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Call of Duty Black Ops II (Future Shop Steelbook Edition)

XBOX 360
Also available on:PC
Call of Duty Black Ops II (Future Shop Steelbook Edition)
Activision11/13/2012Americas
GenreShooter

Future Shop. Now there's a name that'll hit Canadian collectors right in the nostalgia. The Call of Duty Black Ops II Future Shop Steelbook Edition for Xbox 360 paired the standard game with a G1-sized steelbook that was exclusive to the now-defunct Canadian retailer.

Here's the thing about this one. The steelbook itself is empty, designed as a display companion to the standard edition rather than a replacement case. That might sound like a quirk, but it's exactly the kind of detail that makes collector's editions interesting years later. An empty steelbook from a dead retailer for one of the biggest shooters of the seventh generation. Every part of that sentence adds scarcity.

Black Ops II was a juggernaut. The branching campaign, the refined multiplayer, the Zombies mode that consumed countless evenings. It was peak Call of Duty during peak Xbox 360, a combination that moved consoles and dominated online lobbies for years. The Future Shop steelbook gave Canadian fans a little something extra to mark the occasion.

Future Shop closed its doors in 2015, and every exclusive they produced became instantly more interesting to collectors. This steelbook carries that retailer-specific history alongside the Call of Duty branding, making it a crossover piece for both franchise collectors and Canadian retail nostalgia hunters. The G1 format keeps it compact and displayable. If you're building a Black Ops II collection or chasing down Future Shop exclusives, this is the kind of piece that ties both pursuits together.

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