So… is there an LE for every new EA game now?

whew… finally caught up with most of the new releases that have been announced over the last few weeks. I’ll be making news posts for some of them but getting them into the database is my #1 priority.

One discerning thing I’ve noticed is that nearly every new EA game coming out has a “Limited Edition” release. These aren’t LEs that are sold along side the regular edition, rather these are “First Edition” releases.

For those who don’t know a First Edition is basically an LE or CE that is the only version of a game that is available around the time of the games release date, where a less special regular edition comes out at a later date. This occurs frequently with books where the First edition is generally more expensive and hard bound while subsequent releases are cheaper paperbacks.

It would seem that EA is employing the book publisher’s strategy by rewarding release-day buyers of their games. Most of these only really provide a few in-game perks, like bonus XP or access to cars and weapons earlier in the game that players of the regular edition would have to play a bit before they could use.

They’ve employed this tactic with Battlefield Bad Company 2 “Limited Edition” already and so far three upcoming games have a similar LE announced:

• Crysis 2
• Medal of Honor
• Need for Speed Hot Pursuit

It will be interesting to see if this trend continues or if other publishers will follow suit. I personally will not be adding any of these games to my collection unless I happen to be buying it anyway. I think it’s a great for the average gamer but seems to cheapen the “Limited Edition” title a bit.

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Call of Duty Black Ops Prestige Edition Revealed

The recent rumors were true, Call of Duty Black Ops will be receiving both Hardened and Prestige Editions. In an attempt to 1up Moden Warfare too it will include a video surveillance RC car. It also looks like the game will be housed in a SteelBook case The complete package is as follows:

• RC-XD Video Surveillance Vehicle
  • Fully custom RC vehicle modeled after in-game RC-XD Killstreak Reward
  • Video camera to send wireless video to Transmitter
  • Microphone to send wireless audio to Transmitter
  • Digital proportional steering and throttle
  • Independent suspension
  • Display stand
• RC-XD Transmitter
  • 2” backlit TFT 220 x176 color screen to receive video from car
  • Integrated speaker to receive audio from car
  • Custom pistol grip style RC controller
  • High and low speed settings
  • Up to 200ft control range
• Includes the full Call of Duty: Black Ops Hardened Edition
  • Limited edition Black Ops Collector’s Medal w/display case
  • 4 extra playable co-op maps not in the standard edition
  • Black Ops Xbox Live avatar outfit
  • Premium, special-edition SteelBook™ case
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops full game

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Dragon Age Origins Collector’s Edition Photos

Photos have been posted for the NTSC Xbox 360 Collector’s Edition of Dragon Age Origins

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Tekken 6 Limited Edition Photos

Photos have been posted for the NTSC Xbox 360 release of Tekken 6 Limited Edition.

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Pictures and Final Details of Batman Arkham Asylum.

I’ve been reading a lot of SpeedHunter’s lately, also Kotaku has quickly become my favorite resource for gaming news. I really like the photo-blog style of Speed Hunters and the down to earth commentary on Kotaku. With that in mind I decided to add a little more flare here and there to the photos for this release and I’ve added a bit of personal commentary.

I’d appreciate some feedback as to whether this is something you’d like to see more of in the future or if you’d prefer the more no-nonsense approach that I’ve taken in the past.

Click the link below for more pictures and details.

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Limited Edition Red Xbox 360 is Official

In a press release today Microsoft officially announced the rumored Red Xbox 360. It would seem that this new console will in-fact be a limited edition.

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Collector’s Edition Forums

CollectorsEdition.org is proud to announce that we now have community forums available. What started as a simple database of collector’s Edition games has been growing and we felt that in order for the community to truly flourish a forum was needed.

The forums have been integrated into the main site such that your comments on news posts will now be handled by the forums, also if you had previously registered on the main site in order to post comments, then there is no need for you to register on the forums as your account information has been transferred over.  (UPDATE:  Some are reporting that the forum wont accept their password, if this happens simply use the Forgot Password feature and have the forum reset it for you, contact us if you experience any problems after that)

This is just the beginning of the new and exciting features we hope to be able to bring you, we certainly have more planned so stay tuned.

-TheCEO

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A Guide To Recognizing Your SteelBooks

Ok so Maybe the title is misleading but I couldn’t help myself. First Look Studios apparently really liked what I did with the last SteelBook pre-release they sent me, Sukiyaki Western Django, and decided that they’d like to send me another.

This time around I received a Limited Edition SteelBook for a movie called A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints. To be perfectly honest I had never heard of this film and after the initial confusion over the name wore off a brief glance at the cover led me to believe that this looks like quite the interesting film. It took home some Awards from the Sundance Film Festival (always a good sign in my book) and it stars some well known talent too, Robert Downey Jr. being the most prominent name on the list (and the cover art).

Of course I haven’t actually had a chance to WATCH this film yet (I’ll be sure to check back in here once I do) so in the mean time lets take a closer look at the case.

Both the front and back covers make good use of bare metal, sometimes this kind of thing works and sometimes it doesn’t, but here I think it really works fantastically. The front cover really had an interesting mix of bare and colored areas that give the cover as a whole a very rugged and raw feel. The back cover design utilizes the bare metal in a different way; it juxtaposes an image from the movie against a back drop of bare metal, combine with the angle of the shot gives it a real 3D quality despite being completely flat.

On the inside we’re treated to one of my favorites features of most SteelBooks and that is the almost panoramic scene that stretches across the inside of the case.  It’s like an Easter egg in your case as it’s usually hidden behind the disc and booklet.  The inside of this case features another shot from the film in a cepia tone to mach the front cover.

Perhaps the most interesting quality of this particular case design is the film title on the front of the case. I attempted to capture it in this last shot but really the way it’s designed it has to be seen with two eyes as opposed to the single eye of a camera. The title is embossed into the case and the way they’ve utilized the reflective properties of the metal against the dull wash of the surrounding images it looks almost like the text is floating above the surface of the case. I’ve probably stared at this cover for far longer than is healthy but it’s really an interesting effect and certainly something I haven’t seen accomplished (albeit possibly attempted) on a SteelBook before.

Case aside I’d like to applaud First Look Studios for giving the Limited Edition SteelBook treatment to yet another indy film. As someone who tends to appreciate films with vision and good writing over the latest big budget explosion-polloza I find it heart warming that films with attention to detail in their content are receiving attention to detail in their packaging as well.

This SteelBook is slated for release on February 3rd at a price of $14.98. Judging by the case design alone it would make a welcome edition to any SteelBook collection.

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Sukiyaki Western Django Winner Has Been Chosen

Congratulations to brndck! You’ve won the Sukiyaki Western Django SteelBook DVD, Limited Edition Playing Cards and Stickers! Expect an email shortly with additional details. Your name was selected at random from the many people who played.

I’d like to thank everyone who participated and I hope that if this was your first trip to the site you liked it enough to come back again. I’m sure this wont be the last give-away we’ll host here.

Even if you didn’t win you should still consider checking out this very cool movie, If you’re a fan of Spaghetti Westerns, Kung-Fu, or the legendary, Takahi Miike you owe it to yourself to check it out.

Sukiyaki Western Django Trailer

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Sukiyaki Western Django Contest Update #2

If you haven’t caught wind of the Sukiyaki Western Django DVD give-away yet then sign up now!

Comments will close tonight at minight GMT (That’s 7PM for those of you in East Coast USA)… The winner to be announced shortly after.

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