{"id":41192,"date":"2012-07-12T12:40:11","date_gmt":"2012-07-12T10:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=41192"},"modified":"2012-07-12T12:41:48","modified_gmt":"2012-07-12T10:41:48","slug":"mass-effect-3-earth-free-dlc-officially-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/41192-mass-effect-3-earth-free-dlc-officially-revealed","title":{"rendered":"Mass Effect 3: Earth free DLC officially revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following much rumour and internet sleuthing, BioWare has officially unveiled the Mass Effect 3: Earth multiplayer DLC pack.<\/p>\n<p>Mass Effect 3: Earth adds three new maps based on three key cities in the galactic war \u2013 London, Vancouver and Rio De Janeiro. Players will be introduced to new team of elite N7 forces who will be dispatched to protect civilization, along with an arsenal of lethal new weapons, unique upgrades, the all-new Platinum difficulty level and a new in-mission objective.<\/p>\n<p>Mass Effect 3: Earth will be available for download on 17 July 2012 on Xbox LIVE and the Origin PC client software, and for PlayStation Network in North America on 17 July and in Europe on 18 July. EA also made it clear that the offer expires on 11 July 2014 &#8211; so you better hurry!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_41215\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Mass-Effect-3-Earth-multiplayer-DLC-screenshot-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41215\" class=\" wp-image-41215\" title=\"Mass Effect 3 Earth multiplayer DLC screenshot 3\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Mass-Effect-3-Earth-multiplayer-DLC-screenshot-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Mass-Effect-3-Earth-multiplayer-DLC-screenshot-3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Mass-Effect-3-Earth-multiplayer-DLC-screenshot-3-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Mass-Effect-3-Earth-multiplayer-DLC-screenshot-3-80x45.jpg 80w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Mass-Effect-3-Earth-multiplayer-DLC-screenshot-3-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Mass-Effect-3-Earth-multiplayer-DLC-screenshot-3-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Mass-Effect-3-Earth-multiplayer-DLC-screenshot-3-170x96.jpg 170w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Mass-Effect-3-Earth-multiplayer-DLC-screenshot-3-297x167.jpg 297w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Mass-Effect-3-Earth-multiplayer-DLC-screenshot-3-530x298.jpg 530w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Mass-Effect-3-Earth-multiplayer-DLC-screenshot-3-625x351.jpg 625w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Mass-Effect-3-Earth-multiplayer-DLC-screenshot-3-250x140.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-41215\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mass Effect 3 Earth multiplayer DLC<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Earth DLC pack includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Three New Maps \u2013 With the fate of the galaxy at stake, Earth\u2019s military efforts have concentrated on three strategic locations. Defend Firebase Rio, home to the N7 training facility, along with Firebase Vancouver and Firebase London in the last stand for mankind.<\/li>\n<li>New Array\u00a0 of Playable N7 Characters \u2013 Step into the boots of the Alliance\u2019s most elite military units with the N7 Demolisher Engineer, N7 Destroyer Soldier, N7 Fury Adept, N7 Sentinel Paladin, N7 Shadow Infiltrator and N7 Slayer Vanguard.<\/li>\n<li>New Powerful and Unique Weapons \u2013 Lay waste to the enemy by unlocking the N7 Piranha Shotgun, N7 Typhoon Assault Rifle and Acolyte Pistol.<\/li>\n<li>New Powerful Upgrades \u2013 Outfit your weapons with 12 new modifications and fortify your gear with 11 unique upgrades to defeat even the toughest foes.<\/li>\n<li>New \u201cPlatinum\u201d Difficulty \u2013 Conquer bronze in your sleep? Take down Silver with one hand? Beat Gold without breaking a sweat? Then grab your friends and test your skills on the brand-new Platinum difficulty.<\/li>\n<li>New In-Mission Objective \u2013 Randomly occurring during waves 3, 6 and 10, this new objective will challenge teams to keep a targeted agent alive by protecting and escorting them to a designated extraction zone on each map.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-41161 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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