We don’t have a release date, or a price, but Blizzard has unveiled its Collector’s Edition for Diablo III and it contains things I totally want.
It contains…
The Game. Obviously!
This fancy Diablo Skull and USB Keystone — which includes full versions of Diablo II and Diablo II: Lord of Destruction.
A behind the scenes documentary on Blu-ray and DVD containing interviews on the creation of Diablo III.
Some art books, which we’re presuming will be awesome.
The soundtrack to the game itself…
And a whole host of exclusive in-game content.
For more details head to the official website.
Yep, placing my pre-order.
Also, +1 for a non-PS3 game including a blu-ray bonus!
yep, im still gonna watch it on my ps3 though 😛
@Glenn D3 is not to be released on any console anyway…..
Badass. I’d love to check out that 208 page art book.
The white packaging looks really nice too.
The soundtrack has me interested. Their trailer music and so on was performed by Australia’s Eminence Symphony Orchestra, anyone know if the final game soundtrack will be the same?
I pre-ordered the game months ago, so hopefully I get this.
Just put down a preorder yesterday. Can’t bloody wait
Game has put the price at $148. Not so bad given the usual stuff
Same price as EB then
I am so keen for this! I don’t care how much it costs. IT WILL BE MINE!
Any word on the size of the skull?
Looks to me like the skull serves as a ‘holder’ for the USB Keystone donglegoblinthing… so that gives you a general idea of how big, or how small, it actually is
Can this still be bought? I must preorder
That box design reminds me of something….
http://static.rarbg.com/posters2/7/773ad1dfb50917eaa2f416e6a9938fab4e1cfed8.jpg
Oh well, I suppose two great games can have a similar box design.
Reminds me of the oblivion logo in-game and their menus
i remember that cover, that game kicked ass. the first thing that struck me about the d3 cover is that they must have been trying to surprise people with it, and they sure did me
-Some- artbooks? How many artbooks? I need all the artbooks.
Already preordered on ebgames website 😀 which is now listed for $150. I was going to get it from in store Northlakes Brisbane but they said they couldn’t be 100% sure they would get any. Useless…
The USB stick is one thing, but to load it with Diablo 1 and 2??
GENIUS!
I believe it’s Diablo 2 and expansion, not 1 and 2. Not that I’m complaining, I never played Diablo, only hacking my way through Diablo 2 and Lord of Destruction.
They did this with Starcraft II, still an awesome idea!
my laptop is junk
will have to wait for xbox
still have SPAYCE MAUREEN!
will be upgrading laptop
cannot wait for this game
still have Diablo 2!
Diablo III better have Pandas in it or I’m not buying it.
Not really interested in the Diablo 3 considering what blizzard have done to it, but damn that is some awesome collectors edition. I would buy it just for those goodies, but alas, I have little gold to spare.
I’m going to have to say no to the collector’s edition. I already have the Diablo Battlechest so I have the previous games and their expansions.
From past experience of collector/special edition games, the art book and OST cd will only be sampler sized (art book will be 20-30 pages the size of a DVD case and the OST will be 10 tracks maximum).
The last OST blizzard released, in the Wings of Liberty collectors edition was 14 tracks.
I can’t recall what else was in the pack, I haven’t looked at it in a while… part of the problem with collectors editions, nice to have but not very frequently viewed.
The art books from Blizzard have been far from small. Always hard cover and around 120 pages of awesome artwork 🙂
Your loss if you don’t get it, someone else will be happy they get one.
they state on the page that the artbook is 208 pages.
My mistake. I just checked the official site.
I was told it is just one big click-a-thon.
Im glad they are staying true to the first two! 😀
GAME has this online aswell for preorder, they have nicer staff unlike EB, I preordered from them
http://www.game.com.au/diablo-iii-collectors-edition/pc-games/DIABLO3CE
But GAME left brisbane city and Indooroopilly!
Things that do get annoying at EB games are the staff “need any help with the games?”
…but I’m a gamer I think to myself.
You’re best off asking that mature lady who looks like she is buying a game as a present for someone, is what I want to say.
“Nah, I’m fine”
asking if you need help is pretty normal at any store.
questioning somes decision to buy a WOW subsciption and labling it a waste of money is not. Told them it was a waste of money buying it from their store walked straight out and purchased from the GAME store opposite.
also got questioned why i was exchanging an MW3 preorder for xbox i was given for a BF3 one as well as why i would choose PC edition instead of Xbox. was stuck with having to get it at their store.
Their staff certainly need a lesson in respect though.
Hmm, I love the artbook and Blizzard always deliver on that front, but the rest is pure uninteresting faff as far as I’m concerned.
The soundtrack is “faff”?
Diablo games always have awesome soundtracks!
Hmm, fair point that I didn’t initially consider! Although I contend (and expect) that the sound track might likely be released on iTunes separately, and for considerably less than the CE premium asks for it.
GAME actually have it for $145! Just secured mine 😀 http://www.game.com.au/diablo-iii-collectors-edition/pc-games/DIABLO3CE
lol thats dropped in the last hour or two… was 148 originally… yay $3! i can buy nearly a cup of coffee with that… thanks GAME!
seriously though i’d rather buy from GAME than EB any day…
I wonder if they will include the game next time 😀
*pre-ordered*
Question: If you preorder through EB/GAME online, do you have to wait for postage etc, or can you pickup from store?
Just asking cause the Game price is Web only…
EB allow delivery and Store Pickup (You nominate which one)
Not sure about GAME, but go through the motions of pre-ordering and I’m sure you’ll find out before you have to put in any payment details.
Bah, just found this: “Pricing labelled “Online Price” is applicable to GAME.com.au only and is not available in-store”
Sadpanda 🙁 Ah well might just rock up to EB downstairs form work I guess…
EB offer Pickup@Store for the D3 Collector’s Edition. I searched the GAME website but couldn’t see a similar offer. So I preordered with EB, only have to pay $50 right now, and it will be at the store closest to me (5min walk from home) on release date.
Getting mine from amazon for US$99 (and US$15 for shipping) cant wait.
You might want to reconsider as D3 is region locked. You’ll only be able to play on NA servers.
Aus version however has choice between our local servers and NA servers.
Nah it’s okay i am one of the minority that does not play online anyway, thanks for the info though i did not know that it was region locked.
That’s not true at all…we don’t get local servers.
By ‘local servers’ they mean the South East Asia (SEA) servers.
Some Aussie ISPs have ~150ms pings to there while others have even worse than to NA, so thankfully blizzard at least recognises this and gives us the choice.
We do and have since SC2. Our ‘local’ servers are for the oceania region (aus, nz, southeast asia etc).
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/3196341714#19
Taken from: http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/events/diablo3-announcement/index.html#auction:auction-faq
“If I live in Australia/New Zealand/Southeast Asia, what server will I play Diablo III on?
As with StarCraft II, players who purchase the Australia/New Zealand/Southeast Asia version of Diablo III will have their own regional servers, offering lower latency and more action during peak hours. While we encourage players to play on these servers, we recognize that many have longstanding friendships with North American players and would like to continue playing with them. Because of this, we’re again giving Australia/New Zealand/ Southeast Asia gamers access to both regions’ servers so they can choose where they’d prefer to play.”
That is listed under the “REGIONAL DETAILS” subheading.
So i assume it really isn’t region locked.
As mentioned before, Aus (& NZ/SEA) copies have choice of playing on our regional servers or NA servers (technically not 100% region locked).
All other copies including NA are restricted to their own regional servers (100% region locked).
Some new info and clarification, looks like only auction houses will be region locked and your region is based on account region, not what copy of diablo you buy.
http://www.diablofans.com/topic/31393-info-about-server-regions/
So buying from amazon should be good 🙂
The only thing I’d want out of this entire package is the skull and the shard USB key. The rest can go in the bin, including the game.
Not interested in having a shitty skull sit on my desk, and I am not interested in the art. Already have Diablo 2, so the other thing that might be worth it is the soundtrack.
Pretty awesome, especially if it will be $148. Also, that helmet would look bloody cool with a God of War box from the trilogy set.
A bit early for a pre-order, wouldn’t you say? I will wait until an actual release date is announced first…