Mass Effect DLC to 'Bring Down the Sky' on March 10

by Ludwig Kietzmann on Feb 6th 2008 12:13PM

BioWare has unveiled the first in a series of downloadable add-ons to its interstellar epic of planetary exploration and interspecies cavorting, Mass Effect. Warping onto the Xbox Live Marketplace on Monday, March 10th, "Bring Down the Sky" expands the game's rich universe by adding a new uncharted world and an alien race mentioned but never seen in the award-winning central campaign.

It seems an extremist group of Batarians, who sadly look nothing like the gigantic space bats we envisioned them to be, has taken control of a mobile asteroid station and set it on a collision course with a nearby colony. Since you'll have absolutely none of that, you'll download the adventure for 400 MS Points ($5) and put an end to the crisis within "approximately 90 minutes." If saving Terra Nova isn't reward enough, there are 50 Gamerscore points in it for you.

Mass Effect DLC - Bring Down the Sky

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Reader Comments (81)

i want this game, i really really do.

does anyone know of a cheaper way to get gamefly? or a similar rental service.

Um no. You could just go to a blockbuster or hollywood video and rent it without subscribing.

GameFly's a lot cheaper than renting four or five games in a month.

there's a thing called brightspot or something close to that where you sign up for it and they basically pay you to watch ads and you can select to get $10 a month off of gamefly knocking it down to around $12-$13 if you get the 2 games out plan. I think it's like 50 cents an ad so you can knock it off in 1 day easily.

thanks for all the feedback guys, in response to jordan87 , i did have that , and it was awesome since it made $5 a month with brightspot... but they recently shutdown their website... so thats why i asked.

and yes, i dont live under a rock, i know about blockbuster and hollywood video... seriously, i was asking a legitimate question...

i googled related:www.gamefly.com/ to try it out myself, but had no luck.

i used to use the hollywood video coupons i bought from ebay for 5 bucks worth 1 yrs worth of rentals... but they ALSO went out of business. seems like gamefly has the monopoly on game rentals.

pimp

I dont think it will take 90 min. Uncharted worlds take about 20 min to clear. x2= 40 min.

Meh zZzZz

OMG! This guy doesn't care about DLC! DOWNMOD! DOWNMOD! You suck, guy with different tastes!

No lol, its the news I don't care about, I want the DLC now!

Oh hellz yes! I CAN'T WAIT! More Mass Effect!

w00t for Bioware! This is awesomeness!

Well, time to buy some Points.

And since it's only $5, it makes the decision to buy very easy for me.

I love this game.

Of the "approximate 90 minutes," I'm sure at least 80 are blind violence and pornography.

Just the way I likes it!

Alien boobs feel so much better. Almost like a bag of sand.

I see what you did there, Mr. Carell.

OMG, the Batarians are never gonna see it coming.

Har di har har!

So for $5 I can get yet another "uncharted world" this one with a new skin over the humanoid character enemies and a plot that requires me to go to 2 places, the second one being a ship. Ummm yeah. thanks I guess.
$5 for a side quest.

Then stop crying and don't buy it. Simple problem, simple solution.

Easy answer stupid poster. That's not the point. You shouldn't have to shell out $5 for a single side mission. It smacks of a cheap throw away move for easy cash. I wouldn't have a problem with paying $10 for a whole new actual world and missions. or how about the ability to play through the universe after beating the game. That would be worth the time and money.

Your flippant comment just shows how you really don't understand the concept of posting comments. I guess unless I praise BioWare for their generous gift I shouldn't comment. jeez.

"You shouldn't have to shell out $5 for a single side mission."

You don't, dumbass.

I would think that calling him stupid was a much more out of line response than Marty gave to you.

No kidding. Compared to some of the past DLC indignities like Horse Armor, Song Bundles, and Halo Maps this is quite reasonable.

Lets not bang the "Charging $$$ for DLC is evil!!" drum too loudly.

When reasonable prices are charged for good bonus content, everyone wins.

What a tremendous moronic douche you are. Waahh waahh waah. Like Marty said, don't buy it then you asshat.

Honestly have to agree with puppy kisses, 5 bucks seems like a lot for what is essentially one mission. I was really hoping for a lot more. Say, a whole new world the size of one of the 'primary missions's worlds. Or even pull a Shivering Isles and open up a whole new section of the galaxy with new clusters and a couple dozen new missions.

im with puppy kisses on this one. A side quest wont be 90 mins, I garuntee it. It will most likely be around 60 mins, and 30 of which are mako driving on another rocky world. Even if its a uniqe mission like feroes, vermier and noveria, its still not worth it. It adds nothing to the main storyline, its only a side mission.

Ive played mass effect for around 50 hours now and have 1000/1000. Im not going to be buying this stuff. Not worth it. $5 can rent me a good movie for better entertainment. After playing the sidequests over and over again in multiple playthroughs to get all the ally achievements, I really cant bring myself to want to play any more sidequests.

Maybe once all the dlc packs are released, if they can make them free or bundle them all together for 400 points ill consider buying. Untill then, I would much rather hear some info on mass effect 2 then be givin a boring sidequest for mass effect 1.

Awesome, can't wait for this!

YES! More mass effect missions. Totally grand!!!

Cool. Now I don't feel bad about waiting to replay it (I blew through it the first time and missed a lot).

Damn they are one ugly mother ass race. If they bleed we can kill it.

Whoo! More hardcore alien sex.

The batarians will not be violating my Shepherds.

Wake me when its actually on my 360 ¬_¬ I can't do anything with news alone, the anticipation will kill me :P

vote me down if you want, but how the hell is this breaking news? its just a DLC announcement.

you may proceed to flame if you like...

*Flames B1gC72 - PSN: KillaKornbread*

I agree, its not even on my 360 yet :S

Good price point. Anything over $5 I'm more reluctant to buy.

Well consider that there's probably another 4 instalments after this at 400points each (based on gamerscore of 50 for this one). That's 2000 points worth of DLC...

that guy in the screencap reminds me of the gimpy orc general from Lord of the Rings

Oh shit,the Batarians!!

what is video game news then?

This just in from the Call of Duty 4 universe:

A Russian Ultranationalist by the name of Imran Zakhaev is trying to rebirth the Soviet Union by revolting against the current government and seizing a nuclear weapons stockpile.

Stay tuned for more at 11!!!!!

Kingdom, Mushroom - The princess appears to be in another castle. The search continues. AP

Arg... someday, when I'm rich and famous, I'll be able to afford to spend ~400 on a 360 and pick this thing up. Color me jealous.

Hell YA! I love Bioware! Go to go buy some points ASAP!

Really? You're a Mass Effect fan? I never would've guessed.

And yes, better hurry up and get those points so you can hold onto them for a month before the content actually is released.

Why are you hating?

This isn't a good deal. 90 minutes of gameplay for what was an already pretty short game?

Bioware couldn't even differentiate the missions within the central game enough. You were always going into the exact same station, mining tunnel or underground facility. Like all evil madmen shopped at Nefari 'R' Us or something.

Given that this has to be either re-using content that's on the disc, or downloading stuff off of Live, this is going to more than likely be you going through one of the exact same map layouts you've already gone through. Like they plopped another sidequest onto a planet. People were complaining about how repetitive they were in-game. Why should you reinforce that design concept by specifically paying for more of it?

This isn't a case of "If you're unhappy, just don't buy it and shut up". You should really be asking for more for your money, like now. Otherwise, we're going to get a string of token 90-minute nickel and dime updates.

I like Mass Effect. But I'm not going to shell out cash to pay for something that's going to be just about as long as a demo, and almost equally recycled.

"Given that this has to be either re-using content that's on the disc, or downloading stuff off of Live, this is going to more than likely be you going through one of the exact same map layouts you've already gone through. Like they plopped another sidequest onto a planet."

Did you even read the article. None of the DLC is already on the disc.
"Since you'll have absolutely none of that, you'll download the adventure for 400 MS Points ($5)"

Bottom line, I think $5 is pretty reasonable for more of what many consider to be the game of the year. If you dont, then dont buy it or wait for Mass Effect2 but either way stfu and let the rest of us be excited about more of a good thing.

Right, Easo, because downloading a code to unlock something on the disc isn't also referred to as "downloading".

Even if the entire mission WAS downloadable off the MS content servers, all signs still point to it being a carbon copy of all the other side-missions.

You want to keep shelling out cash for little to nothing in return? Be my guest. But don't try and brush aside the valid points I'm making with an "stfu just don't buy it".

You're paying too much and getting too little in return, and it's affecting everyone.

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