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This is going to be quick, because I want to save my comments for after I play it, but new DLC for Mass Effect 2 is on its way in the very near future. Tuesday, March 23, the free Cerberus Network DLC for the Hammerhead (vehicle) missions will be released. Then, on April 6, the first paid DLC mission content will be released - Kasumi's Stolen Memory. This is a new character, so it's a recruitment mission, loyalty mission, and a barrel of fun dialog. It's not clear yet if she'll be terrible like Zaeed, though.

There's also a clothing pack with new clothes for Jack, Garrus, and Thane coming out on March 23. I can't imagine having to pay for this outside of Cerberus Network, but it's unclear right now. Garrus's thing fixes his armor finally.

So, my favorite game of this generation has been Mass Effect 2, as the culmination of an experience from the first game. AND, happy day! There's more -free- DLC coming soon (assuming you bought the game new).

First off, there's the "Firewalker" pack, which introduces vehicular portions of the game in 5 different missions. Unlike the Mako parts from ME1, this vehicle is a hover tank. It jumps (high), moves from side-to-side and has homing missiles. With these changes, the more annoying aspects of ME1's vehicle have been smoothed over. The changes come as bittersweet in some ways, since there doesn't appear to be as much in the way of general exploration of a planet. Check it out in action here. All I've been seeing for release dates is "late March," which might imply that Bioware is going to take their time with it and release it when its ready.

Then, there's the recently announced new fancy gun, another heavy weapon to add to your arsenal. It's already been added to the game, available for download from the title screen. It seems to be an AoE electricity gun, shooting bolts of electricity out at your foes. I'm excite to use it against packs of those husks, which have been proving impossible to kill without Shockwave.

A side note: GDC is this week, but I won't really be keeping up with the news all that much on Koholint because I'm in Costa Rica until the 14th! If anything extremely big goes up, I'll post it, otherwise the little stuff will get its way on here after I get back.