Looking at BioWare's long-term support for Mass Effect and Dragon Age, it isn't surprising to hear that Mass Effect 2 will be getting DLC following its release. Producer Adrien Cho would not reveal details in his interview, but that Mass Effect fans will be seeing more add-on in the sequel. Nothing has been set in stone, but Cho mentioned the possibility of "full expansion packs," in addition to smaller updates like armor or weapons:
This goes back to the whole sequel part: during development process of the first game we had so many things to worry about, but for Mass Effect 2 we'd gone through that before and we were like, 'we could've done that better'.
Downloadable content was always on our radar from day one. The team's actually been transitioning some members into creating DLC content already. What I can say is that we're going to be offering a lot more range of content from maybe a weapon, a new gun to new armours, new helmets, side quests up to full expansion packs. So a lot more variety to keep players engaged. For someone who wants a new weapon, they can have one, but I'd want more hours for the Mass Effect universe and those are going to be in the pack.
Cho also noted that it is unlikely this series will ever port over to the PlayStation 3, mostly because the developers are already settled into working with the 360 and simply don't have the time and resources to start altering technology for a different console.
On top of that, new Mass Effect 2 screenshots were released today, showing us what the updated interface will look like, along with a few more alien close-ups: Quarian, Salarian, Vorcha, and Geth. The Illusive Man, voiced by Martin Sheen, also gets a nice glamour shot. January 26 is still weeks away, so get your Shepard-fix here, in the meantime.
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