EBgames.com.au have listed some very interesting Collector’s Editions for pre-order. Be ready guys…This is the first out of three news posts.
Portal 2: The Cube Edition
The Cube Edition is exclusive to EBgames and includes the following:
There is no further information about a release outside Australia!
EBgames.com.au have listed Duke Nukem Forever: King Edition for pre-order.
The item description states that the King Edition contains the following:
Pre-order Bonus exclusive to EB Games:
Fans have now a reason to be happy: Gears of War 3 is getting his very own Collector’s Edition.
gamepur states that two different versions will be available on release date. A Limited Edition and an Epic Edition.
The Limited Edition can be purchased at a price of £59.99. The Epic Edition is with a price of £99.99 slightly more expensive.
For those who pre-order their copy through select retailers can look forward to a three week beta access starting April 25.
Currently, there is no description about the content available.
Amazon.com have listed Record of Agarest War: Zero Limited Edition for pre-order.
The LE will be released on June 14, 2011 at a price of $59.99
The Record of Agarest War: Zero Limited Edition includes the following:
Pre-orders can be made here: Amazon.com – Record of Agarest War: Zero Limited Edition
Eurotaku have listed Cross Channel: In memory of all people – Limited Edition for pre-order.
The Limited Edition includes the following:
The game will be released March 31.
(This is not the final box art)
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:
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.
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:
Photos have been posted for the NTSC Xbox 360 Collector’s Edition of Dragon Age Origins
![Dragon Age Origins Collector's Edition (Xbox 360) [NTSC]](http://collectorsedition.org/uploads/2009/07/dao_ce_360_ntsc_1.jpg "Dragon Age Origins Collector's Edition (Xbox 360) [NTSC]")
![Dragon Age Origins Collector's Edition (Xbox 360) [NTSC]](http://collectorsedition.org/uploads/2009/07/dao_ce_360_ntsc_10.jpg "Dragon Age Origins Collector's Edition (Xbox 360) [NTSC]")
Photos have been posted for the NTSC Xbox 360 release of Tekken 6 Limited Edition.
![Tekken 6 Limited Edition (Xbox 360) [NTSC]](http://collectorsedition.org/uploads/2009/09/t6_le_360_ntsc_19.jpg "Tekken 6 Limited Edition (Xbox 360) [NTSC]")
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.
