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Bioware's teased the first DLC for Mass Effect 3, releasing (then retracting) a vaguely spoilery blurb on Xbox Live ahead of the game's release next month. What are the spoilers? SPOILERS Available on all platforms, Mass Effect 3: From Ashes will allow players to “unearth lost secrets from the past and recruit the Prothean squad member.” END SPOILERS The Day-1 DLC is free to owners of the N7 Collector's Edition and Digital Deluxe Edition.

Above: One of the digital-only PS3 themes. Diehard cootie-avoiders will be pleased to know the other theme doesn't have a girl on it

PS3 owners, meanwhile, get an exclusive weapon and themes with preorder of the game's digital edition. Register for a day-one download and you'll get two exclusive themes, which Bioware says won't be available anywhere after launch. You'll also get access to the exclusive M55 Argus, a powerful burst-fire rifle the developer recommends for close-quarters combat.

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However! You're basically being asked to choose between guns and women here, because only the boxed edition of the game includes this Femshep-friendly double-sided cover slick. So, you can have an extra rifle, or you can have the choice between XX and XY versions of the game's cover-art, but you can't have both. Um, unless you buy two copies, in which case you might as well just go all out and buy three, so you can have a rifle and both versions of the cover. But if that's a serious option for you, why not just buy copies for all your friends as well, and lunch for us while you're at it, moneybags?

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