The first Mass Effect 2 plot details have emerged after BioWare's horribly vague teaser trailer last month. Spoilers follow...

According to rather revealing product listing on Amazon, the second chapter in the Mass Effect trilogy "takes you to the darkest reaches of space, where you must uncover the mystery behind the disappearance of humans across many worlds.

"Prepare yourself for a suicide mission to save mankind. Travel the galaxy to assemble a team of soldiers and combat specialists, and launch an all-out assault on the heart of enemy territory."

Sounds like you're hunting Geth - and probably ancient robot Reapers - then.

Skimming further down the Amazon bullet point list reveals a "refined dialogue system", "numerous improvements to the intense, third-person shooter combat" and more Jack Bauer moments: "Success - or failure - depends heavily on the crew you assemble and their loyalty to you and the mission," apparently.

Most spoiler-efic of all is confirmation that the second act "continues the story of Commander Shepard and humanity's first steps onto the galactic stage." Shepard's not dead then, as the teaser would have us believe.

Mass Effect 2 is confirmed for Xbox 360 and PC early next year. We can't wait. Read the review of the original game here.

Thanks, Kotaku.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=211377

Nice ME 2 Baby!

So then which ending is canon?

I personally let the council die. They criticized me saying that I favored humans more than the duties of keeping the peace so when the time came to save them or let the galaxy be destroyed, I opted to save the galaxy. Even sweeter was the irony that saving the galaxy was also helping the human fleet to launch an attack on Sovereign..... mmmm revenge....

Cannon?

cool ,.more mass effect .Another hit of 360,..

The "true" storyline the developer had intended.

The game reads your ME1 save file. I can only assume that, like Kotor 2, your actions in the first game affect the world of the sequel.

Oh,eh never heard that word used like that before

Because it's supposed to be canon, not cannon.

Oh lol,i know i cant wait for this game,the first one had the best graphics of the time on any console.

Hopefully i get to have Wrex + Garrus on my team
Cant wait for this game, ME1 is best game available on 360 imo.