Unboxing: Splinter Cell Conviciton

April 14th, 2010 Michael Pica

So I picked up my Pre-Order of Splinter Cell Conviction Collector’s Edition last night. The Clerk recognized me and already knew what I was there for; starting to fetch my game before I even had a chance to respond to his greeting. He asked to make sure I knew the included USB cards were known to be faulty, informing me that he canceled his own pre-order because of it. I told him I didn’t really care, I don’t think I’ve ever used an included USB stick in the past.

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European Splinter Cell Conviction CE Details

December 14th, 2009 Michael Pica

Details have been released for the European release of Splinter Cell Conviction.

Splinter Cell Conviction Collector's Edition

From the Kotaku report:

Splinter Cell Conviction’s collectors edition variant for “all European, Middle Eastern, Asian and Pacific territories” will contain the following, including an exclusive gameplay mode.

  • An exclusive Sam Fisher statue
  • Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Conviction game in unique SteelBook™ case
  • Infiltration Mode : Eliminate all hostiles in the mission area without being detected
  • A special playable skin: Shadow Armor
  • Early access to 3 weapons: SC300, SR2 and MP5
  • The official Splinter Cell Conviction Soundtrack (more than 17 tracks)

That applies to both the PC and Xbox 360 versions of the game, due to hit the territories listed above on or about February 26.

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A Look Back at R6V LCE in Anticipation of R6V2 LE

February 11th, 2008 Michael Pica

Rainbow Six Vegas 2 will be arriving in stores next month in both standard trim and a Limited Edition. In anticipation of the release I thought it would be interesting to take a look at the Limited Collector’s Edition of the first Rainbow Six Vegas to get an idea of what the new release might be like.

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Rainbow Six Vegas Limited Collector’s Edition NTSC for Xbox 360

As you can see from the pictures the Limited Collector’s Edition was fairly standard fare with a standard 2 disc snap case inside a cardboard slip cover. What was nice was that the slip cover had a shiny reflective finish over it and the package also included a 48 hour Xbox Live trial card with the game art on it.

The bonus disc had a lot of nice behind the scenes content but it was unfortunately in a DVD Movie format which means two things: 1. 480p resolutions on all the videos which really diminishes the presentation quality and 2. no chance for bonus in game content or other things like gamer pictures or dashboard themes. The one thing Ubisoft did do right was make this version of the game actually limited in production. It’s quite a difficult edition to find and beyond what’s included that’s what really makes releases like this special.

Here’s hoping that for R6V2 we’ll get a steelbook case and a 2nd game disc with bonus content as opposed to just a DVD movie.

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Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 gets Limited Edition

February 6th, 2008 Michael Pica

Information has popped up on Amazon.com as well as Gamestop.com about a Limited Edition release of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. This NTSC release is poised to include:

  • Collectible Poker Chip Key Chain
  • Limited Edition Bonus Disk including:
    • Strategy Video with tips and secrets from the developers, pro gamers, and the Frag Dolls
    • Pro Gamer Interview: a look at the life of a pro gamer with MLG player FinestX
    • MLG Pro Circuit ’07 Season Highlights
    • A “Sneak Peek” look at Tom Clancy’s EndWar – a video featuring a hands on look at this new Tom Clancy game franchise with the Frag Dolls.
  • Limited edition case design

Both Amazon and Gamestop have different cover art and it’s unknown which (if any) are the final box art. Though, my money is on the Amazon art (right).

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Pre-orders though EB and Gamestop will also receive a code to unlock the Comcast Optimized MLG map. It’s unclear if this will be a game code to unlock the map, or a one time use Xbox Live style content code.

The case material is also unknown though if past Tom Clancy/Ubisoft LE releases this generation are any indication it will be nothing more than a standard case with an extra disc flap and either a plastic or cardboard slip cover. The game Is scheduled for release on March 18, 2008 with an MSRP of $69.99 (USD). No word yet on whether or not PAL regions will be getting an LE of this game.

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