Blizzard announced today that they will be releasing two editions of their highly anticipated RTS follow up, StarCraft II. The game will come in Standard Edition for $59.99 and also be available shortly after retail release as a digital download. The one that catches our eye though is the beefy Collector’s Edition, which will set you back $99.99 and come with a whole host of sweet swag including:
– The Art of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, a 176-page book featuring artwork from the game
– An exclusive 2GB USB flash drive replica of Jim Raynor’s dog tag, which comes preloaded with the original StarCraft and the StarCraft: Brood War expansion set
– A behind-the-scenes DVD containing over an hour of developer interviews, cinematics with director’s commentary, and more
– The official StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty soundtrack CD, containing 14 epic tracks from the game along with exclusive bonus tracks
– StarCraft comic book issue #0, a prequel to the comic series
– A World of Warcraft mini Thor in-game pet that can be applied to all World of Warcraft characters on a single Battle.net account
– Exclusive Battle.net downloadable content, including special portraits for your Battle.net profile, decals to customize your units in-game, and a visually unique version of the terran Thor unit
All of this will come packaged in that sweet box you see above. This is probaby one of the more impressive collector’s editions I’ve seen and Blizzard is swinging for the fences with StarCraft II. Still no official release date yet, but with the announcement of these editions, we should hear one soon. We’ll keep you updated.
