Mass Effect digital comics going for free

14 July 2011

Dark Horse comics has announced that their series of Mass Effect digital comic books are free for the next 24 hours, until 15:00 EST. Because this went down in the US while we were all sleeping, that means the comics can be viewed for free until 21:00 CAT (19:00 GMT).

This means you’ll be able to lay eyes on:

•    Mass Effect: Redemption – a four-part comic book series released between January and April 2010. The story revolves around Liara T’Soni and is set in the interim period between the prologue and main storyline of Mass Effect 2. It is linked to ME2 DLC ‘Lair of the Shadow Broker’.
•    Mass Effect: Incursion – an 8-page mini-comic that follows Aria T’Loak’s encounter with the Collectors one week prior to the opening events of Mass Effect 2. The events of Incursion link into the events of the comic mini-series Mass Effect: Redemption.
•    Mass Effect: Inquisition – an 8-page comic taking place after Mass Effect 2. The plot revolves around Captain Armando Bailey and his investigation of Executor Pallin and allegations of corruption within C-Sec.
•    Mass Effect: Evolution – a four-part comic book series. The story focuses on the origin of the Illusive Man, whose real name is revealed to be Jack Harper, and is set during the First Contact War, shortly after the discovery of the Mass Relays.

Dark Horse is also hosting a 7-page preview of their latest in the Mass Effect comic book series – Mass Effect: Invasion.

Before you get too excited, note that you won’t be able to save yourself a copy for viewing later. The comics can only be read in-browser. To check them out, head on over to the Dark Horse website.

Also note that because the entire universe of gamers has read the word ‘free’ somewhere, the Dark Horse website is not handling the increased traffic all too well, so you will probably be hitting refresh – a lot.

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