Hasta La Gadget!

BioWare is set to offer yet another multiplayer add on for March’s Mass Effect 3, confirming that Earth will be the next war zone players will have to defend. We already had an idea that Earth was going to be the focus of the game’s next multiplayer DLC thanks to a leaked product listing that popped up last month, but after getting a release date for the Xbox 360 version yesterday, BioWare has officially confirmed and detailed the DLC for all three platforms. Hit the jump for all the details.

Just like that leaked listing from last month told us, this Earth DLC pack will have players fighting off the Reapers, Geth, and Cerberus in London, Rio, and Vancouver. The pack also tosses three new weapons into the mix – the Piranha assault shotgun, Acolyte pistol, and Typhoon assault rifle – and adds six new human classes to the roster of playable characters: the Destroyer Soldier, Paladin Sentinel, Demolisher Engineer, Slayer Vanguard, Shadow Infiltrator, and Fury Adept.

The pack is getting a worldwide Xbox 360 and PC release on July 17, with the North American PS3 version arriving on that day as well. If you’re playing on PS3 and live in Europe, you’re going to have to wait until July 18 to download it. Like all Mass Effect 3 multiplayer DLCs before this, the Earth pack will cost the very reasonable amount of absolutely nothing.

For more information on Mass Effect 3′s various DLC packs (and the controversy that surrounds some of them), check out the story timeline below!

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Mass Effect 3 Earth DLC officially confirmed by BioWare is written by Eric Abent & originally posted on SlashGear.
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For those who still haven’t found their closure with Mass Effect 3, even after Bioware took the unprecedented move of creating a new ending, there’s a new hope. The company has rolled out Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut, a lengthier edition of the previous download with more content and additional plot resolutions. Gamers have mixed reactions about the whole ordeal, but many at least appreciate Bioware doing something about it.

The Extended Cut file is available as a free download, of course, and it provides only minor additions to the new ending that fans of the game had already experiences. In addition, those who really cared about Mass Effect already got their hands on the extra content that’s available in the new download. Nevertheless, Bioware hopes it is making good on its promise to rectify what was a PR nightmare that began shortly after the title first went on sale.

The general reaction seems to be that this is the ending Bioware should have included from the beginning. While you’ll never have something that everyone loves, creating something that everyone hates is far more polarizing. The Extended Cut will transition into a paid download after April 2014, so there’s still plenty of time to catch up even if you still haven’t played the first Mass Effect.

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Bioware Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut is released is written by Mark Raby & originally posted on SlashGear.
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I never really understood all the uproar centering on the ending of Mass Effect 3. Dead, is never really dead in a science fiction video game. I’m sure if the developers wanted to bring Shepherd and crew back for a fourth installment, they could figure out some way to make that inconvenient death go away. Still, there were lots of people that were very angry at the ending of the video game.

EA and BioWare promised a while back that a new ending that expanded on the original ending would be offered. If you play Mass Effect 3 on the Xbox 360, that expanded ending is now available for download. The download content is free and is available right now. Be prepared to wait a while, the download is 1.85 GB.

The teaser page for the new ending offers very little detail of what you’re going to see. It simply says the download is an expanded ending for Mass Effect 3. The ending has additional scenes and an extended epilogue to show the impact of Shepherd’s choices on the future of the galaxy.

New Mass Effect 3 ending available for download on Xbox is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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