Defiance Ultimate Edition

When a game ships with its own messenger bag, you know the publisher wasn't playing around. The Defiance Ultimate Edition on Xbox 360 is the top-tier version of Trion Worlds' ambitious MMO shooter, and this European Amazon.co.uk exclusive packs enough physical goods to fill a small armory.

The centerpiece is the Hellbug statue, a grotesque, beautifully sculpted creature from the Defiance universe that demands attention on any display shelf. Alongside it you get the Art of Defiance art book, a soundtrack and bonus DVD, a VBI contact card, and two Defiance postcards. The messenger bag itself is functional enough to carry all of it home. Digital extras pile on too, with 1,200 Bits, the Ark Hunter Infiltrator Outfit, a Hydra Heavy Weapon, retailer exclusive weapon, VBI Sentinel Shield, boost items, a lock box, extra inventory slots, and in-game titles including "Badlands Drifter" and "Pale Wars Ronin."

Defiance tried something genuinely bold for the 360 era, tying an MMO directly to a live-action Syfy television series. That ambition alone makes its collector's items fascinating artifacts. The servers may be gone, but that Hellbug statue still looks phenomenal, and the messenger bag still carries your stuff. For collectors of 360-era oddities and ambitious experiments, the Ultimate Edition is a time capsule worth preserving.