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Mass Effect 2: Overlord

Overlord is a DLC pack for Mass Effect 2. The pack includes four new missions that take place on the planet Aite where an experimental Virtual Intelligence hybrid has gone rogue.

15 June 2010

Mass Effect 2: Overlord is a role-playing (rpg) developed by BioWare Montréal, released 15 June 2010 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Mass Effect 2: Overlord is

Mass Effect 2: Overlord is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by BioWare Montréal and released in 2010. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

When sent to investigate a Cerberus research base that's mysteriously gone silent, Shepard arrives to find geth overrunning the base. The sole survivor, Chief Scientist Archer, paints a dire picture: an experiment to fuse a human volunteer with a virtual intelligence created a dangerous hybrid "VI overlord". The rampaging VI has already attacked three other Cerberus bases, controlling any technology it finds in an attempt to break free--and unleashing geth across the planet. Unless Shepard can infiltrate the VI's fortress and shut it down, this homicidal intelligence will beam itself-off planet and wreak havoc on other systems. The action unfolds over five new level areas, with two new…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Mass Effect series

Mass Effect 2: Overlord is the 15th of 48 entries we hold in the Mass Effect series. The next entry was Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker in 2010.

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What it launched against

Mass Effect 2: Overlord launched on 15 June 2010, within three weeks of Xenoblade Chronicles, Singularity, LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 and Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge.

Released around the same time: Xenoblade Chronicles, Singularity, LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4, Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge.

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When did Mass Effect 2: Overlord come out?
Mass Effect 2: Overlord was released on 15 June 2010 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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