Microsoft has announced today that ‘Mass Effect‘ has gone gold and will be available with special content on November 20th.  In addition to the amazing list of content (posted after the break) that comes on the Limited Edition there will be an additional bonus disc available at retail locations to those that pre-order.  This bonus disc comes with a short documentary about the game, 12 gamerpics, 2 themes, three songs from the soundtrack, four historical trailers as well as a demo for ‘Blue Dragon,’ and videos for ‘Halo 3,’ ‘Lost Odyssey,’ and ‘Halo Wars.’

The Limited Edition of ‘Mass Effect’ features:

• A “Mass Effect” fiction book titled “Galactic Codex: Essentials”
• A 36-page guide to the “Mass Effect” universe, including a Citadel timeline and a guide to all non-human races, biotics and the key locations in the Perseus arm of the galaxy
• An additional “Mass Effect” art book titled “A Future Imagined”
• A 36-page collection of BioWare’s concept art for the game
• A bonus DVD of exclusive “Mass Effect” background material and additional content including:
• “The Vision of “Mass Effect” documentary
• “The Making of “Mass Effect” documentary
• “Interactive Storytelling” documentary
•  “Inside BioWare” documentary
• 18 “Mass Effect” themed gamer pics (three unique sets of six)
• 16 dashboard themes (four unique sets of four)
• Ten songs from the “Mass Effect” soundtrack
• Five historical “Mass Effect” trailers from X05 through E3 2007 and the official TV trailer
•  A demo for “Blue Dragon” and videos for “Lost Odyssey,” “Halo 3” and “Halo Wars”
• Design galleries featuring 600 concept images fully commented by the Art Directors