Mass Effect 2 - Demo and More

As revealed last week, a demo for ME2 has been released and the Overlord DLC should be available tomorrow.  Here's (most of) the PR from EA:

EA HEATS UP MASS EFFECT 2 WITH NEW DEMO AND NEW DOWNLOADABLE CONTENT

BioWare Launches Sizzling New Demo that Introduces New Players to the Highest Rated Xbox 360 Game of 2010!

Guildford, UK – The Mass EffectTM 2 phenomenon rages on! BioWareTM, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), today launches a demo for Mass Effect 2 on Xbox Live® and PC. Designed to help introduce the rich Mass Effect fiction to all-new players, the demo features the first two missions of the game as well as one bonus mission, totaling over 90 minutes of the action-packed game play and rich storytelling that have made Mass Effect 2 one of the most critically acclaimed games of all time. BioWare is releasing the demo with a “Story-so-far” video, narrated by actor Martin Sheen that provides a recap of past events and plot twists in the Mass Effect universe.

In the demo, players step into the role of Commander Shepard and must escape from a Cerberus space station under siege. Players can jump ahead to a later mission where they must rescue Subject Zero, a hardened, dangerous criminal from a heavily guarded prison ship. Once they play the demo, players will be able to create a save and carry over their character along with the experience points, story decisions, achievements and weapons earned into the full version of the game – picking up right where they left off , on both PC and Xbox 360.

BioWare also announced today that players already in the game can download a new game add-on called “Overlord”, adding five new areas and two new achievements. Available June 15, the game add-on is available for 560 Microsoft points and on PC for 560 BioWare points. Also on June 15, BioWare is releasing a new premium theme based on Omega and new avatar items for Xbox Live will follow on June 17.

Here's some mirrors for the demo, courtesy of Blue's: AtomicGamer, FanGaming, and Gamer's Hell.  Spanish, German, French, Italian and English versions are also available direct from BioWare.

Thanks to Omega and Northreign for similar submissions.

On a related note, Spiderweb's Jeff Vogel has posted some thoughts on Mass Effect 2.