Gearbox Officially Announces Aliens Colonial Marines Collectors Edition

Rumored way back in January it wasn’t until yesterday that Gearbox officially announced a Collector’s Edition for their upcoming Aliens: Colonial Marines.

Included is the following:

• High Quality Resin Powerloader Figurine in Limited Edition Xeno Hive Box
• Four Playable Movie Characters
  • Players will be able to fight for their squad’s survival and confront hordes of enemies as the original ALIENS film icons Private Hudson, Corporal Hicks, Private Drake and Sergeant Apone.
• Additional Marines Character Customization Options
• Ripley’s Flamethrower
• Exclusive Multiplayer Weapons
  • Sonic Electronic Ball Breakers
  • Phase Plasma Rifle
• Exclusive Game Level
  • USCM Academy Firing Range
• USCM Dossier
  • Mission Brief
  • USS Sephora Schematic
  • Recruitment Card
  • LV-426 Recon Photo
  • USCM Iron-on Badges
  • USCM Graduation Certificate

Scheduled for release internationally on February 12th 2013 for Xbox 360 and PS3. US pricing is $99, no official pricing has been announced for the rest of the world.

Thanks to thesirren for the original tip.

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Unboxed: Rez Kanzentousui Set

I wrote this a few months back but never got around to publishing it for whatever reason, now is a as good a time as any though…

Those of you who know me personally know that the Sega Dreamcast is my favorite classic console, and that the PS2 is one of my least favorite consoles (due to it’s role in killing off my beloved Dreamcast). You might also know that most of my CEs are for the Xbox and Xbox 360 and I almost never buy anything outside of the NTSC region, especially not if the release isn’t in English. So how is it that one of my newest and most cherished acquisitions is a PS2 title from Japan? One word: “Rez”.

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Aliens: Colonial Marines Collector’s Edition Details Leaked

Thank you to everyone who wrote in to tell us about the leaked Collector’s Edition of Aliens: Colonial Marines. French Gaming site Gamekyo broke the announcement.

The graphic above clearly shows that the CE will come in a nice looking display box along with a statue of the iconic power loader along with some in-game content. It’s unclear which region the CE is slated for, though considering the game has already been released in North America (correction: it was scheduled for release in November but pushed back) and the leak occurred in France I would venture a guess that this will be at very least a UK release, possibly all of Europe. I would suspect we will get more details including pricing once it gets closer to the ambiguous “Spring 2012” release date.

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Total War: Shogun 2 Grand Master Edition announced

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.

Preorder

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AvP Broken Face Huggers

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?

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Australian Climax Edition of SEGA’s Bayonetta even more elaborate!

SEGA Australia have recently announced that they will be bringing an extra-special Limited Edition of their forthcoming Bayonetta to Australian’s & New Zealand’ers in the new year

On the 7th of January 2010, SEGA Australia plan on releasing the elaborate Climax Edition of the game, which will be available for the X360 and PS3 to avid gamers and collector’s only in Australia and New Zealand

The Australian Climax Edition will include a limited custom-built replica of Bayonetta’s iconic gun, the Scarborough Fair, as well as the same goodies as the previously announced European Climax Edition:

• CARDBOARD SLIPCASE
• ARTWORK BOOK
  36-Page hardcover artwork book
  
• SOUNDTRACK CD
  Featuring six tracks from the game:
  
  1. One Of A Kind ~ Hiroshi Yamaguchi
  2. Riders Of The Light ~ Hiroshi Yamaguchi
  3. Battle For The Umbra Throne ~ Rei Kondoh (T’s Music)
  4. Theme Of Bayonetta – Mysterious Destiny ~ Masami Ueda, Nikola Obermann, with vocals by Helena Noguerra
  5. The Old City Of Vigrid ~ Masami Ueda
  6. The Gates Of Hell ~ Masami Ueda

(Images and information courtesy of SEGA Australia)

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SEGA announce Bayonetta: Climax Edition for Europe

SEGA Europe have recently announced that they will be bringing a special edition of their forthcoming Bayonetta to various PAL territory countries in the new year

On the 8th of January 2010, SEGA Europe plan on releasing the Climax Edition of the game, which will be available for the X360 and PS3 to gamers and collector’s alike in the following countries: France;  Spain; And of course, the UK

The Climax Edition will include:

• CARDBOARD SLIPCASE
• ARTWORK BOOK
  36-Page hardcover artwork book
• SOUNDTRACK CD
  Featuring six tracks from the game:
  
  1. One Of A Kind ~ Hiroshi Yamaguchi
  2. Riders Of The Light ~ Hiroshi Yamaguchi
  3. Battle For The Umbra Throne ~ Rei Kondoh (T’s Music)
  4. Theme Of Bayonetta – Mysterious Destiny ~ Masami Ueda, Nikola Obermann, with vocals by Helena Noguerra
  5. The Old City Of Vigrid ~ Masami Ueda
  6. The Gates Of Hell ~ Masami Ueda

(Images and information courtesy of SEGA Europe)

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Viking: Battle for Asgard Steel Book Edition in one week

GAME in the UK has a listing for a SteelBook edition of Sega’s Viking: Battle for Asgard for Xbox 360. No details are known as to what it includes but they do have a picture of what the case might look like.

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