SEGA announced a Grand Master Edition for the PC Game Total War: Shogun 2. The ME will be released at 15.03.2011 for 129.99 Euro.
This collector’s edition is limited to 999 pieces and can be preordered at Amazon.de. The Grand Master Edition contains the same as the Collector’s Edition, but adds a chessboard and with hand-painted figures in the Shogun-2-style.
Amazon.de is already taking pre-orders for the edition on Xbox 360, PS3, and PC.
CVG reveals a add that states it includes a ‘Back To Karkland’ map pack, which features revamped content from Battlefield 2.
This map pack will be available for those who pre-order the Limited Edition. But at a later date it will be available for purchase as DLC.
Battlefield 3 will be released in Autumn 2011
Toys R Us have listed Super Mario All Star 25th Anniversary Limited Edition for pre-order. The item description states it includes the exact same content as the original release, so this re-print is not the cut down version as originally though.
According to the website listing, the game is set for release on the 13th of March 2011 for a price of $29.99
Pre-orders can be made here: Toys R Us – Super Mario All Star 25th Anniversary Limited Edition
Thanks to CE.o member Mandingo for letting us know.
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:
Thank you to everyone who sent us this tip.
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.
EA recently announced a PS3 exclusive Collector’s Edition release of the upcoming Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters. Due for release on March 12th, 2011 the Collector’s Edition will cost $69.99, $10 more than the standard edition. So far the only additional content announced for the CE are 5 extra “exclusive” golf courses.
The standard edition will be available on the Xbox 360 and Wii as well as the PS3, which will have support for Move. Those who pre-order though GameStop will also receive a DLC code for another exclusive golf course, Bethpage Black.
Not long ago Enterbrain made available for pre-order on both PS3 and Xbox 360 a CE release of the upcoming adult game Catherine.
Due out Feburary 17th, 2011 the DX Pack will include the following:
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.
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.
In recent EA “tradition” the upcoming release of SHIFT 2 Unleashed will be available as a “Limited Edition” to those who pre-order. Like other “Limited Edition” releases from Ea this includes a fairly standard package with a few token in-game bonus for day one buyers. So what do you get?
No official release date has been set but it’s scheduled for “Spring 2011”. While most of these LE releases are nothing special for collectors, at least the price is the same as the standard edition release for those who sleep on the pre-order.
