Call of Duty Black Ops II CEs announced

[Collector's Edition]

As many of you let us know, two CEs have been announced for the upcoming release of Activision's Call of Duty Black Ops II. slated for release on PS3 and Xbox 360 on November 13th, its very likely that both of these editions will be available in large quantities world wide.




The Hardened Edition will retail for about $80 (USD) and feature a fancy box along with a SteelBook (G1 for 360 and G2 for PS3), a Soundtrack, some "Challenge Coins" and some bonus content: "Nuketown Zomebies" and "Nuketown 2025" among some additional in-game weapons and other bonuses.

The PS3 release will also include some dashboard themes, while the 360 release will include some Avatar items.

The Care Package edition will retail for about $180 (USD) and includes everything from the Hardened Edition except it looks to come in a massive crate to house all the content along with a remote controlled quad-copter based on the "MD-27 Dragonfire Drone". Pushing the gadget envelope even further than past releases.

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[kennyrh]

Be interesting to see how the $180 translates into English money . . .

[vhal_x]

It's £160 Kenny, already up on GAME xx

[kennyrh]

ahhhh crap . . . .

. . .gonna have to let that one slide unless i cancel me Resi Evil 6

Christ, why does everything have to squeeze itself into two months

[Twisted]

compared to the british forex rate..it's almost half price in the good ol'usa

[master_hayabusa]

Originally Posted by Twisted

compared to the british forex rate..it's almost half price in the good ol'usa

No really. I did a quick order simulation on my Amazon US account and it comes to:

Items: $179.99
Shipping & Handling: $12.48
Total Before Tax: $192.47
Estimated Tax To Be Collected: $0.00
Import Fees Deposit $38.49

Order Total: $230.96 which is about £146 on the good ol' FX conversion

[ingmar1988]

Im wondering, will this be overproduced like the previous CE's, or will it be more limited. I imagine stores will want to clear left over stock soon, due to the space this CE is taking up.

[vyvern]

the box actually looks really nicehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey-21QYm5XY

[Twisted]

this franchise is overhyped and huge!!!!!!!!!!!..there gonna churn out millions worldwide..and watch the price crash to $99 right after new years day...the company will milk the franchise for as much money as they can get,...yea borders 2 loot is somewhat limited, but that franchise is 1/10th of what call of duty is for marketing/branding sake'

[CollectingCanuck]

^: I am somewhat worried by that potential turn of events
That's my one qualm with collecting - will an item you preorder out of panic retain its value or will retailers slash the price to hell when they don't sell. My judgement on the Darksiders and Borderlands Collector's seems to have paid off but Call of Duty doesn't exactly have a fabulous track record