Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer Gets Free DLC Next Week
New maps, characters, items and weapons are coming.
04.06.12 - 2:45 PM

BioWare has kept things interesting with Mass Effect 3's multiplayer component, offering up new challenge every weekend for the last few weeks. This weekend, players can earn an extra 25% experience from now until Tuesday morning on all platforms.

Today, a new Resurgence Pack DLC pack was announced for the multiplayer, which will be free of charge. The pack includes:

• Two new maps: Firebase Condor, based on Menae (Palaven's moon); and Firebase Hydra, based on a former quarian colony-turned power facility on Ontarom.
• New weapons: Striker assault rifle, Geth plasma SMG, and a Kishock harpoon gun.
• New items (single-mission bonuses): Strength enhancer (melee boost); Targeting VI (headshot bonus); weapon stabilization module; shield power cells (reduces shield recharge time).
• New characters:
  -Batarian soldier
  -Batarian sentinel
  -Geth infiltrator
  -Geth engineer
  -Asari justicar adept
  -Krogan vanguard

Watch the trailer below:

The Resurgence Pack will be downloadable for free on PSN, Xbox Live and Origin as of next Tuesday.