We have some interesting news for our United States and United Kingdom readers, and we have some bad news for our Canadian, Australian, and Latin American readers. Bad news first: Canada, Australia, and Latin America will not be receiving the Collector's Edition of Mass Effect. Period. This comes directly from BioWare Community Coordinator Chris Priestly. The news gets a little strange in the US and UK. The Collector's Edition will be available in the US, but only at online retailers, though a bonus disc will be available at certain brick and mortar retailers for those that pre-order the title. UK gamers, on the other hand, can get the Collector's Edition at both online and physical retailers, but not the bonus disc. We're not sure what's behind the disparate distribution, but it's definitely a downer for many Mass Effect fans, and a frustrating annoyance for many others.[Thanks, Martin Zaniewski]
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11-01-2007 @ 4:37PM
Christian King said...
Pick me, pick me
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11-01-2007 @ 4:40PM
Piers Beaumont said...
Im in the UK, pre-ordered on the internet, im happy, bring on the collectors edition! Wish they would release some pictures of it...
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11-01-2007 @ 4:41PM
xenocidic said...
eh, no figurine or helmet anyways.
i'm not buying collector's editions that just do the bare minimum with a ghetto bonus disc i'll never look at.
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11-01-2007 @ 4:42PM
SadisticHam said...
EA Strikes!
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11-01-2007 @ 4:55PM
TORO said...
Regular edition it is, I wanted a Normandy SS
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11-01-2007 @ 4:58PM
xenocidic said...
oh, and they better not pull the same crap they pulled with La Boite Orange
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11-01-2007 @ 5:09PM
LFotF said...
For the person wanting pics of the CE, US Amazon has them on their site. Assuming it's the same, here's a link:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51bU0gR8e1L._SS500_.jpg
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11-01-2007 @ 5:14PM
JuanBG said...
That's Bulls*** I don't know If EA had anything to do with it, since MS is doing the first one...but if is like this EA is just going to publish 2 & 3 in selected US States...F*** Mass effect and F*** BioWare
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11-01-2007 @ 5:21PM
Yuccadude said...
Aww, and I wanted a golden box too...guess I'll just change Mass Effect's price on my list to $65 instead of $75.
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11-01-2007 @ 5:33PM
lharmon said...
Ummm, that's retarded. Why would they do that?
Don't you want to SELL your product? I guess this will not be something I pick up right away.
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11-01-2007 @ 5:34PM
mike said...
as a canadian, im satisfied. I hate stupid CE and LE edition games. I cant believe people pay an extra $10 to hear about the making of the game and other crap like that. what a waste.
cant wait to buy ME, REGULAR edition
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11-01-2007 @ 5:40PM
DjDATZ said...
fucking gay...although...not that i was planning on getting the CE anyways...
i'll be getting the assassin's creed LE tho...
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11-01-2007 @ 5:48PM
DSK123 said...
I couldn't get the CE of Forza 2 in the US but it seemed everywhere else got it... I guess you can't have everything you want. Atleast I get the LE Mass Effect :D
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11-01-2007 @ 7:24PM
refinedsugar said...
Not getting the opportunity to buy SE, LE, CE editions of games is nothing new for Canadian gamers. It's a 50/50 split. Some companies release 'em north of the border, while others don't.
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11-01-2007 @ 7:26PM
Ithilis said...
But BioWare is Canadian! What the crap?!
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11-01-2007 @ 10:13PM
Nik said...
What the hell?!
Bioware is Canadian!
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11-01-2007 @ 10:23PM
ZombiesRPplsToo said...
you've gotta admit tho, the stuff bioware has in the CE are some real goodies. you guys really should check it out.
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11-02-2007 @ 3:34AM
Rawley said...
It's kinda frustrating that the game is being made in THE CITY I LIVE IN, yet I can't buy the collector's edition?
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11-02-2007 @ 7:41AM
Homer 918 said...
@ZombiesRPplsToo:
...thanks :@
Anyway, I'm still holding out that they resolve this ridiculous issue. For a game as AAA as Mass Effect this is unforgivable, you really don't get much bigger than a game release of this magnitude.
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11-02-2007 @ 12:45PM
Viridium said...
I've got enough other games to satisfy me for now. I've been trying to preorder a CE for a long time - now I just won't buy anything.
Maybe once the game is $5 used or something.
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