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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Dead Rising 2 Zombrex Edition Announced for North America

The Capcom Blog recently unveiled details about the upcoming Zombrex Edition of Dead Rising 2 which will be exclusive to North America.

Available for both Xbox 360 and PS3, the Zombrex edition will come in a SteelBook case and includes a plethora of Zombrex branded goodies including a syringe pin, prescription pad and Zombie Outbreak Pamphlet among other things. It of course also includes more traditional CE bonuses such a hard cover Art Book and a movie disc with a full-length feature film as well as a making-of documentary.

Slated for release on September 28th, the Zombrex Edition will run you about $80.

Personally I think this is a much cooler CE than the Outbreak Pack recently announced for Europe, though I see it more as a mea culpa from Capcom to North America or not giving us a CE release for the first Dead Rising while Europe got the SteelBook.

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Crysis 2 Limited Collector’s Edition for PS3 and 360

Recently some photos have appeared online for an upcoming Limited Collector’s Edition of Crysis 2. Apparently the LCE will be available in Europe on both the PS3 and Xbox 360 (as well as the PC) for a price of 158€.

The listing only appeared briefly on a Swedish game site before being taken down but details included the following content:

• a 46 cm x 34 cm Nano-suit bag
• a 20 cm wide Prophet statue
• a 176-page premium art book
• immediate access to higher ranks and unlockable items
• an exclusive #2 Dogtag
• a SCAR hologram
• SCAR Camouflage and additional content.
• A SteelBook case with “unique” painting

Release date was listed as simply “November 2010″ we will post more details we we get them.

Thanks to Onisha for the tip.

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Star Wars Force Unleashed II CE Announced

GameStop recently listed a Collector’s Edition of the upcoming Star Wars The Force Unleashed II.  Slated for release for both Xbox 360 and PS3 on October 26th this CE will cost just under $80 and includes the following content:

• Steelbook Case
• “Exclusive” In-Game Content
  • Three challenge mode levels
  • Ralph McQuarrie concept “Deak Starkiller” skin
  • Lightsaber crystal
• Mimobot USB Designer Drive Preloaded with Bonus Content
  • Starkiller 2GB Flash Drive designed by Mimobot
  • Digital art book

With bonus content being included by way of a USB flash drive, here’s hoping it does fall victim to the same problem that plagued the Splinter Cell Conviction CE.

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Mafia II CE Announced

2K Games recently announced a Collected Edition Release of Mafia II for Xbox 360 and PS3.

Slated for a release on August 24th at a price of $59.99 on the Collector’s edition will include the following:

• SteelBook case
• Official Orchestral Score
• 100 Page Hard cover Art Book
• Made Man DLC Pack
• Guide to Empire Bay Map Printed on Specialty Tear-Resistant Paper

Pre-Order Mafia II Collector’s Edition though Amazon.com and you will also receive the Renegade Pack, a DLC content pack including new cars and new outfits. Using the link above will also help support CollectorsEdition.org

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Resident Evil 5 PAL Collector’s Edition SteelBook Pictures Posted

grim_d was kind enough to send in photos of the PAL Collector’s Edition SteelBook of Resident Evil 5.

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Resident Evil 5 360 NTSC Collector’s Edition Photos Posted

Photos have been posted of the NTSC Xbox 360 Collector’s Edition of Resident Evil 5.

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Halo Wars PAL Collector’s Edition Pictures Posted

Halo Wars comes out today in the UK and Europe, grim_d was kind enough to send us pictures of this SteelBook release.

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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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Resident Evil 5 North American Collectors Edition Details Unveiled

Gamestop has unveiled details on the upcoming North American Release of Resident Evil 5 Collector’s Edition.

The Collector’s Edition comes in a carboard box containing the following:

• The Game in a SteelBook Case
• A Bonus Disc with a making of featurette, digital art gallery and movie trailers
• A Chris Redfield Figurine
• A TriCell Messenger Bag
• A Kijuju Necklace
• A BSAA Patch

This looks to be quite a nice package.

It will retail for about $90 and it ships on March 19th.

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