Blizzard Entertainment are finally closing in on a release of Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty and they have now shown of the packaging of both the regular and Collector's Edition versions of the game.
The Collector's Edition carries a recommended price of €89.99 in Europe and $99.99 in the United States and the contents are as follows:
· The Art of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, a 176-page book featuring artwork from the game
· An exclusive 2GB USB flash drive replica of Jim Raynor's dog tag, which comes preloaded with the original StarCraft and the StarCraft: Brood War expansion set
· A behind-the-scenes DVD containing over an hour of developer interviews, cinematics with director's commentary, and more
· The official StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty soundtrack CD, containing 14 epic tracks from the game along with exclusive bonus tracks
· StarCraft comic book issue #0, a prequel to the comic series
· A World of Warcraft mini Thor in-game pet that can be applied to all World of Warcraft characters on a single Battle.net account
· Exclusive Battle.net downloadable content, including special portraits for your Battle.net profile, decals to customize your units in-game, and a visually unique version of the terran Thor unit
The standard version will cost €59.99 (Europe), and online play through the new Battle.net will be free with both versions.