All week long, our intrepid EU PlayStation.Blog correspondent James Gallagher has been making the rounds at gamescom in picturesque Cologne, Germany.

Like most of you, the US PlayStation.Blog team has never attended gamescom. We thought we’d let James tell us what it’s like, from the major game announcements to the gaming culture to the restrooms (no joke). Let’s listen in…

For those that have never been to gamescom, I’d describe it as a mixture of E3 and PAX, although I’ve never had ..read the full article

During a GamesCom 2010 press conference, Bioware’s Ray Muzyka has announced that Mass Effect 2 will be released on the PlayStation 3 in Jarnuary 2011. The PS3 edition will include “the full Mass Effect 2 game and hours of bonus content.”

We’ve got our share of Mass Effect 2 fans here on the Ripten staff, so I’m sure they’ll be happy. The people who should really be happy, though, are those who only have a PS3- you’ll finally be able to ..read the full article

Xbox360Achievements reported earlier that a piece of new downloadable content was heading to the Marketplace for Mass Effect 2, however avid fans of the award winning title noticed that the weapons donned by Shepard and his band of merry men, weren’t in fact weapons previously available in the game. BioWare’s Senior Product Manager, Jarrett Lee said they actually belong to another piece of DLC that would ship prior to the Liara downloadable content.

“Some of the new guns you are seeing ..read the full article

Mass Effect 2′s lead producer, Casey Hudson, assured us some time ago that a steady stream of new DLC would keep the game alive until the inevitable release of Mass Effect 3. BioWare co-founder Greg Zeschuk reiterated to VG247 that the plan is still in motion.

“We still have more DLC in the plan for Mass 2…The last ones were really well received. People were really, really impressed with the Overlord Pack, and the Kasumi one did really well ..read the full article

BioWare announced its latest surprise DLC pack  for Mass Effect 2 today on Twitter. Unfortunately, it’s completely devoid of anything plot related. This latest pack will, however, provide you with more sweet armor pieces to choose from, including a helmet that makes no sense.

The Aegis pack- hold on. There’s already another set of armor in the game called Aegis armor, right? Why are we recycling this? It’s not an add-on to that set, so… Oh, whatever. Just put it in ..read the full article

The Steam Summer Sale has clocked over another 24 hours, and sadly the end is nearly in sight. However you can still pick up a plethora of bargains up until then, and up for sale today is the following! All prices are in United States Dollars and the savings run for the next 24 hours;

For today’s Amazon Videogame Deals of the Day, you can snag Mass Effect 2, Dragon Age: Origins, or Dragon Age: Origins Awakening on the somewhat-cheap. Mass Effect 2 is $26.99 for 360 and $26.54 for PC. That’s right, PC users can save 45 cents! Wowza!

Dragon Age: Origins is $39.99 for PS3 and Xbox 360, $29.99 for PC. Cowabunga!

Dragon Age: Origins Awakening is $29.99 for Xbox 360, PS3, and PC. Aye-yi-yi-yi-yi!

Don’t be alarmed by that high-pitched noise. That’s just our own Stephanie ..read the full article

You’re looking at one of the most accurate recreations of female Shepard’s N7 armor that anyone has ever seen. Award-winning costumer David Carpenter, aka Evil-FX,  has been hard at work on his latest masterpiece and I absolutely cannot wait to see it finished. Prepare for epic skills.

You may know David from Bioweapons, a website seemingly focused one the recreation of Guyver suits- living armor.

Stolen from David's MySpace. Words cannot express the beauty of ..read the full article

The hounds of Hollywood hunger for fresh meat and even fresher alliterations as the execs at Legendary Pictures consider Mass Effect for a silver screen translation. Mark Protosevich (“I Am Legend,” “Thor”) has been commissioned to draft a screenplay.

It comes as no surprise that Electronic Arts would offer up the rights to this kind of project.  I personally believe that the ME universe is rich enough to rival the vastness of Star Wars. It would need a much larger fandom ..read the full article

Mass Effect 2’s lead producer, Casey Hudson, recently revealed in an interview that the plot holes between ME2 and ME3 will be filled by DLC. Oh joy of joys.

You know that alternate appearance pack you purchased the other day? You know, the one that finally put a real shirt on Jack and let Thane wear sunglasses at night?  That was a plot device.

With ME3 currently in development and BioWare determined to keep its mouth shut about the details, all we ..read the full article

Mass Effect 2 lovers are going to want to make sure their Microsoft Points supply is in good standing today. Bioware’s latest DLC for the game, titled “Equalizer Pack” is available for download right now via the Xbox LIVE Marketplace for 160 MS points.

What will you get for your money? New movement speed enhancing “Inferno Armor”, a “Capacity Helmet” that increases your shield regeneration rate, and an “Anrchon Visor” that boosts biotic recharge.

The update ..read the full article

The combination of EA Games and BioWare has Mass Effect 2 reaching two million sales worldwide since its release this past Tuesday. EA wasted no time declaring the sequel the first “blockbuster of 2010″ in a press release that hit our box not long ago. BioWare co-founder, Ray Muzyka, stated the following:

“Mass Effect 2 is poised to be one of the biggest games of 2010 … We could not be more proud of the game’s universal ..read the full article

This week in new game releases is easily the best thus far this year with big name titles like Mass Effect 2, MAG, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, No More Heroes 2 and more coming out this week. It’s a crowded release week with a lot to choose from, so what will you guys be picking up? Hit the jump for the full list of new games out this week.

Pick of the Week: Mass Effect 2 (360, PC)

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Reports are coming in from gamers in Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, The Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Italy and Spain from the stores they pre-ordered their Mass Effect 2: Collectors Edition’s from, saying they will be delayed for over a week!!

The Mass Effect 2 forums on the BioWare social network are overflowing with these reports and one concerned gamer has managed to put all the information together into one post that you can view here.

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BioWare has just announced their plans for the first two DLC additions to Mass Effect 2, and both will be accessible free to those who buy the game new via a new platform the company is calling “The Cerberus Network (TCN).”

Non used game buyers will be able to use TCN to download the first DLC for free on January 26th, in tandem with the game’s release, and the second DLC sometime after that. Used game lovers will still ..read the full article

BioWare releases nine new Mass Effect in-game screens to hold your interest until the game releases just over a month from now on January 26, 2010.

Today is a great day for Mass Effect 2 news- first with the massive, packed collector’s being announced, and now, with 90 seconds of brand-new footage that signals the coming of a full trailer for the game. If the game looks anything like this footage, it’s sure to be a real contender for 2010 GOTY.

The footage shown has a more Star Wars: The Force Unleashed feel to it than the first game, thanks to the battle sequences and the force ..read the full article

The contents of the Mass Effect 2 Collector’s Edition have been confirmed by Electronic Arts and developer BioWare and the nice, shiny image above has been released. Hit the jump for the details and a bigger image.

The Mass Effect 2 CE will include a 48 page color concept art booklet, issue number one of the Dark Horse comic series Mass Effect Redemption, and a third bonus DVD (the game is two discs) with making-of videos, all packaged in a ..read the full article