This news is just in from Square Enix! There will be 2,000 copies of the Collector’s Edition release of Drakengard 3, exclusively available from the e-STORE.
The price for the Collector’s Edition is set at €69.99.
An official press release has yet to come, but here is what will be available according to the EU Square Enix site:
Clamshell Box – An eloquent display case featuring the flower that grows from Zero’s eye.
Hardback Novella – This beautifully illustrated 160 page prequel story to Drakengard 3 (available in English language only) contains a collection of short stories written from the perspectives of each character.
Add-on Pack – Downloadable tokens for the Caim costume, an additional level where you play as One, Zero’s sister, and a Giant Baby Hat (yes, an enormous baby’s head for your dragon, Mikhail).
Music Sampler CD – A CD containing a selection of mesmerising tracks from the game’s original soundtrack, composed by Keiichi Okabe (who also created the score for Nier).
Double Sided Poster – A collectable double sided poster only available in the Collector’s Edition of Drakengard 3.
The Game – While there won’t be a physical disc version of the Drakengard 3 for Europe and PAL territories, a download token will be included inside the box which you can redeem on the PlayStation Store.
Japanese Voice DLC – Experience the game in its original audio with a download token for the original Japanese voice acting! This DLC is part of the Collector’s Edition, but will also be available for non-CE owners when you pre-order the standard digital game through the PlayStation Store (pre-orders start mid-April). [10GB is needed.]
Pretty awesome news!!
** PRE-ORDERS NOW AVAILABLE!! **
I have updated this post with the link directly to the page where you can now make pre-orders!! Get it today!! Either click the image above or use this link to go to the Square Enix EU e-STORE!
The original announcement can still be found here.
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Also, there is no physical copy of the game in this set!! The game is set for digital download only. Quite strange for a “collector’s edition”…
Oh wow, they did it. Europeans get to enjoy DOD3 just like America. Nice , very nice.
High five to everyone.
Yeah, it’s really good news!! But the game itself is still a digital download only. It’s still better than nothing, but a lot of people are saying they won’t buy it simply because of this. I think it’s a bit of an extreme reaction, but whatever. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and I think it is a shame that not even a limited amount of physical copies have been made available for EU regions. All this running around and tweaking release methods does not bode well for the future of console gaming, does it?
Decision to keep limited edition digital only is rather odd, yes. Though I don’t see it as a bad enough reason not to buy it. As much as it’s nice to own favorite things physically I think there are other more important things here, like if the game runs well and if Japanese voice is included. We already know that voice DLC will be available so that’s good, as for the other thing – I very much hope that game’s performance is improved for EU/US release. Probably by now we all heard or seen JP’s framerate issues and eventual patches came out to fix things here and there, so basically addressing those issues is what’s important. Oh and games run a tiny but faster from harddrive then from a disc so digital download is useful.
Man if only DOD3 was ported to PS4 or PC to run at constant 60 FPS, now that would be a real treat.
It would be MiLO… But I’d like better AI too. My biggest gripe gameplay wise besides the linearity and fps +camera is how stupid AI is on a regular basis. Graphics are getting so good that the best stuff from next gen right now, looks pretty close to photo realism when you look at stills. Animation still has a long way to go but maybe with that level of tech we can really start getting work done for smarter AI.