Mass Effect 3 pre-order bonuses lock and load

An assortment of in-game weapons and armour are up for grabs if you pre-order BioWare's trilogy-capping sci-fi RPG Mass Effect 3, publisher Electronic Arts has announced. As ever, exactly what gear you'll receive depends on who you give your money to.

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A assortment of in-game weapons and armor are up for grabs if you pre-order BioWare's trilogy-capping sci-fi RPG Mass Effect 3, publisher Electronic Arts has announced. As ever, exactly what gear you'll receive depends on who you give your money to.

No matter where you pre-order ME3, you'll get the burst-fire M55 Argus Assault Rifle. Buying the PC edition through EA's own Origin nets you an AT-12 Raider Shotgun, which EA says spits out a wide spread in rapid fire.

The big fancy bonus, of course, is exclusive to GameStop and EB Games, because GameStop Corporation has enough retail muscle to make demands. Pre-order from either store to score the N7 Warfare Gear, packing fancy N7 Defender Armor (with extra shields, health, and ammo capacity, plus amplified weapon damage) and the N7 Valkyrie Assault Rifle (fires two "superior high caliber rounds" with "deadly accuracy"). Of course, if you don't pre-order from either, you can always take comfort in knowing they're probably overpowered and make the combat a bit boring.

If you've already pre-order Mass Effect 3, fear not, you'll get your gear too. Details on where the N7 Gear will be offered in other countries are promised "soon." Check out BioWare's own pre-order page for further information.

Mass Effect 3 is coming to PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on March 6. If you want even more in-game goodies, you can slap down $80 for the N7 Collector's Edition.

Now, here's some boring shaven-headed chap who's in for trouble when Shepard discovers this git's nicked her N7 Warfare Gear:

And here's the same lout armed with an M55:

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    January 4, 2012 10:30 AM

    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Mass Effect 3 pre-order bonuses lock and load.

    An assortment of in-game weapons and armour are up for grabs if you pre-order BioWare's trilogy-capping sci-fi RPG Mass Effect 3, publisher Electronic Arts has announced. As ever, exactly what gear you'll receive depends on who you give your money to.

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      January 4, 2012 10:37 AM

      ugh this again

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      January 4, 2012 10:39 AM

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      January 4, 2012 10:39 AM

      Did they ever make ME2 pre-order stuff available as DLC?

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      January 4, 2012 10:41 AM

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      January 4, 2012 10:42 AM

      RAGE! Fuck company specific pre-order bonuses!

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      January 4, 2012 10:43 AM

      I'm sad it's not on Steam, but not desperate enough to pick it up on Origin.

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      January 4, 2012 10:44 AM

      EA needs to stop with this shit.

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        January 4, 2012 11:13 AM

        They have no reason to stop. The exclusivity agreements with retailers is guaranteed revenue. Any threats to boycott a game over this practice are utterly hollow.

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        January 4, 2012 12:19 PM

        If people would stop preordering and supporting this bullshit then maybe they would stop

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        January 4, 2012 1:22 PM

        Not until you assholes stop lapping it up first.

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          January 4, 2012 6:02 PM

          Right. Put your money where your mouth is.

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      January 4, 2012 10:54 AM

      Give me dem loot! AM really looking forward to the game.

      I really wish they add the color loot grading system white, green, blue, purple, orange etc anyone with inside info know if its in?

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        January 4, 2012 12:01 PM

        Mass Effect has not been a series that is concerned with loot. I doubt the third game will be any different.

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          January 4, 2012 6:09 PM

          The first was good with loot. Only 2 wasn't.

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            January 5, 2012 6:06 AM

            There was a lot of stuff in the first one, but there wasn't really that much difference between the stuff you got once you got past a certain level.

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        January 4, 2012 12:21 PM

        That would suck. I just want Bioware to go back to focusing on making great story based games, the reason why people bought their stuff in the first place.

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      January 4, 2012 10:56 AM

      Tacky. They need to get into the 90's spirit again.

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      January 4, 2012 10:58 AM

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        January 4, 2012 11:11 AM

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          January 4, 2012 6:06 PM

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            January 4, 2012 6:10 PM

            The ME2 ones I got were kinda just shit.

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            January 4, 2012 6:16 PM

            It's certainly bad. The question is, does it just give pre-orderers cheat mode, or is the game balanced with the weapons in mind so everyone else suffers? Either way it's crap.

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      January 4, 2012 11:09 AM

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        January 4, 2012 11:11 AM

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        January 4, 2012 11:29 AM

        i hope they put it on steam, because i have the first 2 on there.

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        January 4, 2012 11:57 AM

        After the crap I've had to deal with using Origin, I'm going to pass if it's Origin only. So many other great games still piled up waiting to be played.

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          January 4, 2012 1:22 PM

          ^ This.

          I'm still shaking my head over Origin not supporting a 64-bit OS when I tried to play R6 Vegas on the PC a while back.

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            January 4, 2012 1:33 PM

            This doesn't seem correct at all. Are you dropping some FUD on Origin? *not an Origin user

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              January 6, 2012 3:49 PM

              Hmm, are my memories garbled? This wouldn't surprise me at all. Maybe it was UbiSoft's craptastic DL manager that failed miserably when I bought R6 Vegas PC (1 or 2, can't recall) for $5 and couldn't install it due to the 64-bit OS thing. Either way, I'm sticking to Steam!

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      January 4, 2012 11:35 AM

      It's stupid, but rage inducing? In all honesty, preorder bonuses like this seem more like cheat codes and I'd rather NOT have them. I'm generalizing preorder bonuses here, but why does my level 1 character need to start off with an overpowered assault rifle? Every piece of loot I'm going to pick up isn't going to be as good as that preorder gun so a good portion of the game is going to be ruined as a thanks for preordering from store X.

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      January 4, 2012 11:49 AM

      Is the PC version Origin-only?

      Like, can I avoid Origin by purchasing the retail version or will it have to activate on there?

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        January 4, 2012 12:00 PM

        I don't know but Amazon just posted something about being able to get ME3 as a digital download from them. Which I think would be odd if it was a Origin only game.

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          January 4, 2012 12:04 PM

          They give you an Origin code to redeem, same thing they do for steamworks 'digital' releases.

          No clue if BioWare gets away with having a steam release. I do know that they will absolutely not give it to steam until the last possible second, if they release it at all.

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          January 4, 2012 1:27 PM

          I got BF3 that way.

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      January 4, 2012 11:57 AM

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      January 4, 2012 12:01 PM

      Commercializing at its finest. They've really done everything they could to run this series into the ground with this release.

      Good thing this is the last one. Before the spin-offs start.

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      January 4, 2012 12:12 PM

      DUM. Just give me the game.

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      January 4, 2012 12:14 PM

      I was never able to redeem my other stuff because of issues with the EA login and linking the accounts and whatever bullshit I had to do.

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      January 4, 2012 12:19 PM

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      January 4, 2012 1:13 PM

      All this does is turn me off the game completely.

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      January 4, 2012 1:15 PM

      At least it isn't actual game content. Fuck these stupid weapons

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        January 4, 2012 1:25 PM

        which is what we fucking NEED. preorder, and get all the goddamn SP content. it's gonna be like 2 hours long and then have multiplayer weird shit to force replays 10 times for achievement farmers.

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      January 4, 2012 1:27 PM

      Well, screw that, I'm buying the collectors edition anyway, as the assholes put additional mission and bonus character in it.
      I know EA sucks and Origin sucks and bonuses suck... But it's ME3! I'm helpless.

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      January 4, 2012 1:29 PM

      Nothing about Amazon? :(

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      January 4, 2012 2:46 PM

      So lame.

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      January 4, 2012 4:39 PM

      Geez, complain more. This was a no-brainer and similar type of shit were offered with ME2! EA won't stop until our dumbasses STOP buying pre-orders!

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      January 4, 2012 6:07 PM

      i've preordered it on the ps3 just so i don't have to use origin. If it becomes available on steam that may change.

      Mass Effect games are the only EA games I will buy now.

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      January 4, 2012 6:09 PM

      i've preordered it on the ps3 just so i don't have to use origin. If it becomes available on steam that may change.

      Mass Effect games are the only EA games I will buy now.

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      January 4, 2012 6:16 PM

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        January 5, 2012 12:16 AM

        I believe that's correct, but you have to get the limited edition from McDonalds which will only be on sale for a few days. This will also be the only version that comes with the "walk forward" feature, which will allow your character to move in a forward direction, not just side to side or backwards.

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      January 5, 2012 12:21 AM

      I'm a Sentinel 4-life, so unless they're offering an SMG, they won't be getting my preorder moolah!
      Not that I'd even want a gamebreaker-weapon, it's so boring to have the same weapon for fifteen levels, making everything in stores and loot seem like crap all the way until the endgame.

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      January 5, 2012 12:21 AM

      I'm a Sentinel 4-life, so unless they're offering an SMG, they won't be getting my preorder moolah!
      Not that I'd even want a gamebreaker-weapon, it's so boring to have the same weapon for fifteen levels, making everything in stores and loot seem like crap all the way until the endgame.

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