Well that didn’t take long.

Even though we still don’t know exactly when the new premium downloadable content (DLC) for Mass Effect 2, Overlord, will release (next month is as official as it gets), we now know the price developer Bioware will be asking for the content, as well as a few more meaty details to flesh out the backstory.

Officially released information from Bioware reads:

“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.”

Overlord will contain two new achievements and (as we already knew) take place over five new levels.

This new DLC will cost 560 MS Points on Xbox 360, and 560 Bioware Points on PC.

Source: Bioware