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Batman: Arkham Asylum collector's edition ships with 12

Hot on the heels of Warner Bros. Interactive revealing the official art for Batman: Arkham Asylum comes word of a $99.99 collector's edition being listed by speciality-retailer GameStop

The pricey package includes a copy of the game, a 12" Batarang, a DC Encyclopedia, "DLC Pack 1," and a bonus DVD that contains a behind-the-scenes feature and the game's soundtrack. The GameStop doesn't list what the DLC pack contains, but our money's on it being additional "challenge rooms" that can be accessed and played outside of the main game.

But a Batarang, man. A 12" one at that. It's almost like it's calling to us. But we're not so sure about the one-hundred-dollar price point; we'll have to wait to see the quality of the overall package. Sometimes, though, we just want to play the game.

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Aaron Mxy Yost's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/13/2009 08:50
Aaron Mxy Yost
Finally, a way to exact justice on the criminal underworld and I don't even need to be a billionare playboy to afford it!
Aberrant Thought's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/13/2009 08:50
Aberrant Thought
Any chance the wise and ostensibly angelic editors of Dtoid could did up a photo of the Batarang or perhaps from what it is made? (Metal, plastic?)
kingnothing997's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/13/2009 08:50
kingnothing997
I dunno...owning a Batarang would be pretty sweet. Probably wouldn't take much to sharpen if it's actually metal, which for $99 it had better be.

Much fun could be had.

Or, it could be the worst thing to ever happen to gamers in the media.
MrSadistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/13/2009 08:56
MrSadistic
100 smackaroos, wtf man!
Def JM's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/13/2009 08:57
Def JM
The Fable 2 collectors edition kinda made me think alot before buying another. Although I already had the Gears 2 preordered and that paid off, I'm still going to save that extra $30 to get another older game.
stevephoenix's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/13/2009 09:06
stevephoenix
usually if there's a US store doing something like this we get one uk retailer doing something similar, here's hoping.
loki d20's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/13/2009 09:12
loki d20
Sorry, but alongside the batpod figurine with the blu-ray release of The Dark Night, this is just way too much comic book geekery for me. I'll probably get the game at some point, but not a CE for a model batarang. Now, if there was a figurine involved so as to continue populating my desk... Yeah, sucker for figurines unfortunately.

@Def JM: Don't remind me of the bait and switch BS with Fable 2. Last minute bullshit change to remove the figurine and what do we get? In-game crap that doesn't matter since the combat in the game was way too easy.
BlackFreefall's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/13/2009 09:14
BlackFreefall
Batrang? For 100 bucks they should give us the Bat Utility Belt.
sickNasty's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/13/2009 09:15
sickNasty
If this was a 12" bat-a-WANG, then I'd totally get this.

Who's with me?!
WormFOODx's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/13/2009 09:24
WormFOODx
Did anyone else here see the unfortunate "DLC Pack 1" in there? So it's yet again another DLC that ships on the disk that you should get for free at start?
Sexualchocolate's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/13/2009 09:27
Sexualchocolate
This game looks cooler and cooler. But i'm not one for CE's. Buy play the shit out of, trade in. unless it's one of those rare non-traders...
BHACKNEY's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/13/2009 09:53
BHACKNEY
@sickNasty
HIGH FIVE!
pascuz46's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/13/2009 10:09
pascuz46
Thats kool. I wouldnt mind one, but Im probably not going to get this game.
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/13/2009 11:23
mix
Holy-dirty-sheets Batman, that's expensive!
Bob Muir's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/13/2009 12:13
Bob Muir
Looks like a nice collection, even if it's pricey, but I'll pass since I wasn't planning on getting the game in the first place.
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/13/2009 14:01
Chronic Logic
So...can I kill people my batarang?
Kyousuke Nanbu's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/13/2009 14:15
Kyousuke Nanbu
Totally getting this now.
LukienAkeela's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/13/2009 14:23
LukienAkeela
That definitely sounds cool. Won't buy it, but it sounds cool.

Is it really such a shocker that the CE would be a hundred dollars? I don't think it's that high for including anything that measures at 12'. How much was the Legendary Edition of Halo 3? I'm guessing the price has more to due with the extra cost of including such a large item.
DaedHead8's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/13/2009 16:16
DaedHead8
I don't care if the game turns out shitty, I'm buying this. I could always ebay everything but the bat-a-rang if I had too.
Liz Alexander's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/13/2009 17:52
Liz Alexander
Ok so either I am blind or the Gamestop buyers are still in the process of negotiating their Collectors Edition because the details have been removed when I clicked the link
"Batman: Arkham Asylum Collector's Edition comes with: Final contents of collector’s edition are to be determined."
B-Radicate's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/13/2009 19:32
B-Radicate
Oh... snap.
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