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Bioware and EA have given us some insight into the all important storyline of the second part of their epic Mass Effect trilogy:

Once again stepping into the role of the heroic Commander Shepard, players will strategically select each member of their squad, all of whom have a direct impact on the direction of the story and the squad’s chances for survival. Players will select from a motley cast of characters including the newly revealed ‘Grunt’ – a blood-hungry Krogan.

Once players have assembled their squad from amongst the galaxy’s most powerful mystics, geniuses, and convicts, they must lead them on a suicide mission to discover why humans are vanishing from the galaxy. The success of the mission hinges on the squad recruited and their loyalty to the mission. Shepard’s future depends on it.

The Krogan character, Grunt, is the second new character to be revealed, after the assassin Thane was introduced in June. What is still not clear is how the story will explain why Commander Shepard has lost his skills gained in the first Mass Effect. But it's most probably because of quantum, as always.

Release date for Mass Effect 2 is still wandering around 'early 2010'.