World of Warcraft Cataclysm Collector's Edition
The Blizzard cash cow continues.
With the fanbase that World of Warcraft has, it'd be silly for Blizzard to not release a collector's edition for the upcoming Cataclysm expansion. Blizzard is not silly.
This week Blizzard announced plans for a limited-release special Collector's Edition package, which will only be available at retail stores at $79.99 and will include the following exclusive bonus items in addition to the game disc:
-- Art of the Cataclysm art book, featuring 176 pages of never-before-seen images from the archives of the Blizzard Entertainment cinematics department and the World of Warcraft development team, as well as progressive visuals from multiple stages of development.
-- Exclusive in-game pet: he may not be a breaker of worlds just yet, but Lil' Deathwing will still proudly accompany heroes on their struggle to save Azeroth from his much, much larger counterpart.
-- Behind-the-scenes DVD with over an hour of developer interviews and commentaries, as well as a special Warcraft(R) retrospective examining the rich gaming history of the Warcraft universe.
-- Soundtrack featuring 10 epic new tracks from Cataclysm, including exclusive bonus tracks.
-- Special-edition mouse pad depicting Deathwing menacing the ravaged continents of Azeroth.
-- World of Warcraft Trading Card Game cards, including a 60-card starter deck from the Wrathgate series, two extended-art cards, and two Collector's Edition-exclusive hero cards, marking the first appearance of goblin and worgen heroes in the TCG.
This is what the box will look like:
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There seems to be something wrong with his mouth...
A fool and his money are easily parted.
that 176 page art book is nice. along with the game this is worth 80 dollars i think. If you buy a game , art book, and the deck of cards sep im sure that the cost would be more than 80. at least they are not selling it for 120
A fool and his money are easily parted.
What's really sad is that Blizzard is going to sell a ton of these...
now, how about a release date??
But if someone wants to start to play today, do you have to but the original wow, and all the extensions ?
There seems to be something wrong with his mouth...
yes the lower jaw is longer than the upper jaw
yes the lower jaw is longer than the upper jaw
yes
i am done playing this game for now...it seems so repetitive and it has no flavor
But if someone wants to start to play today, do you have to but the original wow, and all the extensions ?
You don't have to buy any expansions to play right now. Also, you don't need all of the expansions.
im sure my wife and i will pick up one CE and one SE, did for all the previous wows and sc2. while it is pricey, blizzard always has decent CE versions, and over the years ive seen some weak collector editions of other games.
besides its not like you have to buy a CE version.
lol, if you buy this you will fail at life it self
awsum!
you dont even have to buy the game, just download the client and pay the monthly. ive been doing it for years. i download it once a year or so and try it to see if its worth it and it still bores the shit outta me so i delete it. had a private server that wasnt bad but its still not something i would pay 15$ a month for, thats just crazy.
Seems they keep increasing the prices on their games with each new release, first $60 for the human campaign on StarcraftII, now $80 for a collector's edition. Can't wait for their new MMO, I'm going to guess it'll go for $90 normal and $120 CE?
Server updates have already been taken care of in recent maintainances. Last expansion took them about 2 months from upgrading servers to actually launching the game. I expect it'll take longer this time, but guessing october or november at the latest.
Game is dying fast. Server Im on now is like a ghost town most of the time.
Lets move on people so Blizzard will wake up and move on.
At I'll be able to sport my mounts in Azeroth. x51-nether-rocket X-treme
A fool and his money are easily parted.
Even as a so called "anti-WoW" person, I must say they're actually getting a decent value here, assuming the extra content interests you. Minus the stupid and useless pets (over it now though, *insert space goat motorcycle etc meme here*. I can't wait to see what the D3 collectors edition will look like, pretty much going to buy it right off the bat. I still have my Guild Wars collector edition...
yes the lower jaw is longer than the upper jaw
Deathwing's body is barely able to withstand his own power, so he's having goblins to weld metal plates to his body. He's one bada** mofo!
Blizzard knows how to get their customers hooked. If WoW isn't already addictive enough, they're throwing in CCG trading cards! Or, as I used to call them, Cardboard Crack Game.
But if someone wants to start to play today, do you have to but the original wow, and all the extensions ?
No. The content will be there. You'll have 4.0 regardless of whether you bought BC/WotLK/Cata. You just won't have access to it.
At I'll be able to sport my mounts in Azeroth. x51-nether-rocket X-treme
Humm... World of Diablo????? ;-) I still wont buy it though. LOL
But if someone wants to start to play today, do you have to but the original wow, and all the extensions ?
For this xpac you do need the original and the other 2 xpacs. To start playing today you just need the original which gives you access to lvl 1-60
I think the best thing about WOW is the South Park episode that came out...
"A newb with the Sword of 1000 Truths?!?!?!?!"
Sounds exactly like the wrath of the lich king CE kinda hoped they would change it up a bit. Oh well, I can hope for my plush toys someday.
I've got mine preordered.
I've bought all 3 collector's editions, and despite what people say, I have actually looked at the art books rather frequently, I've listened to the audio CDs once each. (They're not really listening music, and definitely not driving music.) I also watched the DVDs a couple times. I didn't just buy them for the in game pet. I bought them as my support for Blizzard, since they are the best game writers in the industry. Many people may not like the game play or the content (challenge) of the games, but you have to admit they have awesome story lines, great lore, and well behaved games. (Most of the problems I've seen in WoW were actually spyware and bad hardware, not a problem with the game.) In addition, they make games that are entirely self contained. They don't have all sorts of registry entries and special files all over the OS. They don't make games that thread themselves into the OS so badly that when the game fails, the OS is taken down with it. (I will never buy another Adobe product again after my latest Photoshop copy protection crash leading to an OS reinstall from scratch.) That's the way all programs should be except anti-virus: entirely self contained.
you dont even have to buy the game, just download the client and pay the monthly. ive been doing it for years. i download it once a year or so and try it to see if its worth it and it still bores the shit outta me so i delete it. had a private server that wasnt bad but its still not something i would pay 15$ a month for, thats just crazy.
You have to buy the game originally. After that you own the game so you can pay monthly to play, stop playing, and pay monthly to play again as you choose.
This game is getting mighty expensive. If you want to get the full series and level up all the way to Cataclysm you'll need to spend $15 on WoW, $25 on the Burning Crusade, $35 on Wrath of the Lich King, and then probably $50 on Cataclysm. That's $125 + tax even before you get the opportunity to pay $12/month or whatever the monthly fee is.
If you've been playing the game since it came out the added expansion isn't a big deal but I don't understand how Blizzard is adding totally new customers anymore. It's pretty daunting in terms of monetary expenses and leveling (90 now?) if you want to play the complete game.
I'll probably buy the game at some point and start playing again. I found leveling up and doing some world PVP to be enjoyable but after you hit the cap and mess around for a bit I always get bored and end the subscription.
Yet another useless collectors edition. If you are thinking of buying this, i got an advice for you....
Don't! Save that hard earned money to buy Star wars: the old republic collector's edition
You have to buy the game originally. After that you own the game so you can pay monthly to play, stop playing, and pay monthly to play again as you choose. This game is getting mighty expensive. If you want to get the full series and level up all the way to Cataclysm you'll need to spend $15 on WoW, $25 on the Burning Crusade, $35 on Wrath of the Lich King, and then probably $50 on Cataclysm. That's $125 + tax even before you get the opportunity to pay $12/month or whatever the monthly fee is. If you've been playing the game since it came out the added expansion isn't a big deal but I don't understand how Blizzard is adding totally new customers anymore. It's pretty daunting in terms of monetary expenses and leveling (90 now?) if you want to play the complete game. I'll probably buy the game at some point and start playing again. I found leveling up and doing some world PVP to be enjoyable but after you hit the cap and mess around for a bit I always get bored and end the subscription.
nope, it's less than that. The Cataclysm regular version is going to be $40 (That has been confirmed, but I can't find it right now) and the price of Wrath of the Lich King will likely be going down upon the release of Cataclysm. (I haven't confirmed the price drop on Wrath, but since BC came down to $25 when Wrath was released, Wrath is very likely to go down when Cata is released.) You can also get the first 2 in one package, but that is the same as the prices you listed together at $40.
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The monthly subscription is more expensive than you listed. If you pay month to month, it's $15. I pay 6 months at a time and that brings it down to $13 per month.
I still think its worth it, though.
I've got mine preordered. I've bought all 3 collector's editions, and despite what people say, I have actually looked at the art books rather frequently, I've listened to the audio CDs once each. (They're not really listening music, and definitely not driving music.) I also watched the DVDs a couple times. I didn't just buy them for the in game pet. I bought them as my support for Blizzard, since they are the best game writers in the industry. Many people may not like the game play or the content (challenge) of the games, but you have to admit they have awesome story lines, great lore, and well behaved games. (Most of the problems I've seen in WoW were actually spyware and bad hardware, not a problem with the game.) In addition, they make games that are entirely self contained. They don't have all sorts of registry entries and special files all over the OS. They don't make games that thread themselves into the OS so badly that when the game fails, the OS is taken down with it. (I will never buy another Adobe product again after my latest Photoshop copy protection crash leading to an OS reinstall from scratch.) That's the way all programs should be except anti-virus: entirely self contained.
I prefer VALVe. But I do like Blizzard for Warcraft. I miss my Warcraft.
Zug Zug to my dead seals.
I got my court date out of the way, divorced my wife, sold my house, quit my job and living on poggy in my mums basement so i can play this here game 24/7. I love wow and it loves me
haha jk Thats cool that you don't need the in between versions.. I was starting to think if you want to play this game you had to get them all!.. I stopped playing at level 70... When i started it was 1 to 60 and before i hit 60 it went to 70, by the time i finally got some T6 on my **** server the next expansion was around the corner... bah! It's not worth the time and effort.