I picked up the Alan Wake Limited Collector’s Edition last night and I must say I’m very impressed with it. A game that was first announced around the Xbox 360’s launch it’s been a long time coming, and they definitely delivered on making this what I would consider to be the best CE release so far this year, and definitely one of the most unique CE’s this generation.
If you’re into Anime and Video Games you’re probably already well aware of this quite rare game release (at least rare for US gamers). Kotaku already did a video unboxing, and there honestly isn’t much to see (literally physically and figuratively pictorially) so I’ll spare you the details. Images are up on the game page though.
The cover art is apparently too hot for GameStop so if you want to skeeve out to the game box you’ll have to do it here as opposed to in the store. Just don’t get… ice cream… all over your keyboard.
…and yes the titted mouse pad is equal parts cool, creepy, and confusing, just as you’d imagine it would be.
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.
Recently Edios announced that Europe will be getting a Game of the Year edition of Batman: Arkham Asylum, while there’s nothing special about the packaging it does include some DLC content the real interesting part is that it will include a pair of 3D glasses and you will be able to play the game in 3D on both your HD or SD TV.
The GOTY edition will be available for Xbox 360 and PS3 in Europe on March 26th at a price of £39.99
The Final Fantasy XIII Super Elite console bundle hasn’t even been released yet and already they’ve announced the next one. The Upcoming Splinter Cell Conviction will be getting it’s own “Special Edition” console bundle that like other Super Elites will include a 250GB hard drive and a 2nd wireless controller, as well as a copy of the game.
Unfortunately there will be no special case art, simply black plastic like the normal edition, also disappointing is that the console will include the regular edition of the game rather than the Collector’s Edition that is also slated for release.
This bundle will be released along side the regular and collectors edition of the game on April 13th, at a price of $399, which is a pretty good deal when you consider it will include a $60 game, a $60 controller and an extra 130GB worth of hard drive space over the regular $299 Elite console.
Square-Enix recently releases this amazingly short video showing off the upcoming Collector’s Edition of Final Fantasy XIII
Kotaku reports that when viewing the posters included with the Bioshock 2 SE with a black light hidden messages appear.
A 2K forum poster holding a random blacklight session with his friends discovered scrawled secret messages on the three BioShock 2 posters that were packed in his special edition. Creepy!
As proof, another 2K forum-goer posted these images, along with a video that can be found at PhotoBucket.
IGN just posted up some footage from Alan Wake, while not uncommon to see pre-release footage, the interesting thing here is it’s from the bonus content that will be included with the Limited Edition.
It’s the Bioshock 1 Big Daddy situation all over again. Apparently quite a few facehuggers figurines included with the just released AvP arrived with their tails broken off. Thankfully Sega has been quick to initiate a replacement program.
This page is for AvP Hunter’s Pack customers in the North American region only.
It has come to our attention that some of the exclusive Facehugger models included in the Aliens Vs Predator Hunter Edition have suffered damage in transit to North American retail.
We apologize for any inconvenience and are happy to provide replacements for any customers who received damaged products. Please fill out the following information so we can confirm your purchase. We will then contact you via email with instructions on how to receive a replacement Facehugger collectable.
I picked up my copy yesterday but I haven’t yet had a chance to unbox it.
Anyone in the CEo community end up with a fragile face hugger?
A lot of people are looking forward to the upcoming Alien vs. Predator game. A lot of collector’s are looking forward to the Hunter Edition which includes don’t only a model facehugger, but also four exclusive multiplayer maps.
Well maybe not so exclusive… vg247 reported earlier this week that the exclusive maps would be released to the public “soon after release”, no price for the maps has been announced.
In the excerpts from the article Tim Jones goes on about the importance of the Special Edition to the fans of the IP.
How special the timed exclusivity of the mutiplayer maps actually is will remain to be seen.
