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Electronic Arts has announced that the final piece of downloadable content for Mass Effect 2 will be released on March 29th.

Mass Effect: Arrival will see Shepard and his crew up against the Reapers and will included three new achievements for X360/PC and trophies for PS3. The content marks the return of Admiral Hackett played by sci-veteran actor Lance Henriksen.

"All year, we have been extremely honored and humbled by the reception we have received for Mass Effect 2 from players around the world, including our post release DLC," said Casey Hudson, Executive Producer, Mass Effect series. "Mass Effect: Arrival is an exciting extension to Mass Effect 2 and will show players just how close the Reapers are to returning and completing their deadly harvest."

The DLC will cost 560 Microsoft Points on X360, 560 BioWare Points for PC and £5.49 on PS3.

Excuse the language, but what in Jebus' name is going on here? Yes you can now download Mass Effect 2 for PlayStation 3 via PSN but it will cost you €60 in the Eurozone and £48 here in the UK.

Are EA/Sony barking mad? You can buy the game for less than a tenner for Xbox 360.

And even if you're mad enough to stump up nearly fifty quid for the game you're going to need 24GB free hard drive space, half for the download, half for the install. Given the awful speed of PSN downloads (ever rented a HD movie from there?) it would be quicker to buy the game from Amazon and wait for the postie to deliver it.

It must be the end times. That'll be why I saw toothless old hags fighting each other for reduced-to-clear green meat in Tesco this morning.

At least, some PlayStation 3 news for today. EA has revealed that terrific action-RPG Mass Effect 2 will be released on PlayStation 3 in January.

Check out the announcement trailer after the jump: