Along with Dragon Age and Star Wars: The Old Republic, Mass Effect 2 made it’s debut public performance this week at E3 in Los Angeles. Greg and Ray both introduced Mass Effect at the EA press conference and showed a full version of the trailer (that was unfortunately truncated on GameTrailers the week before) This official trailer shows more gameplay and all in-game footage in its explosive glory.
Director Casey Hudson and Lead Systems Designer Christina Norman, along with a slew of BioWarians showed Mass Effect 2 to select select press and people behind closed doors at E3.
http://blog.bioware.com/2009/06/03/bioware-at-e3-day-1/
http://blog.bioware.com/2009/06/03/bioware-at-e3-day-2/
http://blog.bioware.com/2009/06/03/bioware-at-e3-day-3/
As the days go by no doubt there will be write-ups like the first to report on this showing, Nick Breckon of Shacknews. And while I could write lines and lines of prose about how Mass Effect 2 will blow your fucking socks off, and how everyone here is working their ass off on the project (I’m here at 10pm at night right now), that we want make sure it goes beyond what Mass Effect was and will be a game that you, the fan, will be proud of…it’s easier for me to list links upon links of kudos from everyone in the games industry press that saw our game.
IGN Preview http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/991/991756p1.html
IGN Demo http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/990/990002p1.html
“Working with your teammates, dealing with health, selecting and using powers, and swapping weapons have all seen subtle changes that add together to make a combat system that is a heck of a lot better.”
“From what I saw, there is no reason to believe that this sequel won’t surpass the original in just about every way”
Erik Brudvig
http://previews.teamxbox.com/xbox-360/2344/Mass-Effect-2/p1/
“This new tech is all neatly wrapped with even more impressive visuals, inching ever closer to photorealism. The dialogue moments are breathtaking enough in Mass Effect 2 to exude some honest human emotion out of its users…”
Dale Nardozzi
“Based on the brief demo at E3, this is easily one of the best games on the show floor.”
Libe Goad
Dave Feltham is a 10 year veteran of the video game industry and 13 in the entertainment industry as a whole. His gaming credits include Mass Effect 2, Full Auto, Full Auto 2: Battlines, Cel Damage, Cel Damage: Overdrive. His broadcast design includes opening graphics for shows on CBC, ABC, CBS, Headline Sports and PBS’ The NewsHour. He currently works as a Level Designer at BioWare on Mass Effect 2.
Contact Dave at dave (at) feltham.ca 
I think a hearty thanks is in order to Casey, Christina and Billy for putting in the crazy hours to demo this. Great work folks!