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Daily Blips: Modern Warfare 2 Special Edition, BioShock 2 Delayed, Club Nintendo Collectibles, and More
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Monday, July 13, 2009

Special editions are pretty cool, we'll admit. But we think game companies should also provide sucky editions, too -- broken boxes, buggy games, limited edition used pieces of QA tester gum. Y'know, something especially crappy.

News Blips:


• Modern Warfare 2 Prestige Edition is excessively enlightening. If you remember from a few days ago, Modern Warfare 2 is actually a Call of Duty game. That means publisher Activision Blizzard is going to pimp this war game hard. How hard? Well, you can choose three different versions of the game: 1) Bare bones retail copy, 2) Hardened Edition with a metal case and art book, and 3) The ridiculous Prestige Edition that comes with working night vision goggles. Perfect for night stalking. Not that we know anything about that. Ahem. [Kotaku]

• 2K to Big Daddy: "Are we there yet?" Big Daddy: "URRGHH!" Sorry, kiddos -- BioShock 2 has been delayed until 2010. [Shacknews]

• Videogame being made to coincide with a movie -- who'd thunk it? It appears as though developer Double Helix (currently making Front Mission Evolved for publisher Square Enix) will be creating a Green Lantern game to accompany the movie that's currently slated to film soon. This is a brilliant idea. Seriously, more publishers should really think about doing this. [GamesBeat]

• Nintendo reminds itself to thank fanboys via collectible calendar. Club Nintendo, the rewards program for purchasing Nintendo products, has unveiled the free (well, technically) stuff you can get for buying tons of crap. Gold members get a 2010 calendar, while Platinum members can choose between a Mario hat or a code to play against Little Mac's bike-stealing trainer Doc Louis in Punch-Out!! Wii. While cheapskates like us get an unlimited edition of loneliness. Sigh... [Joystiq]

Hit the jump for some video blips, including a look at the bad guys of Batman: Arkham Asylum, old-school fantasy platforming in Trine, Ms. Pac-Man is a whore, and...more.

 

Video Blips:

• Take a gander at Batman's rouges gallery. Lovely, isn't it?



• Be excited for this Guitar Hero 5 trailer. Please?



• Trine makes us want to wear one ring. And grow hair on our feet.



Cultural Blip:


• Ms. Pac-Man bit off more than she can chew. This t-shirt showcases just the type of woma...err, yellow Pac-thing, Ms. Pac-Man is. [Level One Boss]

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Comments (8)
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July 14, 2009
What gets me is that the announcement of this collectors edition didn't just announce MW2, but also a new PSN/XBLA coming out. So I wonder if that will also have a MP feature.
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July 14, 2009
All the Club Nintendo rewards seem pretty shitty. Maybe not the hat...
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July 14, 2009
@Toby -- If it's on XBLA/PSN, it'll definitely multiplayer.

@Alejandro -- The Doc code is pretty cool. I'd love to punch that dude in the mug.
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July 14, 2009
So Michael your saying that you know it is mp? 8) Or that you will confirm this for us? Cause if the answer is yes to MP then I may pick this up for PSN to sway lance of hiss TF2 crack.
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July 14, 2009
And here I thought the Halo 3 legendary edition was the symbol of useless collectibles...

On the other hand, I gotta get into Club Nintendo and register some stuff, Game and Watch Collection, here I come!
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July 14, 2009
@Michael - found out by twitter and another source it does have MP. Thank you though.

@Eduardo I still say Fallout 3 is the symblo of collectibles.
Dtj
July 14, 2009
The Club Nintendo rewards were rather unimpressive compared to what the Japanese have received. I think I'll reluctantly accept Doc Louis as my prize.
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July 14, 2009
Doc Louis's Punch Out is a stand-alone WiiWare title. Gamers will not need to own Punch Out to play the Downloadable game.
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