Mass Effect 2 Price Drop & v1.02 Update Released

Mass Effect 2 (Regular and Digital Deluxe Edition), the epic science fiction RPG from BioWare and Electronic Arts has been updated to version 1.02.  Launch Impulse now to get the latest version and continue your adventures fighting The Reapers.

Additionally, the price on Mass Effect 2 dropped this week to $39.99.  Now’s the time to pick up one of the best games of 2010.

Read on for details on what’s in the 1.02 patch.

• Reduced the amount mining time required to acquire all upgrades.
• Fixed an issue where DLC weapon selections would appear blank on the Weapon Loadout screen after removing DLC.
• Fixed an issue where heavy weapon crosshairs sometimes remain on screen after entering a vehicle.
• Fixed an issue where enemies sometimes 'pop-up' onto cover after taking damage.
• Fixed an issue where Grunt's loyalty power sometimes doesn't unlock.
• Fixed an issue where the Squad screen wouldn't update properly after removing the Alternate Appearance Pack #1 DLC.
• Fixed an issue where save games that used DLC while offline could not be loaded.
• Fixed an issue where the active save career would sometimes change after loading saves with unmounted DLC.
• Fixed an issue where the game would sometimes crash during the Jarrahe mission when using Windows 7 (64-bit).
• Fixed an issue where ammo powers activated by a henchman would sometimes overwrite the players active ammo power.
• Fixed an issue where under certain circumstances, spacebar would not activate objects.
• Fixed an issue where Loading saves while DLC is unmounted will change your active career.
• Fixed an issue where the text for some characters in the keybinding GUI would appear as English in foreign language versions of the game.