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[Keavy]

The Lost Odyssey packaging, in all its glory.

I'll still buy it (After I buy CoD4) but, honestly. Would it have killed Microsoft to get one of those hinged disc holders for the fourth disc?

[Karou Ariyen]

Attention All Mass Effect Players!!! A Quote from BioWare's Official Forums!!

To date, over 1.6 million gamers have explored the engaging sci-fi universe of Mass Effect. Beginning on March 10, fans everywhere will be able to expand the “Mass Effect” experience with the release of the first ever downloadable content for the award-winning saga.

The Bring Down the Sky downloadable content pack will be released to Xbox LIVE Marketplace on Monday, March 10 at 2 a.m. PST, and will be available for 400 MS points. This is the first in a series of planned downloadable content that further expands the Mass Effect universe and continues the adventures of Commander Shepard and the Normandy crew.

Bring Down the Sky includes a new uncharted world that introduces the notorious and feared alien race of the Batarians. A Batarian extremist group has hijacked a mobile asteroid station in the Asgard system, setting it on a collision course with the nearby colony world of Terra Nova. Only Commander Shepard can save the millions of innocent civilians before the asteroid completes its deadly descent.

Bring Down the Sky contains approximately 90 minutes of heart-pounding action and a new Achievement worth 50 Gamerscore points.

Mass Effect is exclusively available on Xbox 360 and is rated M for Mature by the ESRB.

A few important points:
1) Bring Down the Sky is available only through Xbox Live and costs 400 points. It is approximately 90 minutes of gameplay. It will be available in all regions on March 10.

2) Bring Down the Sky will be your first exposure to batarians in Mass Effect. You can check out 2 cool screenshots here: http://masseffect.bioware.com/gallery/

3) The DLC will take place during the current storyline. Once downloaded, you will need to access a saved game where you have access to the Normandy's galaxy map or you will need to start a new game until you reach that point.

4) There will be more DLC in the future, but we're not talking about it just yet. Stay tuned.

[Sugami]

4 DVDs? Bugger me that's a big game

[Karou Ariyen]

4 DVDs? Bugger me that's a big game

Remember when PS1 had that many discs rofl, DVD was supposed to prevent that ha!

[Alya Mizar (Tsybil)]

4 DVDs? Bugger me that's a big game

Remember when PS1 had that many discs rofl, DVD was supposed to prevent that ha!

It did. For a while. And when CDs took over from Floppys, how happy we were to have only one disk to install rather than 5 or 17.

Blue-Ray may be winning, but it doesn't increase the data density the way the previous changes did. There will be another format coming up in less than 5 years.

[Keavy]

Sug, its not the game. Its the HD cutscenes and all that other crap we now, apparently, have to have that requires four discs.

From what I've heard its only the NTSC version that gets this ghetto packaging. PAL and NTSC-J get a hinged package that holds all four discs on their own spindles.

[Karou Ariyen]

Sug, its not the game. Its the HD cutscenes and all that other crap we now, apparently, have to have that requires four discs.

From what I've heard its only the NTSC version that gets this ghetto packaging. PAL and NTSC-J get a hinged package that holds all four discs on their own spindles.

Oh that's BOGUS!! Way to Hate on the country that made you big MICROSOFT!!

[Sugami]

Hehe suck it you yanks!

And what's these "cutscenes" you speak of? Everyone knows they don't exist anymore, it's just real time cinematics (as opposed to pre-rendered)

[Keavy]

Hehe suck it you yanks!

And what's these "cutscenes" you speak of? Everyone knows they don't exist anymore, it's just real time cinematics (as opposed to pre-rendered)

Well, if my 360 was working I'd pop my copy in and tell you.