Or at the very least, in a more timely fashion than Mass Effect: Pinnacle Station.
So enjoy your free armour and shotgun, folks. There’s no concept art for the shotgun yet, but the Cerberus Armour has already recieved it’s entry in the Mass Effect Armoury page for you to peruse. It’s already the 9th down here in Australia, but I guess we’ll have to wait for you Standard Mountain types to wake up. More news if we get it, but until then all you can do is read over the announcement.