Mass Effect 3 Citadel, Reckoning DLC launch dates announced

EA South Africa has announced that the Mass Effect 3: Citadel DLC will be available on 5 March 2013. This will be the final single-player DLC addition to Mass Effect 3. Citadel will be available for £11.99 or 1200 MS Points.

The free Mass Effect 3: Reckoning multiplayer DLC pack will be released on 26 February.

This comes as surprising news considering that Bioware staffer Chris Priestly, recently posting over on the BioWare forums, said that leaked information on Reddit regarding DLC named Citadel was incorrect.

“Fake. It’s a combination of the name seen in the released screen and incorrect guesswork,” said Priestly, before locking the discussion thread.

The information as posted on Reddit:

Mass Effect 3: Citadel
Details: Upcoming Downloadable Content for Xbox, PlayStation, PC and Wii U. Will contain all new Single Player mission for Commander Shepard in the Mass Effect universe.
Content: An all new hub in the Citadel will be unlocked and is named the Silver Sun Strip, which contains several brand new locations for exploration. New characters, weapons and brand new enemy will be released as well.
Story: A brand new mission involving an investigation into the heart of all galactic civilization…the Citadel. New details were uncovered on a sinister plot which could possibly put everything in terrible danger. It is up to Commander Shepard along with C-Sec officer Jordan Noles and several of C-Sec’s finest to uncover the plot and put an end to it before it is too late. However in the end there are just some secrets that are best not revealed.
Misc: Content will coincide with new mode unlocked in upcoming Multiplayer Expansion. Details will be released soon.
Release Date Updated: Early March

Here’s the information announced by EA, and you can see that it somewhat matches up to the rumoured details:

“The team has poured heart and soul into Mass Effect 3: Reckoning and Mass Effect 3: Citadel. As the launch of these chapters near, the feeling around the studio is bittersweet,” said Casey Hudson, Executive Producer of the Mass Effect series. “We have always been humbled and driven by the passion of our fans for the Mass Effect trilogy. We hope fans will enjoy spending more time with some of their favorite characters — we have certainly enjoyed spending time creating them. We’re excited to release this final sendoff for the trilogy and move forward into the future of the Mass Effect universe.”

In Mass Effect 3: Citadel, players will explore and discover new locations across the vast, deep-space station while also having the opportunity to reconnect with some of their favorite characters from all three of the Mass Effect games. The multiplayer DLC pack, Mass Effect 3: Reckoning, offers players new firepower and character kits for the war against the Reapers.