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

Future Shop Canada had a knack for slipping steelbooks into pre-orders that would quietly become collector's items a decade later. The Call of Duty Black Ops II Future Shop Steelbook Edition on PC is exactly that kind of sleeper, a G1-sized empty steelbook bundled alongside the standard game as a Canadian retail exclusive.

Black Ops II was a cultural juggernaut, but the PC physical release was already a niche product by 2012. Layer a retailer-exclusive steelbook on top, from a chain that no longer exists, and you've got a genuine scarcity story. Future Shop merged into Best Buy Canada in 2015, which means no restocks, no re-releases, no second chances. Every surviving copy is all that's left.

The G1 size gives it a compact, almost jewel-like presence on a shelf, and the Black Ops II artwork from this era, all orange-tinted future warfare aesthetic, holds up well on metal. For steelbook collectors who chase retailer exclusives, or Call of Duty completionists mapping every variant across every platform, this is the kind of quietly rare piece that separates a thorough collection from an exhaustive one. It doesn't scream for attention. It just sits there, waiting for someone who knows what it is.