Earlier this week Capcom announced the last 2 new characters that will round out the roster on the upcoming Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition: Rebecca Chambers and Barry Burton.
These characters will be playable on the revamped Mercenaries “Reunion” mode. So far the Reunion mode roster is slated to include the following characters:
Warrior Chris
Folklore Sheva
Heavy Metal Chris
Business suit Sheva
Josh Stone
Excella Gionne
Rebecca Chambers
Barry Burton
In addition to the revamped Mercinaries mode the Gold Edition will also include two new episodes for the single player campaign and new costumes.
The Xbox 360 release will include a regular game disc with DLC content codes to download the new content, while the PS3 version will include the new content on the disc. Those who already own Resident Evil 5 will be able to purchase the new content though the Xbox Live Marketplace, or the Playstation Store.
So far we’ve seen “Super Elite” Xbox 360 bundles for Modern Warfare 2 in North America, For Forza Motorsports 2, and Resident Evil 5 in Europe and Australia. Now Microsoft will be releasing a Final Fantasy XIII Super Elite bundle for the US.
For those of you who don’t know the only real difference between a normal Elite and a Super Elite is the inclusion of a 250GB Hard Drive as well as a second wireless controller (why you would need a second controller for Final Fantasy is beyond me).
Europe will receive a similar bundle available as either a regular elite with a 120GB hard drive or a super elite with a 250GB hard drive and extra controller.
In the Past Super Elites have also come with a special case decoration of some sort, the Modern Warfare bundle had some fancy case decoration, and the Resident Evil bundle came in a fire-engine red case. the Final Fantasy XIII SE will sadly only come in the plane vanilla white and a faceplate (which will be for sale separately anyway)
At least the PS3 FFXIII bundle in Japan came with fancy FFXIII themed graphics. The Xbox 360 bundle will only be available in the US and Europe, it will release alongside the game on March 9th at a price of $399.
Just yesterday Remedy Games released details of an upcoming Limited Collector’s Edition for the Xbox 360 exclusive Alan Wake.
Hardbound in quality linen, the Limited Collector’s edition is designed to resemble a hardcover book. The pack will include:
Game Disc in box with unique art
Exclusive In-Game Audio Commentary and Hints by Remedy
“The Alan Wake Files” – a 144pg book that includes a short story written by Alan Wake and compiles the FBI dossiers investigating the events in Bright Falls, WA
Exclusive Audio Disc with Soundtrack and Score
Game Add-on token redeemable on Xbox LIVE for the first Alan Wake add-on content pack
Exclusive Xbox disc with special content: Alan Wake Xbox Live Theme and Alan Wake Avatar for Xbox LIVE
Just a special note if you preorder you will receive the Bright Falls Bonus Pack, which includes exclusive content like Avatar gear, an Xbox LIVE theme, and a “making of” video.
No price officially announced yet but some retail listings have placed it at $80 for the US and £65 for Europe. The game is scheduled for release in North America and Europe on May 18th and May 21st respectively.
2K games released this unboxing video for the Special Edition of Bioshock 2 (out next week) I don’t know about you but I’m quite surprised with the size of the box. I was skeptical that it wouldn’t live up to CE for the first game but this smashes any doubts I had (literally and figuratively) .
Capcom recently posted details (translated) on their blog for the upcoming Super Street Fighter IV Collector’s Package.
The Collector’s Package will be released alongside the regular edition for PS3 and Xbox 360 in Japan on April 28th for a price of 5990 yen (~$66USD) and is slated to include a disc with the various character’s background music, all promotional videos and trailers for the game, character art, and a mini story for SSFIV.
Buyers of the Xbox 360 release will also receive an exclusive SSFIV Anime by director Kizaki (of Afro Samurai fame) animated by GONZO.
There is one more bonus “to be announced”.
As a thank you to early adopters, a classic costume pack will be made available free for download from the release date until July 1st. After that you will have to pay (price yet to be determined) to download the pack.
Game.co.uk has listed a Collector’s Edition release of Final Fantasy XIII for both PS3 and Xbox 360.
Released along side the regular edition on March 9th, the collector’s edition will fetch £60 (~$100USD) and is slated to include the following:
FINAL FANTASY XIII Original Sound Selection: Soundtrack CD including a selection of music tracks from the game that are especially chosen for this Limited Collector’s Edition by composer Masashi Hamauzu. The CD is presented inside a slipcase featuring artwork from FINAL FANTASY XIII, and also liner notes that are written by the composer.
The World of FINAL FANTASY XIII: Hardback book featuring character artwork, CG rendered artwork and environments from across the game production.
Exclusive Art Prints: 3 highly collectable art prints showing artwork of the Eidolons, powerful summoned allies of the lead playable characters in FINAL FANTASY XIII
Unique ‘Brand of the l’Cie’ decal: Collectible decal featuring this most iconic symbol from the game storyline
No word yet on whether or not North America will see a Collector’s Edition as well, here’s hoping they will.
While North American PS3 collectors will have a shot at the Divine Edition of Dante’s Inferno European collectors will get the very similar Death Edition.
Visceral Games, Electronic Arts Inc. studio (NASDAQ: ERTS) announced today Dante’s Inferno “Death Edition” for PS3 and Xbox 360, which will be available in Europe on February 5. In addition to the game, the special edition of Dante’s Inferno will also include the following bonuses in an exclusive “Death Edition” packaging with lenticular artwork.
Exclusive costume for a playable character in-game: Isaac Clarke from Dead Space!
Making-of documentary with the game (Italian subtitles)
Documentary “Dante in History” (subtitled in English)
Soundtrack full game
Documentary on the creation of music and audio (Italian subtitles)
Digital Artbook edited by visual designer Wayne Barlowe (in English)
Over 10 minutes of scenes from the soul “Dante’s Inferno An Animated Epic” (in English)
digital reprint of the poem Complete (in English)
“We are very excited about the Death Edition, because it gives us the opportunity to create something truly unique and special for Europe,” said Jonathan Knight, Executive Producer for Dante’s Inferno. “There’s really a lot of exclusive material within this Special Edition, and the demo coming December 24th on Xbox Live and PSN, players can finally get a taste of what awaits them in the full game out February 5, 2010. ”
The demo ‘Gates of Hell’ will introduce the players in with a creative reworking of Dante’s poem, where Dante’s version of a warrior returning from the crusades back in his native Florence to find his love, Beatrice, cruelly killed and dragged to the soul ‘ Hell by Lucifer. Voted to rescue his beloved, Dante begins the epic journey to the gates of Hell and beyond, along which face monstrous undead, demons, cursed and even death itself. The demo will therefore allow a first glimpse of the vast world of Dante’s Inferno and will be the prelude to the trip a nightmare that will take Dante through the nine group.
In Dante’s Inferno, gamers play the role of Dante himself, as it passes through the nine circles of the damned – the limbo, lust, gluttony, avarice, wrath, heresy, violence, deceit and betrayal. At a speed of 60 frames per second, each group is characterized by unique environments, new creatures, fearsome demons, the only elements of history that have been created to give the maximum dramatic features of each of retribution.
Players will have the opportunity to go to hell from 5 February 2010 for Xbox360, PS3 and PSP. The demo for The Gates of Hell will be available for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 since 24 December.
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.
Details of the upcoming Special Edition of BioShock 2 have been released via the Cult of Rapture site.
Over the past few months, I have seen a lot of speculation around whether or not we would have a special edition for BioShock 2, and if we did, what would be inside.
This is the announcement many of you have been waiting for: There will be a BioShock 2 Special Edition.
The Special Edition will come in 13″x13” premium packaging with special art on both the slipcase and the box cover. Inside, you will find three posters featuring vintage ads from Rapture (rolled), a vinyl 180g LP featuring the orchestral score from the original BioShock, a CD containing the BioShock 2 orchestral score, a 164 page 8″x11″ hardbound artbook chock full of developer commentary and, of course, a copy of BioShock 2.
This edition will be available on February 9th, 2010 for $99.99 for Xbox 360 and PS3 and $89.99 for Games for Windows LIVE and is limited to a single production run. You’ll be able to preorder the Special Edition in most countries worldwide, starting now.
Stay tuned for the Official Unboxing for a closer look at the BioShock 2 Special Edition.
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