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New Mass Effect DLC detailed News

Xbox 360 News by Robert Purchese

24 August, 2009

The Swiss Xbox website has revealed the contents of the Pinnacle Station DLC for Mass Effect.

This "remote, top-secret space station" offers 13 battle scenarios for Shepard (at Spectre level) to tackle, and adds around "2-3 hours" of gameplay in total. And that's it, according to a translation on the ME forums.

Pinnacle Station costs 400 Microsoft Points (£3.40 / €4.80). The file is 237MB and has a publish date of 16th June on the Swiss website, which is evidently wrong. No other region with an Xbox website mentions the content, as far as we can see.

The listing follows the appearance of three extra Achievements for Mass Effect, which are based on the new content.

BioWare has been talking about making an arena or Fight Club-style addition for Mass Effect since February, although we've heard little of late.

BioWare is currently hard at work on Dragon Age: Origins and Mass Effect 2.

'New Mass Effect DLC detailed' Screenshot 1

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muscleblade
24/08/09 @ 08:21
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2-3 hours for 400 points. Not a bad deal imo.
Xerx3s
24/08/09 @ 08:37
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Unless it's identikit environments like the last one.
morriss
24/08/09 @ 08:41
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Lovely.
StooMonster
24/08/09 @ 09:10
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PC version of this DLC due?
Britesparc
24/08/09 @ 09:22
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But can you still play it if you've already completed the game?
Moribundman
24/08/09 @ 09:23
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Nicely spotted! Come on... This has got to be due out this week, right? Mind you, I think the recent Force Unleashed acheivement updates came out about 2-3 weeks before the content.

@StooMonster - I'm guessing that since nobody has a clue when the Xbox DLC is due, even fewer people know when the PC content is coming out...
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24/08/09 @ 09:25
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But can you still play it if you've already completed the game?

If it is like the first DLC, doubt it.
Moribundman
24/08/09 @ 10:16
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Interesting update... http://meforums.bioware.com/forums/viewt... Looks like it may well be released today/this week once our transatlantic compadres finally get their fat asses out of bed... ;-)
ardamillo
24/08/09 @ 10:24
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Hooray, an excuse to play ME again!
Britesparc
24/08/09 @ 11:05
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[i]If it is like the first DLC, doubt it. [/i]

Well, I can't be arsed starting from scratch again. I was hoping this'd be an extra section in the menu, or even that they'd have Fable-style post-completion play.
muscleblade
24/08/09 @ 11:25
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You need to have Spectre status to play it. But if you to start a new game (you dont have any save files) it takes about an hour getting to the spectre part.
Moribundman
24/08/09 @ 12:03
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It's going to be this week... If not today...

There's a premium theme for the new DLC on the UK site now! http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-GB/games/...

Just started my playthrough plus with my "final" Shepherd for ME2, so looking forward to taking a trip to Pinnacle Station as soon as I get my Spectre stripes!
TheJuriel
24/08/09 @ 12:47
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Seems pointless. They totally wasted their chance to flesh out the ME universe by populating the multitude of random planets in the game.
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24/08/09 @ 12:53
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@TheJuriel

I was thinking the same thing they really missed an opportunity there.
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They need to rethink their DLC for ME2, you shouldn't have to restart the game if you have completed it.

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