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Shepard & Liara Team Up For Next Piece Of Mass Effect 2 DLC
Written Thursday, July 22, 2010 By Dan Webb
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After the rather impressive showing from BioWare in their last piece of Mass Effect 2 DLC, Overlord, the Canadian developer today announced the next piece of DLC for their space opera: Lair of the Shadow Broker.

Lair of the Shadow Broker will see Liara and Shepard team up once again, this time to confront the mysterious Shadow Broker.

Earlier on in the year rumours of Kasumi's DLC turned out to be true when PC hackers delved deep into the Mass Effect 2 game code, it appears that they've done it again, with Liara's rumoured DLC now finally officially announced by BioWare. 

Followers of anything Mass Effect will be familiar of the conflict between Liara and the Shadow Broker, as not only was it mentioned in Mass Effect 2's main adventure, but it made up the vast majority of the plot in Mass Effect: Redemption - the comic book.

Now that Shepard is back, it's time for the pair to even the score with the man who tried to sell his body to those pesky Collectors.

The DLC according to BioWare is "coming soon," in the meantime, feast on these 3 new screenshots.

 

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Comment #1 by ubermensch2007
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 11:59:22 AM
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sweet, can't wait for more quality ME2 dcl


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Comment #2 by Icefist1
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 11:59:44 AM
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Looks good...I love mass effect..but Liara is not my favorite character ever...but hey more missions, more character and more achievements are always welcome


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Comment #3 by ThrawnOmega
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 12:00:14 PM
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Yeah for having a playable Liara again!


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Comment #4 by BlindxLink
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 12:03:00 PM
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Been waitin for this Shadow Broker DLC.


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Comment #5 by Specter 205
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 12:03:52 PM
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Cant wait!!


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Comment #6 by Htimsdrof
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 12:04:18 PM
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Shiny. I'll be getting this.


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Comment #7 by Lord Montymort
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 12:06:17 PM
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Awesome, Liara FTW!


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Comment #8 by UNDEAD HAMMER
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 12:06:48 PM
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this is gonna be awesome, I download everything for this game regardless of cost or length like some other ungrateful people, I mean shit this is one of THE best games ever!!


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Comment #9 by Mjkjets
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 12:07:29 PM
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I hope those new weapons shown in the pics come with this DLC. If they're separate DLC, I will be a little annoyed.
Looks like a M-5 pistol and maybe a new shotgun.


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Comment #10 by dinny2891
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 12:08:52 PM
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@8 Amen! 100% agree with that :-)


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Comment #11 by papanesta
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 12:09:25 PM
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Same as #8. But this... this is going to be special.


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Comment #12 by H0p3sfalL
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 12:13:14 PM
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hopefully more then just 2 achievements


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Comment #13 by Jimmy Hapa
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 12:13:19 PM
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Pantsplosion, can't wait. Liara was my ME1 LI, so I hope that aspect of the game gets expanded as well!


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Comment #14 by Deejayc
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 12:13:52 PM
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Been playing this the past few days best game i played yet in 2010 and it came out in January. this game is awesome deff picking it up!


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Comment #15 by Majestic-Dawn
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 12:18:12 PM
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I like the last screen shot with Tail, Garrus and Liara

Ahhh it's just like having the old team back together...


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Comment #16 by mass
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 12:23:00 PM
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gota pick up the rest first only got the free stuff that came with the cerburs network


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Comment #17 by ponypo2001
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 12:24:14 PM
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Oh hell yeah. Damn I love Mass Effect.


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Comment #18 by CheesyToast111
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 12:25:33 PM
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Am I dreaming? Mass Effect DLC?! YAY! Please for the love of god nothing which involves the Hammerhead. It is just painful to use.


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Comment #19 by Argoff
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 12:25:44 PM
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So after this might we actually be able to recruit liara?


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Comment #20 by paquinplus1
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 12:28:21 PM
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Sweet, I'm getting the band back together!


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Comment #21 by Grey Delta
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 12:29:21 PM
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Im still stuck in the collector ship on insane, havnt played in ages necause of it :(


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Comment #22 by Magicman10893
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 12:38:47 PM
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@9

That's an assault rifle you're looking at. Notice the "scope" sight on top of it. Also you can clearly see the shotgun on his back in the last screen that is a different color and shape. I'm gonna have to look at that shotgun again to see if it is new or just the Scimitar.


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Comment #23 by Grijpwijk
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 12:43:46 PM
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I like how Liara matured into a suspicious shadow agent in ME2, this mission could be fun.


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Comment #24 by Mjkjets
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 12:46:40 PM
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#22- Look at the shotgun on Shepard's back. It's new, possibly a Geth shotgun. The gun you're looking at could also be a new A. Rifle. Could be a total of 3 new guns.


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Comment #25 by rsxdelerium
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 12:47:24 PM
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Still waiting for a sale on old dlc ....


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Comment #26 by gabwe
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 12:53:59 PM
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Oh hell yeah!!! That one will be awesome, I feel it! Can't wait to get it.


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Comment #27 by Elit3 m0nkey
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 12:57:01 PM
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@8 Same! Got everything even the useless Alternate costumes.

@25 The old DLC is not that expensive ($7 USD) so it will unlikely go on sale. But you should buy it anyways, Kasumi and Overlord are well worth the price.

Can't wait. Have been itching for some more DLC for a while. Two things, first Bioware, make it longer than 1 hour. Second, does mean that we can only use this DLC AFTER meeting Liara on Illium? Third (ok so more than two things) are we going to be able to use Liara as a squad mate again? She was one of my favaourite characters to use.


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Comment #28 by Capn Doug
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 01:05:41 PM
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Best news I've heard all week. I have been trying to get through Insanity and DLC always gives me that little push I need to make it happen. Got to reach a good point to activate the DLC beofre it comes out.


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Comment #29 by General Boredom
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 01:08:53 PM
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I figured that the Liara/Shadow Broker story would be resolved in ME3, not DLC.


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Comment #30 by Opiate42
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 01:18:21 PM
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Oh Liara, how I have missed thee, thout art an opulant sapphire.


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Comment #31 by Wreckon Dracgon
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 01:23:18 PM
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I pray that Liara becomes recruitable after the mission. To have Liara and Samara at my side would be just damn awesome.



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Comment #32 by Jor-El
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 01:24:34 PM
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About freakin time. Cannot wait for this. I hope it's much longer than Overlord & I hope Liara mentions something about my Shephard being with Miranda and cheating on her. lol

I hope an Ashley/Kaiden DLC is next on the menu.


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Comment #33 by CrazyRossco
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 01:25:44 PM
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Yeah it would be awesome if she joined the crew. However, not so awesome if she's a one liner ala Kasumi and whatshisface.


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Comment #34 by Hobbes.
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 01:26:58 PM
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I hated her character in ME2 but whatev, DLC is good. and people need to stop complaining about the hammerhead, it was free!


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Comment #35 by Megis Eldurin
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 01:29:42 PM
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I'd be surprised if she actually joined the party again, as Shepard already has two other party members with him in the third screen. Looks to me like she'll just be an NPC.


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Comment #36 by timm the zombie
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 01:31:45 PM
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@30 you took the words out of my mouth.

Can't wait for this. I believe this is the release that will cause me to get all three DLC's and dive back in the ME Universe.


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Comment #37 by PG_MaxPayne
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 01:34:05 PM
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I can't wait for this DLC!


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Comment #38 by Captain Urahara
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 01:39:48 PM
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Yes! I've been waiting for this! Time to take it to the Shadow Broker!


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Comment #39 by TomShackles
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 01:42:52 PM
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This sounds cool; may be the best ME DLC yet.


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Comment #40 by DOA_Rose
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 01:43:48 PM
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PLease let there be a love scene between Liara & Shepard..I needs mah yuri!


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Comment #41 by Len lfc
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 02:04:51 PM
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Does this mean we might find out who or what the Shadow Broker is?


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Comment #42 by lordskorrkeeper
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 02:15:41 PM
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I love that last pictures of the 4 original team from Mass Effect 1.


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Comment #43 by Jamoo 1
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 02:20:56 PM
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I wonder will there be like a Romance thing for any of the Shepard's who chose Liara in the 1st game.


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Comment #44 by Magicman10893
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 02:36:47 PM
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@24

My bad, I thought you were talking about the gun Shepard is holding in the second picture. But yeah, the shotgun looks new and possibly of Geth origin.


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Comment #45 by Grossmesser
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 02:49:38 PM
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LOL, bet this will be 800 pts and can beat it in 30 mins. But, blind people will still bite.


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Comment #46 by Simlaurel
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 02:57:26 PM
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Overlord kinda re-energized me about mass effect dlc, i hope this one stays on par with the last one. I'm sure the shadow broker is a diabolical character, but he/she did help Sheppard in the first ME, perhaps this will figure into a moral choice down the road


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Comment #47 by Amenazamenor360
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 03:06:13 PM
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OH FUCK YES! I was waiting for this.


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Comment #48 by RockBanditPhil
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 03:06:31 PM
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@32

Whoa whoa whoa, you mean you actually LIKED Kaiden? Haha, I hated that guy.


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Comment #49 by newbsicle
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 03:21:25 PM
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I'm waiting for the game to re-release or a disc to come out. All this nickle and dimming DLC from Mass Effect 2 is why I sold it. When a substantial piece of DLC is released I might consider buying it again.


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Comment #50 by SpartaX
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 03:48:44 PM
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Hell yeah!!! I've been waiting for Liara DLC since I finished the game 5 months ago. I really liked her in ME1 but in ME2 she kinda became a bitch (can't blame her though).


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Comment #51 by ramarcos
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 04:02:07 PM
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Awesome :) Can't wait.


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Comment #52 by DayV3d
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 04:17:10 PM
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ill pass. sure, great game and all, but they are really milking our money for dlc that im sure will last another hour again :(
no me2 or dao dlc for me anymore, already wasted to much money on that :)


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Comment #53 by the ferenczy
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 04:33:03 PM
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Excellent. The game of the year gets better. It would be nice for more than 15G or 25G worth of GS for this DLC.


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Comment #54 by xFortyseven
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 04:41:33 PM
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Liara is the reason ME1 on Insanity was easy. s-s-s-s Singularity !


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Comment #55 by arete
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 06:19:05 PM
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First off, awesome news. Secondly, in that last screenshot there are 4 team members so I wonder if they decided to do your 2 squad mates plus an NPC Liara?!


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Comment #56 by VileNecromorph
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 06:31:50 PM
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Yeh, I was wondering when this was going arrive, amy excuse to play Mass Effect 2...


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Comment #57 by Subclique
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 06:34:41 PM
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Day 1 purchase if it costs under 800 MSP. Mass Effect 2 is one of the best games I played this year along with Red Dead Redemption.


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Comment #58 by phantom gangsta
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 07:01:29 PM
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@screen three-THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWNS


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Comment #59 by Poisonheadcrab
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 07:56:59 PM
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@#19...THAT is the axe that must be questioned.


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Comment #60 by seven43861
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 09:33:19 PM
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Sexy looking guns, wonder if they're included.


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Comment #61 by Dredgon
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 09:58:29 PM
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So sick, cannot wait to take down that bastard with my lover Liara!!!!!


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Comment #62 by DENAz666
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 10:07:27 PM
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Dammit, I keep waiting for the last DLC to release so i can just purchase them all and do them in one playthrough. Anyone no if this is the last?


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Comment #63 by xbox malex
Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 12:47:41 AM
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@62 why dont u just beat the game and do them after or before the reaper iff

been waitin for this since they found the audio in a hack


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Comment #64 by Baihu1983
Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 02:51:26 AM
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SOLD!!!!


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Comment #65 by CPT_Pequet
Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 02:54:31 AM
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Sh!t Son!!!!! can't wait.......


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Comment #66 by WhIpLaSh 014
Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 03:06:48 AM
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I'm quite suprised that there might be more new weapons in the game, like the past weapon packs in an expanded way.


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Comment #67 by SMKpaladin
Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 03:43:45 AM
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I really thought I could convince her to join my team in ME2. Mainly because she was Shepards girlfriend in my ME1 save game, which I imported to ME2 ;)

I...er...Shepard will try to get her back with this DLC!


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Comment #68 by Kroesis
Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 04:33:12 AM
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From Christina Norman's twitter:

All I can say is, no, the new weapons you see in those screenshots are
not from Shadow Broker. Can't say where they are from!

http://twitter.com/truffle/status/19277159770




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Comment #69 by Blue Thunder28
Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 06:44:51 AM
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Perfect!!! Also I knew it was a good idea to not buy BFBC2's Onslaught Mode and Dragon Age's Leliana's Song.. Now I can buy this! Woot.


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Comment #70 by Epsilon 616
Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 06:44:53 AM
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After losing my ME 1 Good save and being forced to play ME 2 with my Renegade Insanity Sprint Run ending (AKA no Side missions), I've been replaying ME 1 again to try and capture my first run-through.

I can't wait to get the Shadow Broker DLC and hammer it out with my new Shepard Save Profile.

Redemption (The Comic Serial) really added nothing to the Broker as he just stayed in the shadows. The only thing it established was that the Collectors know who or what he/she is....



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Comment #71 by Vryolaka
Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 07:17:41 AM
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Can't wait for this one, i have to say I'm impressed with Bioware's commitment to giving us more to play with DLC, especially as Mass Effect 2 and DragonAge have soaked up a combined total of around 120 hours of my life so far.


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Comment #72 by Kroesis
Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 02:35:45 PM
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From the Mass Effect Forums:

Hi everyone,
As Christina tweeted, some of the new guns you are seeing in those screens are not in the Lair of the Shadow Broker pack. They are in fact part of a different pack that will be released prior to Lair of the Shadowbroker - more details coming very soon. While this was simply intended to tease them I can see how it could be misleading, so I must apologize for that.

Lair of the Shadow Broker does, however, contain some *really* cool stuff we haven't revealed yet so stay tuned for more details as we head into August. And actually the very coolest part of the DLC (imho) will be something we absolutely won't reveal in the marketing or PR, to avoid spoiling it. I think most of you will find it to be our most satisfying DLC release yet for ME2.

Best Regards,

Jarrett Lee - Bioware


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Comment #73 by Rodeo Legend
Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 03:41:55 PM
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This is more exciting then Christmas.


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Comment #74 by TheCroixMan
Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 10:46:02 AM
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This day is just getting better and better! w00t! Just looking forward to find out when the release date is.

@8... yeah I am the same way. And I will buy any gun/shield pack to help me beat this game on Insane. Last achievement I need.


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Comment #75 by Demoral
Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 03:08:41 PM
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All Mass Effect 2 elc is welcome, hopefully it won't be too expensive :)


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Comment #76 by Kerethos
Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 06:43:01 PM
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This could be interesting. Looking forward to it, but I'll wait for a deal of the week before I grab more DLC I think... unless I run out of other games first ^_^ Hope there's some lovers quarrel and such in there for the Shepard that hooked up with another crewmember.


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Comment #77 by Phenoviral
Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 09:54:42 AM
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Now i need to complete the first again for variable dialogue. Hm..


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Comment #78 by Rodeo Legend
Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 12:53:51 PM
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REALLY COOL!


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Comment #79 by RoSeeksTruth
Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 08:54:30 PM
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Mass Effect two was so awesome!!! It is great to see them supporting it with DLC.


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Comment #80 by MelloDaMerc254
Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 04:29:04 PM
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Big Mass Effect fan even got all achievements and DLC lol


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US: January 26, 2010
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