Dead Space Ultra Limited Edition

Only 1,000 of these exist, and that number alone should stop you in your tracks. The Dead Space Ultra Limited Edition on Xbox 360 is one of the most aggressively packed collector's editions of the entire seventh generation, a monster of a package that EA and Visceral Games clearly designed for the hardest of hardcore fans. Inside you'll find a numbered postcard signed by Glen Schofield himself, an exclusive custom lithograph illustrated and signed by Ben Templesmith, an Ishimura crew patch, a 97-page hardcover art book complete with 3D imagery and glasses, a 160-page hardcover graphic novel signed by artist "Cheeks," the Dead Space Downfall animated movie on DVD, and a bonus content disc.

That's not a collector's edition. That's a shrine. Dead Space redefined survival horror when it launched in 2008, and this Ultra Limited Edition treated the IP with a reverence usually reserved for franchises with decades of history.

The art book alone, written and illustrated by the development team, offers a window into the Ishimura that you simply can't get anywhere else. With the franchise's recent revival bringing new eyes to the original, these 1,000 units have become some of the most sought-after items in 360 collecting. The signatures, the numbered exclusivity, the sheer volume of physical content.

This is the kind of collector's edition that justifies the entire hobby.