14 DAY TRIAL // The downloadable content support for Mass Effect 2 is set to improve as new episodes that bridge the plot gap to Mass Effect 3 have been announced. No release date has been given by BioWare, but the good news is that there will be more to be heard about this soon, probably at E3 2010. These packs are probably what Electronic Arts' COO, John Schappert, meant when he declared earlier this year that something far reaching for Mass Effect was in the works and would be out in the January through March 2011 period.
This comes as many fans expressed the wish to get their hands on more content for Mass Effect 2. Until now, only one story-based DLC pack has been available, Stolen Memory, which introduces a new companion, Kasumi, and her corresponding loyalty mission. Another batch of DLC, Overlord, is set to come out this June and will see the return of vehicular combat to the series. Gamers will use the Hammerhead floating tank to explore a new planet that is rampant with hostile AI. Unfortunately, no pricing details are available as of this moment.
Not much is known about the installment that will end the Mass Effect trilogy, other than that BioWare intends to have it ready sometime next year. Developer Casey Hudson has said, though, in a recent interview with VideoGamer.com that mining mini-game is sure to return in some form or another, as it got some positive feedback and it serves a purpose in the title's gameplay.
Hudson has admitted that some people found mining for resources a chore, but he has an explanation for that phenomenon. “And then, yeah, when you spend eight hours in a mini-game, it does become... there's only so much too it. And we never expected that it'd be played that way. We thought people would noodle in it a bit, get a few resources to get an upgrade, and then go back and do the rest of the game,” Mass Effect 2's lead producer stated.