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LiK · Jul 19, 2011

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2011/07/19/batman-ce-details.aspx

[Update] Warner Bros. Interactive has officially revealed details on the upcoming Batman: Arkham City's collector's edition, which leaked a few days ago. As outlined earlier, the special edition includes a statue, art book, early access to DLC, and more.

It looks as though earlier reports didn't lay out all of the edition's features, either. Here's a complete tally of what you'll get for a cool $99:

Custom Batman statue produced by Kotobukiya
Collectible art book
Early access to the Iceberg Lounge Challenge Map and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns skin
Batman: Arkham City album from WaterTower Music including original songs by hit artists, available via digital redemption
Bonus DC Universe animated original movie, Batman: Gotham Knight
Four collectible cards
Is anyone planning on picking up this bad boy, or are you going to take a wait and see approach?

barnone · Jul 19, 2011

Rated T :O

French · Jul 19, 2011

I bought Arkham Asylum's collector and lol.

Won't get fooled again, plus the game was pretty average.

Keyser Soze · Jul 19, 2011

barnone said:
Rated T :O

So was Arkham Asylum

The T back then was mostly based around the fact that Batman clearly does not kill people, and enemies could be seen moving after fights.

RoboPlato · Jul 19, 2011

Not as cool as the Arkham Asylum one with the batarang.

RyanardoDaVinci · Jul 19, 2011

I hate statues.

The other stuff is not worth $40.

LiK · Jul 19, 2011

Keyser Soze said:
So was Arkham Asylum

The T back then was mostly based around the fact that Batman clearly does not kill people, and enemies could be seen moving after fights.

Yea, they're only knocked out. *chuckle*

twdnewh_k · Jul 19, 2011

Hope there's a PC release as well.

Defuser · Jul 19, 2011

These statues CE are getting stale and tiring.

Ken · Jul 19, 2011

Statue could be okay as it's Kotobukiya.
Art book is another half-sized flip book that really shouldn't be called an art book.
Don't care much for getting DLC early, the music, or the cards.
Have already seen Gotham Knight.

Pass.

Terak · Jul 19, 2011

I need a third job... or

we can rob a bank. Who's with me?

diffusionx · Jul 19, 2011

All these CE trinkets will be filling up landfills, if they aren't already. Pure trash.

Data West · Jul 19, 2011

is it just me, or are CEs getting lamer and lamer ever year? What happened to lunch boxes and dodge balls?

LiK · Jul 19, 2011

Defuser said:
These statues CE are getting stale and tiring.

Made by Koto tho. They make some of the best comic book and star wars statues. WB made a good choice.

The rest of the contents are disappointing tho.

TricksterLoki · Jul 19, 2011

French said:
Won't get fooled again, plus the game was pretty average.

GASP!
Fanboy Rage... Starting... to... rise...

But in all seriousness, average game Arkham Asylum is not.

Auto_aim1 · Jul 19, 2011

Meh, Arkham Asylum had a better CE.

sixteen-bit · Jul 19, 2011

Keyser Soze said:
So was Arkham Asylum

The T back then was mostly based around the fact that Batman clearly does not kill people, and enemies could be seen moving after fights.

Infamous and Uncharted rated T. You can get away with a lot in a T-rated game.

barnone · Jul 19, 2011

Keyser Soze said:
So was Arkham Asylum

The T back then was mostly based around the fact that Batman clearly does not kill people, and enemies could be seen moving after fights.

It was rated 18+ in Europe, some here thought it would be an M rating in that other thread.

Osietra · Jul 19, 2011

Man, I'm going to have to enlarge my bathroom what with all of these sweet CE dolls and stuff to put on the shelves.

badcrumble · Jul 19, 2011

zoner said:
is it just me, or are CEs getting lamer and lamer ever year? What happened to lunch boxes and dodge balls?

Most of us left those behind with middle school?

snoopeasystreet · Jul 19, 2011

I've still got my Batarang sitting on my desk. The statue is slightly less cool so I guess I'll pick the special edition if/when it goes on sale.

demosthenes · Jul 19, 2011

Standard edition for me

Moofers · Jul 19, 2011

Great. That statue can fit nicely into everyone's wall of statues and figures.

It'll look great next to our Marcus Fenix statue, Mortal Kombat bookends, etc.

AEREC · Jul 19, 2011

Ill pass...too much white and Im not into statues/figures. Im glad there are no in-game exclusive items.

GitarooMan · Jul 19, 2011

The fucking statues, why all of a sudden are statues in every collector's edition. Jacks up the price too much IMO, plus they're mostly shit.

Datrio · Jul 19, 2011

I bought Arkham Asylum. The batarang was the biggest piece of shit I've ever seen in a collector's edition.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me--

Custom Batman statue produced by Kotobukiya

Kotobukiya

Kotobukiya

...oh fuck. *preorders*

Also, it seems WB wants to tie it at least somewhat into The Dark Knight trilogy, with the character skin and by including the animated movie.

AgentOtaku · Jul 19, 2011

Getting it for the Kotobukiya statue aone (^____^)

JazzmanZ · Jul 19, 2011

wow golly gee, collectible cards! I'm sure these will be the beginning of a super major card franchise in the likes of Magic and Pokemon.

captoatz · Jul 19, 2011

dont forget, wait 2-3 weeks, this will be HALF-PRICED!!!

keltickennedy · Jul 19, 2011

Dark Knight Returns skin? YEEEEEEEESSSS!!!!

Xater · Jul 19, 2011

Already have Gotham Knight and I don't care about the other stuff.

neojubei · Jul 19, 2011

I must buy this and then put it with all my special edition stuff in my closet. Sad part will be pre-ordering with best buy to get Robin. sigh.

sixteen-bit · Jul 19, 2011

DKR skin is meh. With all the voice talent they used, why not include TAS skins?

AgentOtaku · Jul 19, 2011

keltickennedy said:
Dark Knight Returns skin? YEEEEEEEESSSS!!!!

wai ...WHHHAAAA!?

...no seriously, despite being hohum to DKR, I LOVED Frank Miller's design of Bats

rapid32.5 · Jul 19, 2011

yeah it's a pretty weak CE. I'm only interested in devs commentary/making of vids which I hope included on disc.

woodypop · Jul 19, 2011

I wonder if the PS3 version of
Bonus DC Universe animated original movie, Batman: Gotham Knight
is going to be on DVD or Bluray?

Also digging the Koto statue.

AgentOtaku · Jul 19, 2011

_dementia said:
DKR skin is meh. With all the voice talent they used, why not include TAS skins?

Umm, because it would be jarring as fuck having art deco style/Timm-Verse designed character walking around in this setting

DKR fits perfectly

MikeE21286 · Jul 19, 2011

I wanna see the hosue of the guy buying all these damn $100+ collector's editions that come with statues and absurdly ridiculous things.

LBP2
inFamous 2
AC: Brotherhood
Mortal Kombat
Halo 3
Halo Reach
etc....

AgentOtaku · Jul 19, 2011

Need highres pic of statue NOW!

Deadly Cyclone · Jul 19, 2011

RoboPlato said:
Not as cool as the Arkham Asylum one with the batarang.

Wasn't that batarang plastic? The statue looks much better.

sixteen-bit · Jul 19, 2011

AgentOtaku said:
Umm, because it would be jarring as fuck having art deco style/Timm-Verse designed character walking around in this setting

DKR fits perfectly

As long as we get Carrie Kelley Robin I suppose.

Ken · Jul 19, 2011

_dementia said:
DKR skin is meh. With all the voice talent they used, why not include TAS skins?

I'd be curious to see how TAS skins would look on the Arkham Batman model.

keltickennedy · Jul 19, 2011

AgentOtaku said:
wai ...WHHHAAAA!?

...no seriously, despite being hohum to DKR, I LOVED Frank Miller's design of Bats

Bottom right of the collector's edition image, you can see the skin there.

AgentOtaku · Jul 19, 2011

keltickennedy said:
Bottom right of the collector's edition image, you can see the skin there.

OH SHIT!

Didn't even notice, thanks!

As I said, always loved the design and was super sad this awesome statue went OoP

Gunpei_Yokoi · Jul 19, 2011

I think I will buy the normal edition, too many games coming up.

hikarutilmitt · Jul 19, 2011

Looks like all of the discs included in it (even the game) come in paper sleeves instead. I understand not wanting to bulk the package up a lot, but come on.

DryvBy · Jul 19, 2011

LiK said:
Yea, they're only knocked out. *chuckle*

Pretty sure I watched Batman break a dude's neck when I played the other night. But whatever gets wussy parents through the night... lol

I'm certain I'm not getting the collector's edition unless I have extra money. I usually only buy them if they have something amazing, like another game bundled. But even then, it has to be something I want to play.

Shig · Jul 19, 2011

I have a little collection of black & white figures going, so this is pretty damn tempting, would be a great addition.

Though, am I crazy, or is this showing that rather than having a game case, the game disc is just tucked into the inside cover of the art book? I initially thought that was the soundtrack, but that's just a download and the voucher is pictured between the two DLC cards.

Kyaw · Jul 19, 2011

I'll go with the normal edition i think.

Magic Mushroom · Jul 19, 2011

French said:
I bought Arkham Asylum's collector and lol.

Won't get fooled again, plus the game was pretty average.

Yeah.

Wait...

Average? Arkham Asylum is superb.

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