10 Ludicrous Video Game Special Editions That We Totally Want

Talk about a hype package!

Witcher 3 Special Edition
CD Projekt RED

In this day and age, video game developers and publishers will go to extreme lengths in order to capture market interest. From expensive floor demos at huge events, to monstrous marketing campaigns, all the way down to costly vertical slice playthroughs, from the moment a game is given the green light it's all hands on deck to make sure our hands open our wallets come the titles release.

However with EVERY publisher applying the same tactics, your fancy light show might get lost amidst all the others and it's harder and harder to convince people WHY they should purchase your title, so why not double down on what comes with the game itself?

Enter the special, executive, directorial, ultimate, definitive and uber big editions. These monsters of the gaming industry are like goody bags for those with enough cash (and sometimes little sense) and while a lot of them contain a fair amount of tat, there are a few that make you sit back and say...

"well goddam that's cool"

So let's celebrate what makes these games so special and laugh at the ludicrous nature of some of these over the top editions.

10. Dying Light - My Apocalypse Edition

Witcher 3 Special Edition
Techland

Sometimes special editions aren't to be taken too seriously, however the "My Apocalypse" version of Dying Light actually veers hard in the other direction, and by that I mean that it offers a "Zombie Proof House"

Seriously.

Well technically it's a shelter, but coming as part of a £250K package it's not just going to be some twigs and canvas is it? In fact this two story building would be placed on your land for you by Tiger Log Cabins and would be, according to them and the developers "zombie proof"

Come on, tell me with a straight face you don't want this.

And to be honest that's not even the only outstanding feature of this ludicrous package because you'd also be flown to Techlands HQ and get a guided tour, game with the devs (and win because the game is rigged in your favour), take part in zombie parkour training, get your face in the game itself, and then return home with a new pair of high end headphones, a copy of the game, and a custom set of night vision goggles.

Now that, is a good night in if ever there was one.

 
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