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Wii U Mass Effect 3 includes From Ashes and Extended Cut DLC
In addition to the new Extended Cut ending, developer Straight Right's Wii U version of Mass Effect 3 will include the "From Ashes" DLC, Nintendo UK revealed in a press release. "Wii U players will also experience the From Ashes DLC Pack and Extended Cut ending as a part of their story," Nintendo said. You will experience that DLC Pack. You must.From Ashes includes the new squad member, Javik, as well as a Particle Rifle weapon, and additional outfits for everyone in your squad. It was originally bundled with the Collector's Edition and Digital Deluxe Editions of Mass Effect 3 on other platforms, and sold separately for $10.
Mass Effect 3 director defends DLC, endings with 'common sense'
Turns out Mass Effect 3 is controversial. Some people like its DLC, ending and storyline, some don't, and some want to see the entire BioWare team thrown into pools of mud and flogged for days to pay for the things they put in their own game. Franchise executive producer and director Casey Hudson seems to be taking the mixed reactions in stride, and even has some simple, logical reasons behind a few of the supposed scandals, such as Mass Effect 3's day-one DLC, From Ashes."I think a lot of the common sense is prevailing," Hudson told Digital Trends. "Initially, it was spun in a direction that suggested that we had taken the lore out of Mass Effect 3 and were holding it inside the DLC only, which now the people who actually have played Mass Effect 3 and the DLC they know that that's not true."From Ashes is an optional piece of content not integral to the main story, Hudson noted."When we finish a game, we finish it many months before it actually hits the shelves and that team goes on to work on something else that in those intervening months represent millions of dollars of development time.... So in this case, we chose to work on a DLC which people really enjoyed for Mass Effect 2 and we also wanted to make sure that people had it as an opportunity to build it into their first play-through if they wanted that as an optional thing."As for the ending, Hudson said he likes its mystery and interpretation possibilities, and having a reactive ending is better than one that falls flat and fades out. "I didn't want the game to be forgettable, and even right down to the sort of polarizing reaction that the ends have had with people -- debating what the endings mean and what's going to happen next, and what situation are the characters left in -- that to me is part of what's exciting about this story."
Mass Effect 3 'From Ashes' DLC screenshots are potentially spoilersy
Five screenshots and a stylish advert for Mass Effect 3's day-one "From Ashes" DLC pack have surfaced on GameStop's Facebook account, and while we're not entirely positive that the pack's contents are indeed spoilerific, we feel that it's better the err on the side of caution. To that end, we've totally hidden the identities of the characters in the above screenshot, and tucked the rest away in the gallery below.%Gallery-148456%
Mass Effect 3 'From Ashes' DLC also sold separately from Collector's Edition
BioWare has confirmed that the Mass Effect 3 "From Ashes" DLC that leaked on Xbox Live Marketplace yesterday is one of the items included with the Collector's Edition. The extra character, mission and outfits will also be sold separately (at 800 MSP / $10) for owners of the game's standard version.Mass Effect 3 producer Michael Gamble hit the BioWare forums to clarify some stuff surrounding the exact components of the DLC. You'll want to avoid it if you don't want to learn the identity of what we shall tactfully refer to as "the extra, downloadable person."[Thanks, Patrick.]
Mass Effect 3 DLC 'From Ashes' drifts down to Xbox Marketplace
BioWare has let slip a batch of Mass Effect 3 DLC on the Xbox Marketplace, titled From Ashes. This is presumably the same DLC as the rumored "From Dust" installment, which at least one GameStop customer may now need to get a refund for. Dust and ashes are two very different things, after all, but we bet any name switching came to avoid possible confusion with 2011's From Dust (if it wasn't a GameStop typo to begin with).From Ashes will cost 800 Microsoft Points ($10). Mass Effect 2 included the squad member Zaeed as free DLC in new copies, and From Ashes could very well be a new iteration of this format.For a brief description of the DLC (now with 100 percent more spoilers!) read on:
