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Mass Effect 2 For PS3 Hitting In January 2011

Start getting caught up on your firmware now.

Here's a big release date for PS3 owners: IGN reports that Mass Effect 2 for PS3 will ship to retailers on January 18, 2011, just a week shy of the date the sci-fi RPG originally launched for the Xbox 360 this year. 

As previously reported, ME2 PS3 will ship with multiple extras, including a digital comic book that'll act as a bridge between the first and second game. It'll also ship with multiple pieces of on-disc DLC. Lair of the Shadow Broker, Project Overlord, Kasumi's Stolen Memory, and the Dragon Age: Origins Blood Dragon Armor bonus will all be included. 

According to IGN, the lackluster Zaeed character DLC, as well as the Firewalker mission pack, will be made available on the PS3's version of the Cerberus Network, too. Both of these downloads were free for 360 owners of the game, so there's a good chance they'll be free for PS3 owners as well.  
 

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== TEASER == And in other Mass Effect news, rumor has it that Mass Effect 3 will be the game BioWare plans to show off for the first time at the 2010 Video Game Awards show. A "trusted source" speaking with Joystiq said as much, though the source was unable to confirm if the threequel would have any sort of multiplayer, which seems to be the common denominator in most other rumors surrounding this game reveal. Unfortunate, but we only have to wait until tomorrow to see what this thing actually is.

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@diggity_dan said:

" "  Start getting caught up on your firmware now." -----I don't get this. "

PS3 firmware updates take a comically long time to download to do pretty much nothing, at least in comparison to other console and hardware firmware updates.  This might have changed though, I'm not sure.  You might not of really noticed if you've always had a stellar connection, but I got the joke.
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"Approaching like shopping friend!" Lollercoaster.
 
Anyway, I'll probably be getting this, just because if ME3 hits day and date on PS3, that's what I'll be playing it on.

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@MysteriousBob:  
 
Yes, he was a great character, but his overall narrative importance was pretty shitty compared to pretty much everyone else. He was free, though, so that was cool.
 
@Ooblix:  
Updates take a few minutes to install (for some reason..), not download, which is near-instant nowadays. Even when it was bad, it was many times due to network congestion. Brad's comment, though, harkens back to the days when 360 fanboys in game coverage would find it acceptable to tell blatant lies about how many "firmwares" they had to download the rare occasion they even bothered to turn on their PS3. I don't care if he doesn't like the system, but covering (read: copying/pasting) a big release announcement with a bullshit fanboy statement is just a dick-move.
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@Faint said:
" i own a ps3, though ive already played it on pc, so not interested. especially a year after release. if you arent going to release similarly close to the original release date i can't see the point. (dont get me wrong, this is my game of the year.) "
What do you mean you can't see the point? I would have thought it was pretty obvious. Lot's of people (most people) don't own all the consoles. Therefore lots of people haven't had a chance to play ME2 yet. I don't own a PS3 and if Uncharted 2 was released in January for the 360 I would sure as hell be getting it. Over a year late or not.