Mass Effect goes gold

[wideawakewesley]

Great news for all you 360 owners!

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (October 22, 2007) - Microsoft Game Studios and BioWare Corp. announced today that the highly anticipated action role-playing game (RPG) Mass Effect has gone gold, and will be offered in a limited collector's edition. Additionally, an exclusive bonus disc will be offered to consumers who pre-order the game. The bonus disc is available at participating U.S. retailers while supplies last.

The limited collector's edition will be offered through participating retailers, and will include the following bonus materials:

A Mass Effect fiction book titled "Galactic Codex: Essentials"
A 36-page guide to the Mass Effect universe, including a Citadel timeline and a guide to all non-human races, biotics and the key locations in the Perseus arm of the galaxy
An additional Mass Effect art book titled "A Future Imagined"
A 36-page collection of BioWare's concept art for the game
A bonus DVD of exclusive Mass Effect background material and additional content including:
"The Vision of Mass Effect documentary
"The Making of Mass Effect documentary
"Interactive Storytelling" documentary
"Inside BioWare" documentary
18 Mass Effect themed gamer pics (three unique sets of six)
16 dashboard themes (four unique sets of four)
Ten songs from the Mass Effect soundtrack
Five historical Mass Effect trailers from X05 through E3 2007 and the official TV trailer
A demo for "Blue Dragon" and videos for "Lost Odyssey," "Halo 3" and "Halo Wars"
Design galleries featuring 600 concept images fully commented by the Art Directors
The exclusive bonus disc will be offered to consumers who pre-order either edition of the game at participating retailers and will include the following contents:

A short documentary on DVD introducing the game
12 Mass Effect themed gamer pics (two unique sets of six)
Eight dashboard themes (two unique sets of four)
Three songs from the Mass Effect soundtrack on a CD
Four historical Mass Effect trailers from X05 through E3 2007 on DVD
A demo for "Blue Dragon" and videos for "Lost Odyssey," "Halo 3" and "Halo Wars"
From the creators of the critically-acclaimed Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and Jade Empire comes an epic space saga exclusively for the Xbox 360 that spans the entire galaxy. Combining a rich and engaging narrative with intense sci-fi tactical combat, Mass Effect features an immersive and cinematic gameplay experience rarely seen before in video games.

Mass Effect will have an estimated retail price of $59.99, and the limited collector's edition will have an estimated retail price of $69.99. Mass Effect is rated "M" for "Mature" by the ESRB. For more information, visit www.masseffect.com.

[alx]

pre-ordered like 3 months ago. and now we wait....

[patch]

I pre-ordered over a year ago, and fully paid for it. Guess I'll have to yank my pre-order and grab the limited edition. Looks like EBgames is only selling the limited online. Thats weird.

[geekluv]

An additional Mass Effect art book titled "A Future Imagined"
A 36-page collection of BioWare's concept art for the game

SOLD!! I wasn't going to pre-order because I figured most retailers are going to be stocked up on this game, but I will definitely go order the limited edition now

[darthender]

So...what's the deal with this game?

Why is it a big deal.

[wideawakewesley]

Originally Posted by DarthEnder

So...what's the deal with this game?

Why is it a big deal.

It's by Bioware. That's probably all most people need to hear considering their recent track record.

[filch]

Originally Posted by DarthEnder

So...what's the deal with this game?

Why is it a big deal.

Where have you been for the last year???? Even the TRS guys have waxed on about it during some episodes.

[darthender]

Okay, but what KIND of game is it.

What's it about?

[taozoo4u]

its a game about a guy...he has a ship, and he has to do something, i can't remember but its an RPG and you explore planets in the milky way galaxy and like every single planet inside said galaxy i honestly can't wait for this game but i also need to get about 6 other games in the month of novemeber also.

[tw0k1ngs]

It's basically next-gen Star Wars... without ya know... the Star Wars.