Mass Effect DLC released on PC

By Robert Purchese Published 30 July, 2008

Bring Down the Sky for free.

The PC version of Mass Effect mission pack Bring Down the Sky is now available to download.

This is completely free for those punching keys and wiggling mice, though there do seem to be some teething problems.

Members of the official Mass Effect forum point to graphical glitches with NVIDIA cards as well as various technical hiccups after installing the Bring Down the Sky content.

If you can find a "repair" option in the "configure" settings of the game launcher, the problems should be fixable. However, this "repair" appears to only be available in the US version of the game.

Bring Down the Sky is already available on Xbox 360, but sadly felt like a missed opportunity to us. Head over to our Bring Down the Sky review to find out why.

Mass Effect was released for PC in May and is the better of the two versions available, thanks to more organised inventory, hot-keys, and separable squad commands.

Catch up with our thoughts in the Mass Effect PC review.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (17) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • anomagnus #1 4 years ago

    well thats a slap in my fucking face

  • hamstand #2 4 years ago

    Are they doing any more XBOX 360 dlc???

  • kangarootoo #3 4 years ago

    Hmmmm. An interesting decision. Not sure how that will sit with people who have bought the 360 version.

  • Gurrah #4 4 years ago

    You could say the same thing about COD4 kangarootoo, but bare in mind that we PC people had to wait for those expansions far longer than the console crowd, plus the PC has always been a free patch/content system so there is really no reason for the console owners to complain.

  • skillian #5 4 years ago

    It was supposed to be free at the launch of the game.

    I finished the game a month or so ago, and it was great but I'm not sure I can be bothered to go through it again. From what I've read about the DLC that probably isn't enough to make me rethink that. Maybe I'll give it another go in a year or so.

  • kangarootoo #6 4 years ago

    @Gurrah

    Well Oblivion followed the same model on all platforms when it came to purchasable content. I realise that the longer wait does perhaps mean that something else has to be bundled in to ensure gamers are happier with the wait. I guess its not really much different to a GOTY edition.

  • Lionheart #7 4 years ago

    When is Mass Effect 2 due on Xbox 360?

  • Weezer #8 4 years ago

    Really enjoying Mass Effect; couldn't be arsed about paying for an hour's worth of extra game when this one is so big!

    Roll on ME2 - but no ideas when. Hopefully, if the sequel is a bit cleverer, smoother and even bigger, it could (should) be a 10/10 title.

  • Pulsar_t #9 4 years ago

    I can tolerate the bugginess of this game but why haven't they modified the controls? Driving that vehicle thingy is a nightmare using keyboard input. ME hardly breaks any new ground so I'll be giving the DLC a miss (if the BORING sidequests are any indication)

  • Gaol #10 4 years ago

    Per a post on the ME forums, European users can achieve the texture fix manually by deleting the shader cache 'LocalShaderCache-PC-D3D-SM3.upk' at My Documents\BioWare\Mass Effect\Published\CookedPC.

  • hiddenranbir #11 4 years ago

    Awesome! Now my limited edition tin is going to continue to lose value over time! I thought this crap was supposed to go up!

  • JediMasterMalik #12 4 years ago

    Rather disappointed with the DLC, not really a lot to do, and pretty pointless story wise.

  • Jellybob #13 4 years ago

    Damn, there goes my weekend then, as I replay the game to get the new content.

  • ZuluHero #14 4 years ago

    Awesome! Now my limited edition tin is going to continue to lose value over time! I thought this crap was supposed to go up!

    when has the words "limited edition" ever meant anything in the gaming world? ;)

  • Katsumoto #15 4 years ago

    Lollergosm.

  • Connobi #16 4 years ago

    Twats!!! Why charge 360 owners for this if its free for the PC? Free stuff has been posted on the 360 before, but this is pretty bad. I wouldn't mind but the extra mission is crap anyway!!! This is a big F U to 360 owners!

  • shadowaspect #17 4 years ago

    It was always advertised as being free for PC users, and it was supposed to be at release as well - to entice more sales.

    I've since moved on to other games now anyway, but I might check it out if I give ME another run through at some point.