Mass Effect: Bring Down the Sky DLC for PC Released

BioWare has finally released the PC version of their “Bring Down the Sky” downloadable content for Mass Effect. The executable is 300 to 500 MB in size, depending on which language you need. A quick intro if you’re unfamiliar with the DLC:

Details:

• Introduces a new race: The vile batarians
• New achievement to unlock
• Explore a new uncharted world
• Find it on Xbox LIVE Marketplace for 400 MS points
• Approximately 90 minutes game time
• Available now

Story:

A batarian extremist group has hijacked a mobile asteroid station in the Asgard system, setting it on a collision course with the nearby colony world of Terra Nova. Only you, and the hand-picked crew of the Normandy, can save the millions of innocent civilians before the asteroid completes its deadly descent.

This first downloadable content pack further expands the Mass Effect universe and continues the adventures of Commander Shepard and the Normandy crew.

How do I play Bring Down the Sky?

Download the content pack for your Xbox 360 or PC, then either open a saved game where you have access to the Galaxy Map onboard the Normandy, or you start a new game and play until you are given use of the Galaxy Map.

The update also includes some fixes to the core game, which you can grab in a standalone v1.01 patch, if you’d rather:

Update 1.01

• added some infrastructure support for additional downloadable content
• updated the image of the Batarian race in the codex
• fixed an issue where the center channel for hardware audio wouldn’t play correctly sometimes
• fixed an issue where the hardware mouse pointer would disappear when first selected
• fixed an issue where Shepard did not auto-crouch when entering cover in some places
• fixed a tool-tip indicating a game restart is needed before enabling hardware or software audio if the option was changed
• fixed an issue where ambient conversation would not be heard from rear speakers sometimes
• fixed a text string to make it clearer on how to exit a vehicle
• fixed a text string so the tool top for dragging the map is clearer in French languages builds

Mass Effect Configuration Utility

• fixed a crash running on certain multi-core AMD systems
• fixed an issue where video RAM was not being reported properly on certain cards