Upcoming Mass Effect 2 DLC Rumoured To Involve Liara & The Shadow Broker

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Dan Webb

Give a certain group of PC gamers a piece of data and it'll keep them busy for a day. Give them a copy of Mass Effect 2 and they'll be ripping it apart for months.

After picking out and uncovering remnants of the Kasumi DLC months before she was announced, it seems like those PC gamers have done it again. This time uncovering a piece of DLC that is said to involve Liara T'Soni and her new nemesis, the Shadow Broker.

Hidden deep within the depths of the game code, references to files mentioning "Liara" and "DLC" were found, as well as clips of audio that reference the Shadow Broker and certain moments that weren't part of the main game.

If you're interested in checking out those audio clips, head here, but be warned, there may be the odd spoiler nestled deep within.

Of course, remnants of old or planned content is not definitive confirmation of the Liara DLC, so for now, we'll tag it as a rumour. That being said... I did find it odd how Liara's story arch in Mass Effect 2 was a little open ended and it does tie in nicely with the comic series - involving Liara and the Shadow Broker - which is fastly coming to an end.

[Via TehPwnage]

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  • Must...buy...Mass Effect 2 soon
  • Awesome can't wait for this!!
  • fuck yea more mass effect dlc just made my day
  • Hopefully this DLC is a good one, I'm kind of disappointed with Bioware with the amount of dlc they are releasing this year... I mean I don't mind it, its just that some of their stuff is a little overpriced (the awakening)
  • Really hoping that comes out!
  • shweet.
  • Well for what we got there was no point in paying for the kasumi dlc, it should have been free to cerberus network and they had better make this free, or I won't be downloading.
  • They did say originally they would use the comics to expand on characters, then dlc to continue the story. I guess we're getting that now! Can't wait!
  • I still don't get why people are complaining about the price for some DLC, they have given us alot of free stuff already and none of it for 800 which is the usual going price for DLC.
  • I miss Liara. In the first game she was my hot Alien broad. I hope in Mass Effect 3 some of the original characters return.
  • @7 - You seem to forget that there was a lack of DLC for the first game. Bioware has clearly made up for that and it only makes sense to be charged for it. Because if you're constantly going GIMME GIMME GIMME without giving back to the devs then you can kiss all chances of DLC goodbye. And if buying DLC is such a problem, PC gaming is the way to go.
  • I need another couple of missions (My character didn't quite hit LV30 in my play through and I cant commit to a 2nd at the moment.
  • I haven't even bought the Kasumi DLC yet. I'll probably wait untill more DLC becomes available so I can do it all in one run. This DLC would make sense though, it was strange how they were setting this storyline up in ME2 but it didn't go anywhere, I assumed they were going to continue with it in ME3. But yeah, this should make for some good DLC if it's true.
  • This should be good
  • @9 For me the price isnt the issue. It just i wouldnt and dont want to pay the points for something that will take me 20-30 mins to complete. Look at valve for example. They seem to be makeing " The Passing" into something huge.
  • About damn time, been wanting to kill that guy since ME.
  • @12 Just start up a new one. It took me maybe 2 hours to go from lvl 26-30 to get the achievement using my old character. I just played on the easiest setting and breezed through it.
  • Old news-lol. This was discovered shortly after the game was out.
  • So, they have uncovered info about DLC BioWare haven't even confirmed, now, forgive me if im mistaken, but does that not mean the DLC files are ALREADY on the disc, and people are gonna be paying for a key, YET AGAIN. I was under the impression the Liara/Shadow Broker arc would be concluded in ME3, not through some crappy overpriced DLC add on. Not bought any DLC for ME2 (remember the huge mistake i made buying the ME1 DLC), and won't be changing that.
  • Just finished ME1, about to crack intah' 2
  • YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Yay! Bring some GOOD DLC , and yes im looking at you Firewalker DLC.
  • @11 Sadly the new and "improved" EA Bioware are trying to start the lame DLC trend on the PC side of things.
  • This is what I've been waiting for.. DLC that haves to do with Shadow Broker/Liara. This got to be true
  • I am a Biotic God! FEAR ME!!!!
  • @19 Actually the code was found inside the KASUMI DLC meaning it isn't on the disc. I wondering how they could bring more bigger DLC packs to Mass Effect seems that situation has been solved. Can't wait for it.
  • @9+11 The point of the Cerberus Network idea was that you shelled out for the game, and would be rewarded for doing so with free dlc, which non-cerberus (used games) would have to pay for.. It's taken ages for a game like Splinter Cell to offer this regular free DLC, and it's wrong it's taken so long (although I believe they'll eventually spring paid DLC on us)...I fully believe this rumored DLC is already on the disc, or has been finished along with the game.
  • I thought this story would be saved for the 3rd game.. but maybe if it's DLC, they can bring Liara back for the 3rd game (and return her back to normal cause I hate what they did to her).
  • @19, No. For DLC to come, there has to be codes inside the game for it to fit. PC gamers found out those codes, and started the rumor.
  • More ME2 DLC? I cannot complain about that :)
  • I wonder if this one will be on the cerberus network. either way i will buy it though. kasumi was awesome! the mission was a little shorter than what I had hoped for but kasumi is an awesome character! her assassin attack where she hits people from behind rapes when you evolve it.
  • Can it have some achievements that round off the games GS nicely, hate having anything that is not 1250, 1500 or 1750 for DLC
  • #1 you should get on that. mass effect 2 is *in my opinion* one of the best games of all time.
  • Wounder if this will be a game version of the comics? Thus having the player play as Liara? [Like GTAIV's dlc] Either way it needs to be a good few hours long.
  • I had hopes for this. Mass Effect 2 is so so good, and anything that can be done to make it longer is fine by me. I do hope it's longer then Kasumi DLC.
  • this would be great DLC if true. Something I thought we'd have to wait until ME3 for.
  • didn't people suspect this a while ago? i guess they were right.
  • Sweet. The best game, or at least in the top 5 of the games iv'e ever played..
  • Bioware is great for spoiling us rotten with all the DLC for Mass Effect. :)
  • Would be nice. Liara is quite awesome.
  • @#19 No, they just have a tiny bit of audio already hidden in the game. And you didn't download an unlock key for Kasumi, either.
  • I would buy this, I didnt like that the shadow broker story just ended. I hope it's more detective style missions, loved those.
  • @9: Cerberus isn't free. It's a new game purchase bonus and DLC otherwise. Either way, you're paying for it.
  • (Btw, I love ME2, but I haven't bought Kasumi yet and it may be a while before I get this, too. I was hoping for more bang for my buck than Zaeed and a couple of other small add-ons.)
  • I think i remember having those conversations with her in my play-through.. could be wrong though.
  • I hope people who are complaining about the coding already being in the game take a second gander at the article. The coding was found in the recent DLC.
  • @#46 - I've played it through 3 times now. I can safely say they weren't in the game.
  • #47 Why would coding for future DLC be in past DLC? That would mean you need the older ones to buy the newer ones. ¬¬
  • Completionist ME1 & ME2. Every Mission, quest, and Codex gathered. Mass Effect 1 had one dialogue option that opened up that the "Shadow Broker" had an enemy in power. However, this has no link to Liara t'soni, as she has only become a member of political power in ME2. only then (after opening up the dialogue with enough Paragon)does she inform you with the troubles she had/has got with Mr Broker....but really, Kasumi DLC was weak, everybody else had a mission, then after speaking with them, Loyalty Mission. This DLC was done in an hour. Shame considering what it could have been. Alias DJA
  • Liara is the hottest piece of as in the whole galaxy. Bring it on!!!
  • "Give a certain group of PC gamers a piece of data and it'll keep them busy for a day. Give them a copy of Mass Effect 2 and they'll be ripping it apart for months." SO true lol. Only piece of mass effect 2 DLC I refuse to purchase is the costumes. Everything else achievements or not if it adds gameplay is day 1 download.
  • @ the people responding to me, my bad, wasn't aware of how it was handled.
  • Yeah this is old news. I remember a while back somebody posted pics of the folder that contained these files, and they pointed towards the DLC folder. This was back when the rumor of Kasumi started, and like I said before, "I was right motherfuckers." Everyone doubted me when I said that we would see Kasumi and I proved them wrong! Let's just hope this mission is long. Also, there was even more after Kasumi and this DLC, but I cannot remember what all else was there.
  • @46 and @48, I agree with Webb, I also have played the game multiple times (4) and those convos have never happened.
  • i bet it will take longer to go get a points card then it will to download and complete the quest.
  • Hmm, interesting. I refuse to get my hopes up for a rumor though, so I'll just keep watching this space like I always do. If there's more to be heard, it'll make its way here.
  • Myeah, love it, but over it. Might give it another playthrough once all DLC is out
  • I just picked up the final issue of the Dark Horse Comics Mass Effect Redemption series....Hopefully this DLC will expand that story arc. Couldnt fit too much in 4 issues.....
  • Oh, can't wait for this! Have had so much fun with ME2 and any excuse for me to have a second runthrough on insane is good enough for me ;)
  • Actually they hinted at this during one of the challenges for the Bazaar
  • It sounds more like an unused quest line than DLC. I don't understand why there would be remnants otherwise, unless Bioware just wants to rip us off Capcom style with future DLC.
  • It better be free..I didn't use that Cerberus code just to get Zaeed, Inferno Armour and that stupid Firewalker DLC.
  • Mass Effect 2 is hands down the best video game i have ever played. I dont own any of the DLCs though so might wait for the re-release of the game with all the DLCs included.
  • Also, Guzzy and Webb are right, there's no way any of THAT was in the game as is currently playable without tearing it apart.
  • Fuck yes, thought I'd have to wait until ME 3, but I's love to take that bastard down with my Asari girlfriend!!!!!!
  • This would be very cool if true.
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