FIFA 14 Collector's Edition

They put a real football in the box. The FIFA 14 Collector's Edition for PlayStation 3 goes beyond digital extras with a special edition Adidas EA Sports glider ball, an exclusively created limited edition football that bridges the gap between gaming collectible and actual sporting goods. Pair that with the collectable steelbook featuring a magnetic lenticular cover, and you've got the most physically imposing FIFA package of the PS3 generation.

The DLC suite includes one FUT gold pack per week for 24 weeks and the EA Sports Football Club Catalogue Bundle with unique items. An actual Adidas football bundled with a video game is the kind of bold collector's edition move that almost never happens in sports gaming. It's a display piece that works in a game room and on a bookshelf alike.

The steelbook with its lenticular finish adds the premium packaging collectors expect, while the 24 weeks of gold packs ensured the digital side didn't feel neglected. FIFA 14 on PS3 sits at a fascinating crossroads in the franchise's timeline, the last generation before current-gen engines redefined how the sport played and looked. The Collector's Edition captures that moment with physical items that have only become more distinctive as EA moved further into purely digital bonus structures.

For anyone collecting sports game special editions, an Adidas collaboration ball makes this one impossible to overlook.