Mass Effect 2

No, this is not an entrant into a world's worst photoshopped contest, it's a sale on Bioware's RPGs!  Dragon Age: Origins and Mass Effect 2 are on sale over at Amazon.com and it's a pretty good sale if I do say so myself. It seems like summer savings is the motto of online retailers this year, with the current steam sale and now Amazon dropping prices like it's hot.  Hit the jump for links and pricing.

A demo is supposed to launch today from Bioware for Mass Effect 2.  Along with the demo is the new DLC content "Overlord" which adds five new areas an two new achievements. You can find the demo right on the front page of the Mass Effect 2 website, Xbox of course has a 1.5GB demo download up right now.  Hit the jump to find out more about the demo and some things that we'll see tomorrow.

An eagle-eyed reader was browsing LinkedIn and came across a job posting for Bioware.  Normally this wouldn't spark anyone's interest except people actually looking for a job, but the job title is not something you'd see on a single player only game. "Multiplayer Programmer (Mass Effect Franchise)".

Getting tired of spending money of Mass Effect 2 DLC? Well keep that wallet open, because it's not stopping yet. In fact, the most interesting pieces of DLC are coming in the near future. The one's that will give us the story between Mass Effect 2 and the conclusive Mass Effect 3. Hit the jump for more.

The next piece of premium DLC for Mass Effect 2 is set to drop next month. 5 new missions will have your Shepard taking on a race of machines led by an AI that reminds me of Zordon. Go go, hit the jump for more.

For all you Mass Effect players out there, a good bit of DLC for ME2 has come out recently.  Beyond the small weapon and armor updates, if you haven't grabbed the Hammerhead pack, it's a good, free batch of vehicle levels for those on the Cerberus Network.  This review, though, is for the pay DLC involving a new character, Kasumi Goto, that was released on April 6.  It runs about the same amount of content as Zaheed's DLC, which amounts to a single mission and a character you may or may not find interesting.  Yes, it's been a substantial amount of time since the game was originally released in January, so it puts it at some odds with both the in-game timeline and ours.  Read on to see how I felt about Kasumi Goto's Stolen Memory.

Welcome to "Worth It - Games Worth Playing this Week," a weekly column you'll find here every Monday. In Worth It, I'll sift through the games being released this week to let you know what you can look forward to and, sometimes, what is just too bad to ignore.

It's official. We've entered the spring doldrums. Two weeks in a row without a major release. This week we've got more Mass Effect 2 DLC and a small downloadable multiplayer shooter. And here in Atlanta, we've got pollen. Lots and lots of pollen.

More news about Bioware! The above image was screen-capped by yours truly immediately prior to the writing of this article. This countdown timer appeared today on the front page, as well as the Mass Effect 2 and Dragon Age:Origins pages, but what exactly is it counting down to?

I actually own a book by the world famous physicist Dr. Michio Kaku. It's called Hyperspace and outlines the possible marvels in the present, and plausible marvels in the future that the world of physics can bring us. Thanks to GameTrailers.com, Dr. Kaku talks about the possibilities of many Mass Effect 2 features such as teleportation, invisibility cloaks and even the Mass Relays that allow intergalactic space travel. Being a physics nut, I've already read about everything in this talk, but if you're not, you should really check it out. Science is way cooler than you think. Hit the jump for the video.

If you were waiting for Mass Effect 2 to come down in price before purchasing it, this is your chance.  Impulse is having a weekend sale on this fantastic game.  If you don't mind deviating from the beloved Steam service to get this sale, it's a worth while purchase.  $20 off is a pretty significant chunk of change to save.  Check it out here. The Deluxe Edition is also $20 off if you want the extra items.