Mass Effect 2 hitting the US on January 26th

Mass Effect 2's "Early 2010" release date has been revised to a more precise date of January 26th in North America with the European release following shortly after on the January 29th.

Gamers who pre-order the game from certain retail outlets will grab themselves some special in-game equipment and weapons that they can use to give them an edge early on in gameplay. Pre-order bonuses will include the Teminus Armor, Inferno Armor and the M-90 Blackstorm Heavy Weapon.

Mass Effect 2 is the sequel to Bioware's break-out RPG of the generation, and the second part of a planned trilogy. It's launching on Xbox 360 and PC, but rumours of a PS3 version of the title persist to this day.

Stick with us - we'll bring you the latest on ME2 as we get it.