Finalmente! New Mass Effect DLC! Pinnacle Station

With Mass Effect 2 coming in a few months, no one expected fresh downloadable content for the original Mass Effect, at least not until BioWare's Evil Chris tweeted the following back in June:

"Getting the feeling some news about the next ME1 DLC may be coming this week. Keep your eyes peeled."

Five days later Evil Chris recanted with: "Due to circumstances beyond my control (me being stupid on timing), any news of more ME1 DLC will have to wait. Sorry folks."

Replying to a fan, he elaborated: "Totally my fault for getting hopes up. I don't want to speculate and do it again till I'm sure."

Hey, we're only human, right? We haven't heard much on the subject until a few days ago, when new Mass Effect Achievements showed up on Xbox LIVE -- three to be exact, each worth 50 points.

Mass Effect Pinnacle Station Achievements:
Undisputed - Complete Ahern's survival mission
New Sheriff in Town - Take first place in any combat scenario on Pinnacle Station
Best of the Best - Take first place in 12 combat scenarios on Pinnacle Station

This is great news, as I'm on my fourth Mass Effect character, and I need more of the (big?) actual missions to break up the monotony of the short and tedious side missions. Pinnacle Station will set you back 400 Microsoft Points ($5 USD), and is only available on Xbox 360, for now. I'll gladly pay five bucks for an extra 2-3 hours of gameplay in Mass Effect. Will you? More info

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