Mass Effect 2 Boxart Revealed

EA and Bioware have released the final boxart for the space RPG epic continuation Mass Effect 2 which is set to launch early in 2010.

The final artwork features Shepard as he was shown at E3 - but he's now joined by two new characters - a Human and a Krogan - who have never been seen before. The Krogan picture is sadly not Mass Effect 1's Wrex.

[iHEARTboobs]

Boxart looks cool. Game is going to be awesome. Only a matter of time before this new human chick succumbs to Shepards charm. haha

[meepmoopmeep]

i want a male gay sex scene with male shepard and a krogan
or else this game fails!

:)

[Lelouch V Brit]

^^^ lol

[Lifendz]

no?

[Timesplitter14]

exactly what I was thinking

[chrisnick]

its kinda whack to be honest...still gonna play it, but they could've done a better job in making the cover transcend epicness.

[Bnet343]

It looks better than the MGS4, Killzone 2, and L4D boxarts. XD

[Abash]

I want Ashley Williams in this game :(

She is one of the best female characters ever created for a game.

[meepmoopmeep]

i'm using a female shepard anyway so the cover doesn't match my character

glad i can move my profile to the new game. that rocks.

[NewZealander]

between playing the first mass effect in preparation for the sequel, and reading fall of reach in preparation for halo reach and ODST i hardly have time for friends anymore:)

theres some great games on the horizon!

[Aquanox]

EA's hand starts to become noticeable. Most random "action game" cover ever... for an RPG.

They clearly want to make this game look as something it isn't.

Fortunatelly, the game itself still looks amazing which is the most important thing.

[Tony P]

"It looks better than the MGS4, Killzone 2, and L4D boxarts. XD"

Out of everything you mentioned, I think L4D had the best boxart.

I think ME2's cover is ok, not great, if such things matter.

[Sanzee]

ZOMG ZOMG ZOMG Commander Shepard! Mass Effect 2, biggest fanboy ever here. That's me!

ZOMG to the power of 99,000,000,000 + tax!

No but for real, this looks awesome. I was waiting to pre-order from GameStop in a month or two, but this boxart just made me do it now! Sweet. Any bonuses with the preorders?

[SaberEdge]

The box art isn't the greatest in my opinion, but who cares ..the game is going to rock. It might grow on me anyway.

[pandabear]

No one else notice the lack of a 'Microsoft Exclusive' on the boxart???

Coming to PS3 - Confirmed!!!

[RememberThe357]

But I'm good because I don't play box art. :)

@pandabear: There is only the "Only on Xbox 360" logo. there is not "Microsoft Exclusive" logo.

[II Necroplasm II]

It does look pretty good...

http://www.rpgsite.net/resi...

[Nelson M]

That Looks Surprisingly Crap

[The_Beast]

its on xbox 360, evrything is crap on that sht they call a gaming platform

[Shadow Man]

The game is f'n amazing, no ps3 game comes close to this except for mgs...maybe.

[36T]

What a surprise. The first people to post are PS3 fanboys. LOL
Nothing else better to do? No games to play? No bluray movies to watch? Too much lag on the PSN? Nothing to do in HOME?

You guys know damn well that ME2 will kick ass. It's unfortunate that you have to play stupid and look like idiots but you guys are quite amusing so please continue. A good laugh is always welcome

[Shaka2K6]

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[OmarJA]

I bet the PS3 version's cover will look much better when it comes with exclusive content.

[Shadow Man]

I hope it come to the ps3 someday, but after we Bot are completely done with, we give you the leftover. I know how much you love leftovers.

[lloyd_wonder]

"The game is f'n amazing, no ps3 game comes close to this except for mgs...maybe."

Uncharted and Metal Gear Solid 4 are better, trust me. God of War 3 and Uncharted 2 will also be better than ME2. Maybe Heavy Rain. Face it... Sony's got the story driven games on lock.

ME1 was pretty bland

[Major_Tom]

I also think it sucks and I'm a huge Mass Effect fan lol.

[user3915800]

An amazing art box, for an extraordinaire console.

What does the PS3 has that the xbox community don't have? Ok I will give you a week to come up with the answer.

Hint; millions of loosers.

[The_Beast]

you danm idoit. ya im bored of my ps3 lmao!

psn lags? even though we get games like killzone 2 and resistence 2 at 32 and 60 players online with no lag. poor bot

the truth hurts and the truth is your getting ripped off

[KILL-ALL-CURE]

Who else agrees with me that all xbox 360 fanboys need to go die horribly in a fire, but before that their skin is ripped off of them exposing bare flesh, whilst salt and 100 percent alchohol is being poured on them and at the same time getting raped by Bill Gates with his sharp needledick.

Honestly, they dont use Logic or reason, and all they revert to is MOAR SALEZ!!!!

[Ninji]

Just wondering.

[Dark_Vendetta]

If you think of the "only on Xbox" logo:
They won't put it on the PC cover.

If not: my bad

[Vespertine]

No "Only on Xbox 360" logo.

And "Microsoft Game Studios" was replaced with "EA".

[doshey]

that there is a Big ea logo

[Marcelles25]

Theres a big "2" on it DUHHHHHHHH

....Uhhhh....Retards.......

[MetalGearBear]

can't wait on PC!!!!! (not RRODBOX)

[The_Beast]

its exclusive.

oh wait.. ill get the pc version, THE BETTER ONE

[MetalGearBear]

Mass Effect 2 Boxart(PC version) is look good on black.

http://www.rpgsite.net/imag...

[shutupandplay]

lol. on your rig right? haha. lulz. I`m just happy it`s not wasted on ps3.

[-MD-]

"Gettin dis game on muh rigggggggg"

[shutupandplay]

Murderdolls: Ahhhhh yeeeuuhhh itz on mah rig! costz wai moar than 360 but itz sill BETR!!!

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Thanks for supporting Microsofts other platform, the PC :)

Droids are so stupid

[The_Beast]

ya.. buying this game on pc suppports ms,...not relly once you buy the pc with pre insttaled windows, thats all the "supporting" youll do

[Marcelles25]

go look at the PC box art agian tell me if you notice Games For Windows on it because yoiur only supporting EA if you buy it

[Dark_Vendetta]

To be honest: I don't like it. I think the first game had a far better boxart. Well at the end it only counts how good the game is, and we all know it's gonna rock :)

[Vespertine]

I agree. Mass Effects boxart was better.

[dachiefsman]

yea, I am definitely buying this for what comes inside the box and not the outside.

[II Necroplasm II]

it looks like an 80s action flick cover, which is cool.

[morgle]

That looks horrible, far too good a game to have a cover as crap as that?? Someone at bioware needs to shoot there marketing team because i thought the first one was horrid too! The name Mass Effect scribbled in biro over a white sheet would look better than that!!

[PirateThom]

The EA logo is cool.

[sack_boi]

oups

[meepmoopmeep]

lol

yeah i dunno, this one is ok.. the first one is better imo.
shepard looks like he has a krogan up his arse in this cover

*rrrrrgh face*

[PirateThom]

Sorry, iron, I don't have a sister, must be your mother.

[Pennywise]

What is wrong with people??

[coolirisGB]

Yeah why does a white circle look cool?

Anyways The cover looks mondane I do agree with Bio being confident in the game's visuals boasting the fact with exaggerated cartoon cover art.

[PirateThom]

Because it has that "Mass Effect swish" through it, rather than the boring normal EA logo.

Did no one else really notice it?

[coolirisGB]

They know it's there and also know your intent.

[Bnet343]

How subtle of you, PirateThom. :)

[PirateThom]

I actually had no intent with it, I was pointing it out. You people really take the internets seriously then, eh?

[iHEARTboobs]

Whydis is always paranoid.

[dachiefsman]

Wow, what a sorry attempt to make a joke. What is this 1970?

Douch_e Ba_g!

Pirate Thom is a gaming vet, and a good member of N4G. One of the only people who actually make sense on here.

[PStu'rd]

Nice. The best new next gen IP out there, RPG wise second only to Fallout.

LOL, look at all the tears! Sfags must be on the brink of actually meltdowns as in hart failures. Cant believe how much damage MS inflated this gen. Even if you dont see them you can almost sense the teeth grinding, tear shedding, blood squirting out from pounding their head into the keyboard.......

Relax retards, there are other things to do in the world. Working for sony obviously aint working out for you

[OmarJA]

Thanks for the beta testing bots.

[shutupandplay]

Thanks for the laugh.

[HappyTrigger]

Thanks for the pony.

[SlumTheoRy]

Thanks for last night.

[Nelson M]

for me

[4pocalyps3]

is it just my bad eyesight or is there no "only on xbox" logo there....?

[SlumTheoRy]

Well.... It's also on PC and its being published by EA instead of Microsoft. It will probaly have the "Only on Xbox 360 and Games For Windows" logo if it was published by MS. But its not.

Anyways.. That boxart looks a bit... Meh. I hope they change it. Other than that, ME2 is going to ROCK!

[Bnet343]

The game is also on PC.

[4pocalyps3]

the first mass effect was also on pc and that had the logo on the xbox version as well...?

[Bnet343]

When Mass Effect came out for 360, the PC version was not out yet.

[4pocalyps3]

ahhhryt ok, my bad.

[Rai]

the box art for the first mass effect looks sooo much better..this reminds me of those crappy megaman boxes

[lloyd_wonder]

No only on xbox logo?? uh oh

[FlipMode]

bu bu bu ... its a console exclusive

dumbasses

[Gamer_Politics]

give up its not coming to the flopstaton 3

[HappyTrigger]

*Sigh*...... Is also coming to PC! I don't need a 360 to play ME2!!! RAWR RAWR RAWR!!!!

[swiftshot93]

looks crappy for the sequel of the best 360 exclusive to be honest...

[Bnet343]

No, it's not. It's better than the MGS4, Killzone 2, and L4D boxarts though.

[-MD-]

A. We already knew there would be an EA logo on the box
B. It's not coming to PS3.
C. LOL

[HappyTrigger]

Oh man, I am not good with multiple choice.. But...

I will pick......... C!

[HappyTrigger]

Fine to the 3 disagrees. Is it A or B? Because their was no choice for "All Of The Above"..

[Double Toasted]

not true. Not really digging that look...

[Ares84HU]

Seriously? This is the boxart for ME2??? :D

laughable.

[Cmen]

wheres the PS3 box art........oh yea.....

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

They been dreaming of this game for years. Even though this dream wont come true, it's still nice to see how much they want it.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Windows or 360, welcome to Microsoft gaming

[air1]

360 will own 2010

and the ps3 had an epic fail in 09.

lol and sony thought that they didnt need a price cut, ha! " we will depend on the games" looks like they let you down..

[FlipMode]

lol

whos talking about a price cut?

im talking about games and sony did win 09

same with 2010

edit: you seem to always revert back to sales but cant give a reason how the 360 is better in 09 or in 2010

"o what sony won cause you had a blast with kz2 for like a month and a half? lmfao"

this comment makes no sense
your saying nobody plays killzone 2? that shows how ignorant and stupid you are

how bout you log on and see how many full rooms there are? same as when it first launched

soo yeah....
way to prove your point

[air1]

i was talking about a price cut thats who..

sony won 09? too bad nobody showed up to the party just like nobody shows up to buy ps3 games or the console.

so what sony won cause you had a blast with kz2 for like a month and a half? lmfao

[John Kratos]

I guess since MGS4 doesn't have the Only on Playstation logo it's coming to 360 right?

[00]

for some reason it looks weird.

[zack61]

it's not that bad i kinda like it

[air1]

kz2 has not grown much since launch. do ppl still play it? yes, the same million that pre orderd it. it will be dead in the water when mw2 comes out..

2010 is going to be better because games like me2, alan wake *halo reach* maybe another gears, natal, 1 vs 100 i mean, who cares that count less ppl still prefer live even though you have to pay to play and who even plays multi plats anymore? that was so fvcking last gen. not only are those games going to be great along with many more but (can you see it coming?) yup you nailed it, they will sell like crazy.

now how do you wanna measure success? how do you wanna measure a great game? by what the minority say? or what the majority is playing? fvkc halo 3 rivals kz2 population online some 2 years later, what? you wanna ignore that and call out graphics? they play halo cause of game play knock it all you want but you got over 10 million ppl knocking back

you keep acting like sales mean nothing cause im sure it will mean just as much when/if sony ends up like sega.

edit

and dont go trying to say "well by your standards wii sports is the best game" no! we know damn well that game will not sell more then 10 copies on a 360 or ps3 so dont go trying to hide behind the wii that thing is in its own world right now..

[FlipMode]

oh its coming buddy wii sports is the best game if sales equal quality
thats why sales dont mean much to gamers they care about games which is where the 360 is lagging( especially since halo 3 was marketed to the moon ex burger king cups, the whole damn nine)- plus ask any halo fan who has played all three halo's they will say halo 3 is the worst

how will kz2 be dead in the water? people still play r1 and r2 socom and warhawk

how does sony end up like sega when they sell nearly the same amount

see this
http://n4g.com/industrynews...

so yeah id still say ps3 is doing fine
as much as you want it to fail it aint happenin

[Covenant]

Kinda generic...but all that matters is the game itself.

For all I care, it could come in a plain brown wrapper.

CANNOT WAIT!

[KingKionic]

I wonder if its coming to ps3 .

Just look at the box art ...hmmm...

I get bets on multiplatform .

[PS360PCROCKS]

It's 1000% real, look at their ME2 homepage. I think it's ok, Shephard looks a little funky though.

[kraze07]

This boxart looks great. It does look like boxart from the 80s/early 90s. I bet most of the people not liking it were still in diapers back then.

[mebob]

i enjoyed the first game, can't wait for this one :)

[F N A Pepper]

for your info, It has been confirmed by Bioware that this series will not be coming to the ps3 anytime soon. CONFIRMED IN GAME INFORMER

[TheColbertinator]

It looks cool.ME2 will be much more action oriented this time

[General Chase]

Are they going to come out with two different box arts for the third one. I mean, all things considered, if Bioware isn't just pulling our chains and Shepard can die, I wouldnt want remember my previous mistakes by seeing Shepard on the box art. I think Bioware is just messing with us and making it seem like its pretty much inevitable for Shepard to die, just to make him see more like a badass at the end of ME2 for living. just my thoughts

[GiantEnemyCrab]

People are really going all fanboy over cover art? I don't think I've seen so many comments in a cover art article before.

Day one buy and my most anticipated game of 2010!!!