5th Anniversary Oblivion SteelBook Announced

Recently announced is a 5th Anniversary  Edition for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Coming in a 3-disc SteelBook case and available on June 28th in the USA.

This edition will fetch about $30 and will be made available for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. In addition to the SteelBook case it’s slated to include the following:

• The Knights of the Nine and Shivering Isles expansion packs
• Making of Oblivion DVD
• Oblivion game map
• Making of Oblivion DVD includes a bonus The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim trailer
• A $10 off coupon toward the purchase of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and a Skyrim strategy guide

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Agarest: Generation of War Zero Collector’s Edition Euro PAL exclusive

This sort of came out of the blue but it looks like Europe will be getting the Collector’s Edition treatment for the recently announce Agarest: Generation of War Zero.

The Collector’s Edition will contain the following:

• Blu-ray PS3 game (with double sided inlay + colour manual)
• A3 double sided poster showing on one side the concept drawing of the image used on the inlay and on the other the finished coloured artwork
• Agarest: GoWZ Original Soundtrack.
• 3 x 3D lenticular art cards
• All of this will be packaged neatly in to a Collector’s Edition box.

Also if you pre-order the game direct from the publisher (Ghostlight), you have the  option to also purchase a Limited Edition Black T-shirt (original design to Ghostlight Smile).

Currently only the PS3 version is confirmed with Ghostlight yet to secure the rights to the Xbox 360 version.

As of yet only the UK is confirmed but other European countries are expected to get this, be on the lookout.

There is currently no confirmed release date.

Pre-orders will take place soon, for those in the UK who want to get the limited Edition T-shirt. You will be able to pre-order from the Ghostlight website here: Agarest: Generation of War Zero Collector’s Edition +  T-Shirt

Database entry: Agarest: Generation of War Zero Collector’s Edition PS3 [2]

Agarest: Generations of War Zero Collector's Edition

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Catherine “Love is Over” Deluxe Edition Announced for North America

While this CE may be titled “Love is Over” Atlus is certainly showing the love for North American collectors. Available only through preorder on Amazon.com Atlus’ upcoming sexy adventure-puzzle game includes quite an interesting array of interesting pack-ins.

Available for Xbox 360 or PS3 the CE will be packed in a Pizza Box and include a T-Shirt, Boxer Shorts, and a Pillowcase in addition to the base game. Also included as a Pre-Order Bonus is a Soundtrack CD and artbook.

The Love is Over Deluxe Edition is due out on July 26th at a price of about $80.

It should also be noted that the standard edition of this game will be offered with two different covers. the original artwork (which presumably will be included with the CE release) as well as a more tame/less revealing version of the cover for those retailers that are more squeamish. It seems that Amazon.com and some others are offering both versions of the cover for those interested in collecting both versions.

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Duke Nukem Forever Australian, New Zealand and UK Pre-order bonuses

It looks like there is going to be some very nice pre-order bonuses for Duke Nukem Forever, well for Australian and New Zealand gamers anyway.

These pre-orders bonuses are as follows:

Australia pre-order:

• EB GAMES – Duke’s Big Package – Unlocks in-game EGO boost, Big Head Mode and T-Shirt pack
• GAME – Duke Nukem Forever ‘speaking’ key ring.
• JB HIFI – Duke Nukem Forever ‘bottle-opener’ baseball cap.

New Zealand:

• EB GAMES – Duke’s Big Package – Unlocks in-game EGO boost, Big Head Mode and T-Shirt pack
• MIGHTY APE (online e-tailer) – Duke Nukem Forever ‘bottle-opener’ baseball cap.
• JB HIFI – Duke Nukem Forever sunglasses.

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Update: Uk have some pre-order bonuses going as well now.

Game.co.uk have the “Duke big package”  as a pre-order option.
Shopto.net have the Talking keyring and the First Access Club Beta.

Also the words the Talking keyring speaks are:

• ‘Hail To The King’
• ‘I can see my d**k’
• ‘I Came, Saw, Kicked Ass’.

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Red Faction: Armageddon Collector’s Edition on EBgames

This news post is about Red Faction: Armageddon which will be released on May 31!
So far the Collector’s Edition is only announced for Australia where it is exclusive to EBgames.com.au

I know it isn’t much solace, but it might become available in Europe and the United States closer to release, though.

The Collector’s Edition of Red Faction: Armageddon includes the following bonus content:

• A3 poster
• Commando Pack DLC
  • Commando Outfit
  • Dual Wield Laser Pistols
  • Plasma Thrower

• Recon Pack DLC
  • Recon Outfit
  • Arc Welder
  • XNG-5000
• Red Faction Battlegrounds XBL Arcade Game

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inFAMOUS 2 Hero Edition leaked

Recently Amazon.com let leak information regarding an upcoming “Hero Edition” of inFAMOUS 2. The listing has since been pulled but the $99 edition was slated for a May 24th release and included the following content:

• 8.5″ Cole MacGrath statue
• DLC Super Voucher which includes:
  • Lightning Hook Power
  • Electrocution Grenade Power
  • Kessler Skin
  • 24K Gold Amp Weapon Variant
• Mini inFAMOUS #1 comic
• Official soundtrack

Thank you to everyone who sent us this tip.

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EA releases new photos of Crysis 2 Nano Edition.

Brenden sent in a tip this morning that EA had some now photos up showing what looks to be a more finalized version of the upcoming Nano Edition of Crysis 2.

The Crysis 2 Nano Edition is designed for the ultimate Crysis fan and will include the Limited Edition housed in a steel case plus an 11” / 28 cm statue of the game’s hero “Prophet” on top of a New York taxi cab, a high-quality art book, all packaged inside a backpack modeled after the Nanosuit itself.

While it looks quite a bit different this is shaping up to be quite a nice CE. I’m particularly happy to see that the NE contains the LE with the adding of a SteelBook as well.

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Not So Special Edition: Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood

Those who purchased the Codex Edition of Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood have just lost a little something that makes that release special. Ubisoft announced that they will be offering “The Trajan Market” content free to uPlay members; which is pretty much anyone with a Ubisoft game released in the last year and an internet connection.

While the Codex Edition still has a lot more going for it in terms of collector’s appeal, it’s always disheartening when you spend the extra money up front for bonus content only to have it given away to everyone after the fact.

I will say that I do like the uPlay feature, if you haven’t signed up, it’s worth doing so. Basically you get to spend your achievement points on additional content. Of course this announcement comes after i just blew all of my U points on some new Multiplayer characters and costumes for Ezio last night.

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Bulletstorm “Epic Edition” Announced

Epic Games has recently announced an “Epic Edition” of their upcoming game Bulletstorm. The Epic Edition probably wont be of much interest to collectors, it is a “First Edition” type release that will cost the same as the Standard Edition. Included will be 25,000 bonus XP, as well as a bonus weapons and in-game armaments.

What might be of interest to gamers in general is the inclusion of access to the Gears of War 3 Beta.  It seems that Epic is taking a page out of Crackdown’s book by trying to encourage sales of this new franchise by bundling it with beta access to a much more popular and established franchise.

Gears of War 3 is scheduled for release sometime in September 2011 but if you can’t wait that long you will be able to pickup Bulletstorm on Feburary 22nd. Currently the Epic Edition has only been announced for North America on the Xbox 360, but speculation suggests a European release may be announced soon.

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Europe to finally get Death Smiles

Earlier this year North America got a limited Edition release of the Japanese arcade shooter Death Smiles. In “Early 2011″ Rising Start Games plans to bring the Cave shooter to Europe, complete with their won “Deluxe Edition”

No much is known about the price, or exact release date but they have announced that it will include the original soundtrack, a “desktop accessory pack” as well as the Mega Black Lable DLC which provides and extra stage, character and level 999 difficulty.

Like the North American release it is Xbox 360 exclusive, also like the standard Xbox 360 release it includes both the original arcade mode as well as the console exclusive v1.1 variation of the game.

By comparison the North American Limited edition also included the soundtrack and the DLC but instead of a “desktop accessory pack” it featured a faceplate. Chances are this was changed due to the release of the slim Xbox 360 which doesn’t feature a removable faceplate. I’d venture a guess that we wont be seeing faceplates included as pack-ins for CEs anymore.

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