Yesterday, Bioware announced in its forums that the Cerberus Armor and Eviscerator Shotgun would be available for download for free through the Cerberus Network starting today at 12:00pm Mountain Standard Time. Bioware stated that the Cerberus Armor increases heavy weapon ammo capacity, shields, and health all by ten percent. Although no specific statistics were provided for the Eviscerator Shotgun, Bioware indicated that it “is a longer-range shotgun with armor-piercing loads.”
I’ve been playing an adept in my first run through of Mass Effect 2, so the new armor’s not going to help me much (although it will when I go through as a Vanguard on my second playthrough). But I added the shotgun as my bonus weapon in the slot that becomes available halfway through the game so I could easily dispatch enemies that get too close. So, I very much look forward to trying out the Eviscerator’s longer range.
Update: The longer range on the shotgun is exceptionally useful, making it the weapon of choice for my adept after I downloaded. The range does come at a cost though, you can only have three shots loaded at a time, requiring you to reload more often. But between my biotic powers and the longer range on the shotgun, I was able to keep most enemies at bay.