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007 Quantum of Solace Collector's Edition

XBOX 360
Also available on:PLAYSTATION 3
007 Quantum of Solace Collector's Edition
Activision10/31/2008Americas, Europe

Bond. SteelBook. Collector's Edition.

The 007 Quantum of Solace Collector's Edition on Xbox 360 packages the game in a sleek SteelBook case with a plastic slip cover, accompanied by a bonus disc that pulls back the curtain on the game's development. Released across Europe in October 2008 and available exclusively through GameStation in the UK, this edition gave Bond fans a fitting home for what was actually a surprisingly solid shooter built on the Call of Duty 4 engine. The SteelBook treatment suits Bond perfectly, all clean lines and metallic sophistication, the kind of case that looks like it belongs in a briefcase alongside a Walther PPK.

The behind-the-scenes bonus disc adds genuine archival value, documenting a period when movie tie-in games still had real budgets and real ambition behind them. GameStation exclusivity keeps this one firmly in the territory of UK-focused collectors, and complete copies with the slip cover intact are getting harder to source. It's a sharp-looking piece from an era when licensed games could still surprise you.