Visceral has just announced the "Development Team" Edition of its upcoming sci-fi horror game Dead Space 3.
Partnering with Treehouse Games, this one really is a special edition as there will only be 5,000 units of this bad boy that will be sold worldwide. So just what will this oddly-named collector's edition include?
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Tin Collector’s Case: Measuring nearly 14”x 9,” debossed and full color art based on the designs from Ben Wanat (Creative Director for Dead Space 3) and Dino Ignacio (UI Designer for the series). Covered with mysteries and trivia from all three games.
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Marker Statue: An 8” hand-sculpted, custom-molded polyresin statue. Coated in metallic paints to replicate the maddening glyphs of the Black Marker.
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Med-Pack: The Med Pack in the game is a single-dose healing agent, used in highly dangerous environments. We’ve recreated it here as a 14 oz. PET water bottle, perfect for carrying your beverage of choice.
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Serrano’s Journal: Dr. Earl Serrano kept a careful journal of his findings on Tau Volantis, full of clues and haunting artwork. We’ve recreated it here with exclusive content by Chuck Beaver (Story Producer on the series) and blank pages for fans to document their own discoveries in Dead Space 3!
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Flip Book “Data Pad”: 10”x7” with a metal cover, containing 9 image sets made with clear PET cover sheets over heavy-weight cardstock. Designed by Dino Ignacio to be “a functional prop version of Dead Space User Interface.”
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Art Book: 4.75” x 6.5”, hardbound book containing 96 stunning full color pages, plus exclusive material from the Dead Space art department! Cover by Christopher Shy, forward by Alex Muscat (DS3 art director).
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Poster Pack: Set of three 5”x10,” single-sided posters replicating the nostalgic posters found througout the new game that depict an older age of space travel. Printed on 80# paper and packaged in a specially SCAF-branded tube.
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Postcard Set: Set of six 3.75”x6” Peng themed postcards. Double-sided with art on the front and Dead Space-branded postcard information on reverse.
The whole lot will cost $160, and in brilliant move by Visceral, you can choose just to buy the Dev Team Edition contents minus the actual game itself — y'know, just in case you pre-ordered somewhere else or whatnot — for $100. Also of note, for those who order Dev Team Edition, it will be shipped ahead of Dead Space 3's February 5 release date with the game shipping at a later date.
If you're still not convinced, here's a video showing Dead Space franchise producer Steve Papoutsis as he walks you through the stuff included.
While most big games these days get a special edition or two, Visceral, along with Treehouse, seems to have gone the extra mile with this one. Med pack water bottle? Marker bust? Diary? Yep, you get all that and more.
So, are the contents enough to make you shell $160 or $100? Or is the base game good enough for you without all these trimmings?
Source: GamingBolt
