You ever wonder why the Metroid Prime Trilogy released on a Monday?

October 8th, 2017 Michael Pica

The news page here on CollectorsEdition.org hasn’t seen much action in a while, but I received a phone call from one of the first industry contacts I made through this site. He was reminded of, and wanted to tell me, a little story that I’m sure most collectors will find interesting. You see Dave used to work for Scanavo; the company that manufactures SteelBooks; he recalled a story about when they were working on the first SteelBook to be released for the Wii: Cursed Mountain Limited Edition.

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Database Updates for February 12th 2016

February 12th, 2016 Michael Pica

New CEs have been added to the database this week…

Americas:

Europe:

A big THANK YOU to the DB Proprietors who help maintain our database and everyone who posts up missing games in the Additions and Corrections forum . If you’d like to let us know about releases we might be missing please visit the Additions and Corrections forum.

Database Updates for February 5th 2016

February 5th, 2016 Michael Pica

New CEs have been added to the database this week…

Americas:

A big THANK YOU to everyone DB Proprietors who help maintain our database as well as  those who posts up missing games in the Additions and Corrections forum. If you’d like to let us know about releases we might be missing please visit the Additions and Corrections forum.

Database Updates for End of year 2015

January 1st, 2016 Michael Pica

New CEs have been added to the database in the last two weeks…

Americas:

A big THANK YOU to TRDD and the other contributing the DB Proprietors who help maintain our database as well as everyone who posts up missing games in the Additions and Corrections forum. If you’d like to let us know about releases we might be missing please visit the Additions and Corrections forum.

Database Updates for December 19th 2015

December 19th, 2015 Michael Pica

New CEs have been added to the database this week…

Americas:

A big THANK YOU to TRDD for these additions as well as everyone who posts up missing games in the Additions and Corrections forum who help maintain our database. If you’d like to let us know about releases we might be missing please visit the Additions and Corrections forum.

Killzone Visual Design Collectors Edition Art Book available from C&B

December 9th, 2015 ingmar1988

Cook&Becker has done it again, after all the great artworks for games such as the Last of Us, Killzone, Okami, Journey and Mass Effect they have now entered the world of art books!

Killzone Visual Design: Celebrating 15 Years of Killzone is the first comprehensive overview of the visual development of the million-selling Killzone video game series. With unlimited access to the image archives of game studio Guerrilla and the people involved in making Killzone, compilers Cook & Becker and Arjan Terpstra unearthed images and stories from fifteen years of unique visual design.

killzone 15th anniversary concept art and visual design book

 

limited edition killzone concept art book 15 year anniversary
This 208 page art book gives a detailed, illustrated account of the idiosyncratic design philosophy behind the Killzone video game series, the beautiful concept art used to create the Killzone universe and the amazing attention to detail Guerrilla bestows on its games. From early hand-drawn concept art used for the first Killzone game to awe-inspiring in-game renders from Killzone Shadow Fall: this book truly celebrates the talent and skill of Killzone’s makers. This coffee table art book will inspire fans and anyone involved in visual design – be it video game design or any of the other design arts.

The book features an opening statement by Guerrilla studio director Hermen Hulst and President of Sony Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida.

Killzone Visual Design: Celebrating 15 years of Killzone is available in a special Limited Edition and an open edition Standard Hardcover. The inside of both books is identical.

 

the inside of the Killzone 15 year anniversary art book

About the Collector’s Edition
Black-edged, soft-touch hardcover
Limited to a 1.000 hand-signed copies.
Includes hand-numbered Killzone concept art giclee print “Stahl Arms”(30 x 23 cm Certified Art Giclee™ printed on 270 gsm. Radiant White using archival inks).
Comes in a luxury box.
208 pages
Full Color
English Language

Available to order now at Cook&Becker

Database Updates for October 30th 2015

October 30th, 2015 Michael Pica

New CEs have been added to the database this week…

Americas:

Thanks to TRDD for this week additions. If you’d like to let us know about releases we might be missing please visit the Additions and Corrections forum.

Database Updates for October 23rd 2015

October 23rd, 2015 Michael Pica

New CEs have been added to the database this week…

Americas:

Asia:

A big THANK YOU to everyone who posts up missing games in the Additions and Corrections forum as well as the DB Proprietors who help maintain our database. If you’d like to let us know about releases we might be missing please visit the Additions and Corrections forum.

Database Updates for October 9th 2015

October 9th, 2015 Michael Pica

New CEs have been added to the database this week…

Americas:

A big THANK YOU to everyone who posts up missing games in the Additions and Corrections forum as well as the DB Proprietors who help maintain our database. If you’d like to let us know about releases we might be missing please visit the Additions and Corrections forum.

Database Updates for August 21st 2015

August 21st, 2015 Michael Pica

New CEs have been added to the database this week…

Americas:

Europe:

Oceania:

A big THANK YOU to the Database Team as well as everyone who posts up missing games in the Additions and Corrections forum. If you’d like to let us know about releases we might be missing please visit the Additions and Corrections forum.