I've been playing WoW for quite some time now, and just when you think you've seen and done everything with it, Blizzard does something to pull you back in. So it goes without saying that I'm excited to learn more about the collector's edition of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, the next expansion of the series which looks to be setup similar to the recent Starcraft 2 Collector's Edition.
Here's a rundown of all the neat things that come with the Collector's Edition:
* Art of the Cataclysm art book, featuring 176 pages of never-before-seen images from the archives of the Blizzard Entertainment cinematics department and the World of Warcraft development team, as well as progressive visuals from multiple stages of development.
* Exclusive in-game pet: he may not be a breaker of worlds just yet, but Lil' Deathwing will still proudly accompany heroes on their struggle to save Azeroth from his much, much larger counterpart.
* Behind-the-scenes DVD with over an hour of developer interviews and commentaries, as well as a special Warcraft(R) retrospective examining the rich gaming history of the Warcraft universe.
* Soundtrack featuring 10 epic new tracks from Cataclysm, including exclusive bonus tracks.
* Special-edition mouse pad depicting Deathwing menacing the ravaged continents of Azeroth.
* World of Warcraft Trading Card Game cards, including a 60-card starter deck from the Wrathgate series, two extended-art cards, and two Collector's Edition-exclusive hero cards, marking the first appearance of goblin and worgen heroes in the TCG.
...all this for the asking price of $USD79.99! No word yet on the local Aussie pricing and release date... I'm already looking forward to just the regular game and playing as the Worgen and Goblin races. But all those cool extras of the collector's edition has me tempted to pick that one up instead.
