Arrival is set to be made available for all three platforms on March 30, and will set you back "560 MS Points on Xbox 360, $11.45 on PlayStation Network and [will] also available for PC for 560 BioWare Points at this link". We also have some new screens from the content pack you can check out below.

teq,Valve seem to be the only company out there adding content for free.I agree, anything that contributes to the main story line should be free. Why should we have to purchase something that ties the two together, WE"VE ALREADY PAID FOR IT.

I can't remember the last game that had true free DLC

I agree, anything that contributes to the main story line should be free. Why should we have to purchase something that ties the two together, WE"VE ALREADY PAID FOR IT.

"Shepard's alone, through the whole thing, and that adds a layer of complexity," observes Houston. The challenge of Arrival is the absence of squad members. Players must handle the combat on their own, without employing team-based tactics, the core gameplay that Mass Effect fans have become quite comfortable and enamored with. The challenge for BioWare was to design this solo combat to scale to the player's level.

I previewed Arrival as a level-8 Soldier, and this particular Shepard was better equipped than some of the other classes to handle squads of grumpy batarians on his own. My one death occurred while charging into a particularly tense gunfight like I was John McClane, reminding me that even a Soldier-class Shepard is no action-movie hero. I can only speculate that other character classes will be even more challenged to use brain over brawn to survive. If you're an Adept or Engineer, for example, the hindrance of only being able to wear light armor could be a particularly difficult weakness to overcome -- I fought a lot during my brief playtime.