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Mass Effect content Bring Down the Sky announced

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Xbox 360 exclusive RPG Mass Effect is about to get some downloadable content love in the form of a pack name Bring Down the Sky

On March 10th (9PM Australian EST), pony up 400 Microsoft Points over the Xbox LIVE Market place to download Bring Down the Sky.

This download pack for Mass Effect includes a new uncharted world that introduces the notorious and feared alien race of the Batarians. A Batarian extremist group has hijacked a mobile asteroid station in the Asgard system, setting it on a collision course with the nearby colony world of Terra Nova. Only Commander Shepard can save the millions of innocent civilians before the asteroid completes its deadly descent.

In other Xbox Live Marketplace news,starting next Tuesday, 12 February, you can download two more Xbox Originals from Xbox LIVE Marketplace. Download and play “Sid Meier’s Pirates!” (2K Games) or “Black” (Electronic Arts) for 1200 Microsoft Points each. Xbox Originals on Xbox LIVE Marketplace brings you original Xbox games to play on your Xbox 360, offering the opportunity to relive your favourites or find games you missed the first time around.

“Sid Meier's Pirates!” is the action-packed role-playing game that lets you live the life of a pirate in the seventeenth-century Caribbean. Choose which exploits and quests to pursue in this Xbox-customised version of Sid's original, award-winning Pirates! PC game.

In “Black”, join the world’s most brutal and enigmatic strike force, the BLACK tactical squad. It answers to no one, allowing it to carry out covert operations around the globe. From manipulating politicians to controlling intelligence networks and militaries, BLACK operatives are trained at the highest level in psychological warfare, espionage, and lethal combat. Go deep into the world of clandestine warfare as you use any means necessary to get the job done.