Space-based action role-player Mass Effect 3 hit the shelves for Xbox 360, Windows PC and Playstation 3 earlier this year after being officially announced in late 2010. Gamers were without a doubt eagerly awaiting the climactic conclusion to the story of Commander Shepard of the Systems Alliance and his plight against a race of machines known as The Reapers. The game finally arrived. And players were not pleased..
This displeasure spawned from the games closing moments, which the Gadget Helpline will not spoil here, but we will say that legions of gamers aligned against Mass Effect 3 developer Bioware demanding that the ending of the game be changed and to please the devoted and outspoken fans who had supported the franchise since its origin, the devs caved and decided that they would give players an ending they deserved. The news broke some months ago that a new ending might appear as a downloadable but since nothing has come to light. But it is coming – tomorrow in fact!
If you’re an unhappy Mass Effect 3 player who owns either the Xbox 360 or Windows PC game you will be able to grab the DLC completely free of charge and this update will reward your vigilance and patience with new cinematic sequences and epilogue scenes that “expand” that ending. Don’t get us wrong, what it sounds like Bioware is doing is not actually rewriting the closing moments of ME3 – only adding to it to offer a better explanation of (or to justify) why things happen the way they do.
The Gadget Helpline will certainly be taking a look for ourselves on June 26th when the free DLC goes live for Microsoft gaming platforms.
Mass Effect 3 is one of the titles announced in support of the Nintendo Wii U launch this coming autumn, although its not known if it will come with the controversial “regular” ending or the new revamped conclusion.
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