GTA IV: Special Edition announced.
- Scribbled on May 21st, 2007 by Joshiepoo
- Filed in Industry News, Press Release
Earlier today Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive announced the contents and pricing for the special edition of their upcoming game Grand Theft Auto IV.
Are you ready to spend hard earned money on this special edition?
Rockstar Games announces Grand Theft Auto IV Special Edition
New York, NY - May 21, 2007 - Rockstar Games is proud to announce that Grand Theft Auto IV will be available as a special edition on October 16 in North America and October 19 in Europe, the same day as the regular edition of Grand Theft Auto IV.
The Grand Theft Auto IV Special Edition will be presented in a customized Grand Theft Auto metal safety deposit box. The box will contain:
–Grand Theft Auto IV on the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system or the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, both with special packaging
–The Grand Theft Auto IV Art Book, featuring never-before-seen production artwork from Grand Theft Auto IV
–Selected soundtrack CD from Grand Theft Auto IV, featuring new material from top artists, only available on this release
–An exclusive Rockstar keychain for the safety deposit box keys
–Completing the collection is a limited edition Rockstar duffel bag
All of the items have been created with the utmost attention to detail to create a unique Grand Theft Auto IV experience for any fan of the series. The Grand Theft Auto IV Special Edition is available for pre-orders today and will retail for $89.99 in North America.
For more information about Grand Theft Auto IV, please visit www.rockstargames.com/IV.
If that was too much P.R. nonsense for you then let me break it down.
The GTA IV Art Book, featuring never-before-seen production artwork from GTA IV. Now everyone loves good artwork, but do I really want to look at production artwork of hookers, and gangbangers killing cops? Yea, cause that Gears of War artbook captivated the hearts of gamers everywhere.
Selected soundtrack CD from GTA IV, featuring material from top artists, only available on this release. This could be something special if Rockstar picks the right artists to display in the game and the CD. (It should be noted that I am a fanboy for original game music so this licensed music stuff doesn’t really interest me.)
An exclusive Rockstar keychain for the safety deposit box keys. So, not only does my “Special Edition” copy of GTA IV come in a safety deposit box but I get a Rockstar keychain to go with it. Oh yea, I am totally hanging that from my belt loop like those crazy emo kids.
Completing the collection is a limited edition Rockstar duffel bag. I’ve run out of witty things to say so how about you leave me some comments and tell me what you all think. Is $89.99 to expensive or is it a reasonable price compared to the Halo 3 legendary edition?
May 21st, 2007 at 7:53 pm
The soundtrack is an okay addition, but a safety deposit box? And a duffel bag? For $90? People will buy it, but the whole package just screams “rape time.” An artbook is worthless, as are the other items, and with the Halo 3 legendary edition, at least you can take Bungie’s track record of making every penny worth its value and more. I’ll take the standard edition, thank you very much Rockstar…