True to franchise form over the past few installments, Call of Duty: Black Ops II is blasting onto store shelves in multiple Collector’s Edition configurations, from “Hey, that’s affordable” to “Holy shit, that muthafucka’s expensive!”
The ultra-pricey edition this time around is what Activision is calling the “Care Package.” Pictured up top, the Care Package is a $180 crate full of stuff, including a remote control drone. Here’s a more detailed list of contents:
- Call of Duty: Black Ops II game
- Remote Controlled MQ-27 Dragonfire Drone – Command cutting-edge technology, exclusively for this once-in-a-lifetime combat collection.
- Nuketown Zombies Bonus Map – Battle hordes of Zombies in this beloved 1960s nuclear neighborhood.
- Nuketown 2025 Bonus Map – Relive the close quarters chaos of this classic fan-favorite map re-imagined in a 1960s visionary depiction of the “model home of the future.”
- Collectible 2-Sided SteelBook – Limited edition game case featuring exclusive artwork.
- (2) Challenge Coins – Limited edition challenge coins that serve as your key to exclusive digital content.
- Weapon Camo – Rank-up in style with an exclusive multiplayer weapon skin.
- (2) Player Card Backgrounds – Liven up any killcam with two exclusive player card backgrounds, inspired by Nuketown 2025 and Zombies.
- Official Call of Duty: Black Ops II Soundtrack – A digital copy of composer Jack Wall’s epic in-game score with Theme by Trent Reznor.
- Xbox LIVE CLAW Avatar Prop – An exclusive avatar prop, deployable to a dashboard near you.
- Xbox LIVE Zombies Avatar Costume – Show off your pride with an avatar costume built exclusively for fans of the Call of Duty undead.
*PlayStation 3 versions include a dynamic multiplayer theme of the Turbine map as well as a dynamic Zombies theme that shows off Call of Duty: Black Ops II Zombies
Shaving the price tag down by $100, the traditional Hardened Edition is a more reasonable $80. It comes with everything that’s in the Care Package, sans the remote control drone and the crate it’s packed in. This is what the PS3 Hardened Edition looks like:
Both the Care Package and Hardened Edition are available for pre-order on Xbox 360 and PS3 only. For PC gamers, Activision offers the Digital Deluxe Edition which, for $80 also, contains the two Nuketown bonus maps, the weapon camo, the player card backgrounds, and the digital soundtrack, plus the exclusive bonus of a full game download token for Call of Duty: World at War.
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Matt Litten is a 28 year old from-the-womb gamer turned video game reviewer/blogger and current editor/owner/operator of VGBlogger.com. Matt got his first taste of gaming as a youngster on the NES and Atari, and the rest is history from there.
In 2004, three years removed from high school and still looking for a career direction in life, Matt landed his first gig in the video game review business writing for the now-defunct website BonusStage.com. After the sad and untimely close of BonusStage, the former staff went on to found VGBlogger.com, and after a short stint as US Site Manager for AceGamez Matt turned his attention to VGBlogger, and to this day is dedicated to making it one of the top video game blogs in all the blogosphere.
Matt is a fair-minded reviewer and lover of games of all platforms and types, big or small, hyped or niche, big-budget or indie. But that doesn't mean he will let poor games slide without a good thrashing when necessary. 