Hard Boiled Packaged With Stranglehold

The collector's edition of John Woo's upcoming action game will come with the movie it's based on.

Developers are finally figuring out what to do with the Playstation 3’s spacious 50GB Blu-ray discs: Throw some recycled content on there and charge more for it. Midway and Sony announced a collector’s edition of the upcoming game Stranglehold on Thursday, which will include a high-definition version of John Woo’s Hard Boiled, the film that serves as the inspiration for the game. The collector’s edition will retail for $69.99, $10 more than the regular version of the game is expected to sell for.

"The exclusive collector’s edition of Stranglehold demonstrates the power of PlayStation 3 Blu-ray disc and the total entertainment experience that can only be found on PlayStation 3,” said Riley Russell, general counsel for Sony Computer Entertainment Amercia, in a statement. “The 50GB capacity of Blu-ray disc allows PS3 content publishers to do things simply not possible on our competitor’s 9GB DVD-based systems. Thanks to the advanced technology found in PS3, developers like Midway can truly realize their visions, bringing consumers even closer to the game.”

Stranglehold is scheduled for release on the PS3 in August, along with its counterparts for the Xbox 360 and PC, which will cost $59.99 and $49.99, respectively. A DVD version of Hard Boiled will also be coming out independently of the game on July 24, from the Dragon Dynasty DVD label.