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Mass Effect 2: January 26

That's soon!

"Shepard." 
OK, this is waaaay sooner than I was expecting it, but that's by no means a bad thing. It just means that we'll be playing Mass Effect 2 relatively soonish, because BioWare and EA have announced a January 26 release date for the game on Xbox 360 and PC. That's for North America. Europe will see the game on shelves a few days later, on January 29.

I guess that's it, so... oh hey, they also mention a couple of pre-order incentives. What, you thought 2010 was going to be different? If you slap down your money at GameStop, you'll get download codes for the "Terminus Gear," which includes a weapon and some armor. Here's the company line on those:
  • The Terminus Armor is designed for use in extreme planetary conditions, increasing run speed and personal shields, and augmenting weapons with an additional magazine of reserve ammo.
  • The M-90 Blackstorm Heavy Weapon generates a high-powered localized gravity well, accelerating particles to near-infinite mass,  and ultimately expanding the selection of heavy weapons available to players when they gear up for combat missions in Mass Effect 2.
If you pre-order from some other participating North American retailer, you'll end up with "Inferno Armor," which offers a negotiation bonus, increased run speed, and a damage bonus for your combat powers.

If you don't pre-order, you'll get some kind of plastic "box" that has a disc or disc-like device inside that says "Mass Effect 2" on it. If this Mass Effect 2 thing is as cool as the last one, that'll probably still be a pretty good deal.
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hatking

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Yes. Awesome.

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Edited By bluesun

i wonder if it'll be worth getting if you haven't played the first... wish games like this had tutorials which recapped the story...

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I kind of assumed this would come out around spring. This is great though, and Alpha Protocol won't run into visibility problems.

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nom nom nom

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no matter how much dumb add-ons they offer to pre-order from gamestop, i will never succumb to the man. they are such a terrible company. bleah. amazon FTW.

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I really couldn't believe it when I saw it on Twitter. I expected it to be pushed out after Bad Company 2 and Ao2: TFD. But, no. They just said "Yo, Its out y'all!" 
 
Only bad part of this all? The fucking pre-order bonuses that look good, so good are NA exclusive :( 
 
What about us Singaporeans!

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@The_jewish_lord said:
" pc exclusive? hell yez "
What's PC exclusive?
Both the game and the armour are on the 360.
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They have flat negotiation skills in this game?  Hm.

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Shit a brick! That's soon!

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Edited By eduardo

Very very soon, I agree. Time to finish raising my alternative Shepards, I guess, because boy, my first Shepard looks horrible. :P

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I wonder how many more times I'll get through ME1 until then...

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NIce.

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This is good news indeed, so good that i might have to pass on buying DA:O.  The main reason i was getting that game was to tide me over till ME2 but looks like i won't have to wait that long. 
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That is great news, can't wait to to get playing it!

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Awesome! The 80's Sci-Fi thing looks even better than before. Inspired me to go home pick up the original for a recap. That Geth noise always makes me shiver.

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Edited By vendetta

I've already got ME2 reserved and fully paid off, but I might go upgrade to the limited edition. I'm definitely enough of a Mass Effect nut to warrant the purchase.