Batman: Arkham City Collector's Edition revealed

Warner Bros. and Rocksteady revealed the Collector's Edition of Batman: Arkham City today, and it includes an impressive array of goodies: a statue, art book, soundtrack, animated movie, collectible cards, and DLC, for $99.

Steve Watts

July 19, 2011 6:55 AM

It shouldn't come as any surprise that the highly-anticipated Batman: Arkham City is also getting the special edition treatment. The Collector's Edition will come alongside the game for $99, and will be available on the PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. As with any collector's edition, the real question is what goodies are meant to tempt you into spending that extra forty dollars?

This is what's in the box.

The haul in Arkham City looks pretty impressive. The CE includes a custom Batman statue from Kotobukiya, art book, a digital soundtrack with original songs from "hit artists," the DC Universe animated movie Gotham Knight, and four collectible cards. And lest you forget that there's a game in there too, you'll also get early access to the Iceberg Lounge Challenge Map and a character skin from the upcoming Christopher Nolan movie, The Dark Knight Returns. The special edition, like the regular edition of the game, is due on October 18.

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July 19, 2011 6:55 AM

Steve Watts posted a new article, Batman: Arkham City Collector's Edition revealed.

Warner Bros. and Rocksteady revealed the Collector's Edition of Batman: Arkham City today, and it includes an impressive array of goodies: a statue, art book, soundtrack, animated movie, collectible cards, and DLC, for $99.
- Conniption-Fit
  
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  July 19, 2011 7:07 AM
  
  I actually think, from the looks of things, the character skin is from the comic series the Dark Knight Returns where Batman comes out of retirement to clean up the streets. The upcoming movie is called the Dark Knight Rises.
- shust89
  
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  July 19, 2011 7:07 AM
  
  Looks cool though Gotham Knight was not that great....
  - jason bergman
    
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    July 19, 2011 7:08 AM
    
    That's being kind. It was awful.
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      July 19, 2011 7:25 AM
      
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        July 19, 2011 7:29 AM
        
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        Rohugh
        
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        July 19, 2011 9:43 AM
        
        Why all the hate for Gotham Knight?
        
        daggot
        
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        July 19, 2011 12:05 PM
        
        Simply by being animated it will get compared to the other recent DC animated features. Considering how good some of those are, it's easy to say GK was very meh.
- jason bergman
  
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  July 19, 2011 7:08 AM
  
  Correction: next movie is The Dark Knight Rises, not The Dark Knight Returns.
  - Conniption-Fit
    
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    July 19, 2011 8:12 AM
    
    I appreciate the correction, but it was wrong on two counts. The movie name you have noted, but the costume is not from any movie upcoming or otherwise it is from an Allan Moore comic book.
    - jason bergman
      
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      July 19, 2011 8:27 AM
      
      So it's from Killing Joke?
      
      Unless you mean Frank Miller, in which case it would be Dark Knight Returns (or maybe Year One).
      - sigpro
        
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        July 19, 2011 8:35 AM
        
        It says on the card in the picture it's The Dark Knight Returns Skin.You can view the full 6000x3882 image here
        
        http://cf.shacknews.com/images/20110719/bacce_us_render-f3_18741.jpg
- purekillforce
  
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  July 19, 2011 8:35 AM
  
  the only thing i get these for really are the awesome statues. Anything else is a bonus or just stuff i will never use.
  
  I can't wait for this game but that statue looks fucking awful. Standard edition for me!
  - daggot
    
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    July 19, 2011 11:24 AM
    
    The statue is about on par with a pack-in. Not technically free, but you're not buying the status specifically.
- NickDelios
  
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  July 19, 2011 9:52 AM
  
  As kind of stupid as the Batarang that came with Arkham Asylum CE was ... I thought it was at least more clever than a statue.
  
  Eh. Regular edition here too.
  - GameDreamer
    
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    July 19, 2011 10:26 AM
    
    I put that Batarang behind the display from the Collector's Edition of The Dark Knight on blu-ray and it looks really sweet, like they were meant to go together.
  - pobone
    
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    July 19, 2011 1:33 PM
    
    Isn't the Batarang made of cheap plastic? Hope they used better material for this unimpressive statue.
- pobone
  
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  July 19, 2011 1:34 PM
  
  What's that drawer for? You put weed in there..
  - Thund3rball
    
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    July 19, 2011 2:00 PM
    
    Weed for a dark night. Or anytime!
- shirif
  
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  July 19, 2011 2:06 PM
  
  I would like the art book and the game please.
- darthfusion
  
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  July 25, 2011 5:51 PM
  
  Thank God there's no piece of crap Batarang this time...