Mass Effect 2 DLC 'Kasumi's Stolen Memory' lands on Apr. 6 (don't forget!)

by Ludwig Kietzmann on Mar 11th 2010 4:20PM

While Mass Effect 2's in-game DLC pipeline, The Cerberus Network, continues to transport new weapons (and soon, a new vehicle) to players for free, BioWare has announced the game's first pack of paid downloadable content. "Kasumi's Stolen Memory" finally completes Commander Shepard's dirty dozen, adding a confident female thief to your anti-Reaper repertoire. It's currently scheduled to launch for Xbox 360 and PC on April 6.

After downloading the DLC, players can get in touch with Kasumi on the Citadel, either in the middle of an ongoing Mass Effect 2 game or after the completion of the main story (lesson learned from Mass Effect 1 DLC!). Once recruited, Shepard aids Kasumi on a secretive mission of recovery, which requires a suave disguise and a run-in with an influential and predictably corrupt art collector. The content, which also provides the "Locust" SMG, a flash-bang grenade loyalty power and a new Achievement, should take about an hour and a half to complete.

BioWare is currently in the midst of "internal discussion" to determine the price of the DLC, but we'll keep you updated as soon as it's finalized. Look for some impressions of "Kasumi's Stolen Memory" coming soon to Joystiq as part of our ongoing GDC coverage. Spoiler: It looks great.

Tags: bioware, dlc, gdc-2010, kasumis-stolen-memory, mass-effect-2, Microsoft, release-date, rpg, xblm, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (90)

Hot damn right in time for my Renegade playthrough!

need to get me some MS space bucks so I can get this! Can't wait!

if you didn't buy it used it's free. if you did buy it used WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!? :D

Too bad rogXue doesn't know what he is talking about.

Sounds good to me. I will actually have free time then! I think I will probably just wait until I get the Hammerhead and this and do some playing!

I might have to buy me a pack of 4000 msp soon because there are so many good arcade games and dlc packages coming out soon.

"BioWare is currently in the midst of "internal discussion" to determine the price of the DLC"

price?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9rbmKBVsxg

YEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH
oops,
let me take this break to go and change my pants

400MSP, please!

Part of the Cerberus network please

Yeah, part of the Cerberus network please :D

I loved Mass Effect 2. However, for only 1.5 hours of content, 400 MSP is even too much. I agree with the other two, this 1.5 hr of content is better served on Cerberus.

Am I the only one who couldn't care less about this crumb-by-crumb type DLC. Do people really get excited to download a new weapon or a couple missions?

Give us an actual expansion. Until then, just stop.

Yes, you're the only one.

We've had more DLC now than ME1 got in 2 years!

Any Mass Effect 2 is good Mass Effect 2. Would I prefer a more fully fleshed out expansion? You can snarfing bet I would. Am I going to be frothing at the mouth for just about anything Bioware throws my way? (Don't tell Bioware) Yes!

That's how I feel about you....just stop.

That's like your boss saying "Hey I'm not going to pay you for a few weeks, but you'll get a HUGE check at the end of the month!"

Screw that! GIMMIE! GIMMIE! GIMMIE!

I'm kind of with you. GEtting a gun or armor especially is lame. Thank god it's been free. I don't mind a whole mission though, but yeah I'd like something a little meatier.

I agree, this is extremely disappointing. I was really hoping for DLC in the style of Episodes of Liberty City, that DLC was amazing and well worth the money, hell Ballad of Gay Tony was even better than GTA4. And Im sure it made a shitload more money than all of ME1's pathetic DLC or all of Fallout 3's DLC.

I hope to hell that this is not a sign that theyre following the same DLC model they used for ME1. I will not be getting this or any other DLC that costs 5 bucks for one mission, I want something more substantial and dont care if it costs $20 or takes a long time to come out.

I'm a Drell. I can't forget.

I was just about to say how I'd like to actually pay BioWare for some "real" content.

And yes I'm serious, the game is amazing and I'd gladly pay for more content

This is all great but how about like a new side mission that takes like 5-10 hours to be would be awsome.

$5. Just make it that.

I have 30 hours on just one playthrough and it costed $50. $5 for one hour just doesn't seem right to me. I would gladly buy a decent expansion though (Dragon Age-esque).

Looks like Kasumi will be stealing memory...

*puts on sunglasses*

...from my hard drive

you mean storage.

Memory =/= storage

it's true!!!!

Oh.. nvm, i got it.

well then.... see ya

He just wont learn...DOWN YOU GO!

since you forgot to put it, I will:

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAH!

Clearly with that username you were the only one qualified to finish it :)

Here you go: http://ingresstech.com/~bernard/instantCSI/

RogueJedi, that is one of the sweetest buttons I have ever pressed. Adding to favorites.

Like Awakening, the BC2 and CoD DLC, this stuff shouldn't be coming out the same time as all these other AAA titles, it's just going to hurt sales.

Your words are as empty as your future.

How about another level or 2 to go up?

I'm just hoping you can speak to her at the every least, if she doesn't end up being a romance option. The fact that the only direct conversation you have with Zaeed is when you meet him and when you do his loyalty mission was really lame.

Agreed.

Though his loyalty mission was pretty fun, the lack of interaction made him feel totally 'thrown in' last minute.

His loyalty mission was extremely well-done - even when you were at odds with him if you went Paragon, and the ending was really satisfying as well. I wish I could have seen more development in the character, and see what lies underneath the whole "best mercenary in the galaxy" facade. It did feel tacked on when your only interaction with him was prodding at his belongings.

Not being able to carry out a two sided conversation with Zaeed does suck, but he's still an awesome character. He's like your own personal Boba Fett.

He does have a back story comparable in size to the rest of your crew, too, assuming you examine all of the stuff in his room and complete his loyalty mission.

Speaking of his room... What's the deal with the trash compactor?

I'm pretty sure it's there because he just eats a LOT of junk food.

price? As in, not free? D:!

You don't think we've gotten enough Cerberus content?don't forget Firewalker is still set for March, plus more might be down the line.

@ Dr Blight

But also, don't forget all that content was available since day one. It all depended on the promotion, like preorders and such and the Dr. Pepper deal. In fact a day one glitch caused all of the content to go up on the Marketplace for free.

Bioware has just been trickling this content out when it was on the Marketplace before launch.

The only thing I want to know is if she's romance-able. I'm guessing no, since you can do her mission/s after completion of the main story.

Also, if it's over 400 points, NO DEAL...or very reluctant deal. Sigh.

ugh! TOO MANY GOOD GAMES
MUST
SELF
DESTRUCT
*boom*

Seriously, though, this is excellent news. Just got taxes done, been waiting to splurge.

Lets hope shes more involved in the story than that tacked on trash, Zaeed.

I want a Hanar partner! Mass Effect 2 needs more big, stupid jellyfish.

haha oh wow.

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