Mass Effect 3 Extended Cut DLC Release Date Announced

By Brian P Rubin | 22 June 2012 | 10 Comments

For all you folks who’ve been eagerly awaiting BioWare and EA’s downloadable apology extended ending for their controversial Mass Effect 3, get ready: North America’s getting the free “Extended Cut” DLC on Tuesday, June 26 for PS3, Xbox 360, and PC. Europeans will get it a week later on July 4.

Here’s the official line from BioWare’s blog:

“The Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut is a downloadable content pack that will expand upon the events at the end of Mass Effect 3. Through additional cinematic sequences and epilogue scenes, the Extended Cut will include deeper insight to Commander Shepard’s journey based on player choices during the war against the Reapers. […]

The Extended Cut expands on the endings of Mass Effect 3 through additional scenes and epilogue sequences. It provides more of the answers and closure that players have been asking for. It gives a sense of what the future holds as a result of the decisions made throughout the series. And it shows greater detail in the successes or failures based on how players achieved their endings.

The Extended Cut is an expansion of the original endings to Mass Effect 3. It does not fundamentally change the endings, but rather it expands on the meaning of the original endings, and reveals greater detail on the impact of player decisions.”

NOT A NEW ENDING. But an expanded ending. Let’s see how this goes! Personally, I hope that everyone hates it and starts the anti-EA flaming all over again. Admit it: it’s kind of hilarious.

While you’re waiting for the DLC to drop, take a listen to the video above, in which community manager Jessica Merizan talks with ME3’s executive producer Casey Hudson and lead writer Mac Walters about the extended cut. AND GET ANGRY ABOUT IT!

BioWare via Joystiq

10 Comments

Posted by inund8 on 22 June 12 at 12:14pm

If only they would do this for LOST
- Posted by sup3lolzx on 22 June 12 at 1:10pm
  
  hehe its funny cuse ME3 ended like lost starts
Posted by Mugenite on 22 June 12 at 1:27pm

RAWR! I’M GOIN TA BE SOO MAD ON JUNE 26TH!!! CAAAAAAAP LOOOOOOOOCCCKKK!!! >:O
Posted by Toolbox on 22 June 12 at 3:58pm

The July 4th date is for people outside North America on PS3 only.
- Posted by Brian P Rubin on 22 June 12 at 8:45pm
  
  My bad. Good catch!
Posted by soulprovider on 22 June 12 at 7:40pm

“NOT A NEW ENDING. But an expanded ending. Let’s see how this goes! Personally, I hope that everyone hates it and starts the anti-EA flaming all over again. Admit it: it’s kind of hilarious.”

The true fans of mass effect who were outraged at the lies the developer told fully expected this, we’ll see if they actually listened to us or if the whole thing is just bioware trolling us. At this point though I know I cannot speak for everyone but I can speak for myself I don’t want to know the reason why shepard became a space nazi I just don’t want my paragon shepard to be a space nazi.
Posted by Chad Hill on 23 June 12 at 12:59am

Woop :) for the one time that we get DLC late, is a benefit means it wont clash with Dawnguard :P
Posted by FasteningMean on 23 June 12 at 1:16am

**Spoilers**
yeah the ending sorta ended on a depressing note i mean shepard dies earth is nearly destroyed the mass relays blow up leaving whats left of the victory fleet stranded on earth and Joker wusses out the last minute and decides to run away leaving him and the crew stranded on another planet
But whats more depressing is the fact that Bioware and EA outright lied to us about the endings to this game talking about 100s different conclusions that your decisions in previous games could would matter and change the ending to the game im not angry at them but its downright depressing that a company like bioware that were loved by millions could stoop to such a low level to lie to the community that expected so much from this company if the extended cut would explain anything that was up with the ending well… ill just have to wait and find out
Posted by Ki11SwItCh7296 on 23 June 12 at 6:20am

I cannot wait for it, but here is something for everyone to ponder Mark Meer, the voice actor for male Shep, said that he has never played the original ending of Mass Effect 3 in an interview.
- Posted by soulprovider on 23 June 12 at 6:04pm
  
  I doubt the reporters who praised the game played it all the way through as well.Looking back its obvious that the ending takes precedence over everything else the game failed at, its sad really ME3 is only the beginning to the “Mainstreaming” EA has been doing to a lot of their developers lately if this keeps up EA’s next big title Dead Space 3 will finish its splitting away from its horror roots to be the next yearly action installment since people are wising up to the Madden/FIFA cookie cutters.
  
  I can just see EA’s next big title Command and conquer Dead space: Mass effect FIFA edition.