Mass Effect 2 - Video Interview, Screens @ VE3D

Another Mass Effect 2 video interview, this time from IGN.  Dr Ray Muzyka fronts this one with extensive game footage over the top, and 10 new screens to round it all out.

Meanwhile, Shack notes comments from Casey Hudson that suggest Mass Effect 3 will end this story-arc, at least, because they don't need to carry forward further save-game imports:

This comment came after Hudson went into some detail about the challenges faced during development with perfecting the system for carrying over saves from the first game. Managing all the potential player choices and their outcomes took such a commitment to making it work that he said, "I'd be really surprised if anyone else tried to do it."

"Mass Effect 3," Hudson said, "will be easier because we don't have to worry about continuity into the next one." While no one ever expected the Mass Effect world to go away after the Shepard trilogy, it sounds like they're pretty dead set to wrap the current story arc up in the third game.