Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare special editions revealed

By Will Fulton Published November 11, 2014

Activision has unveiled the now-expected lineup of tiered special edition bundles for its upcoming shooter, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, all available for pre-order at its official website.

The Atlas Limited Edition for $80 comes with the game itself in a SteelBook case, the Welcome to Atlas: Advanced Soldier Manual, a bonus Atlas Gorge multiplayer map, and the Atlas Digital Content Pack with themed exoskeletons and weapons. A step up to the Atlas Pro Edition for $120 includes everything above in the Limited Edition along with a Season Pass for all four of the planned multiplayer map packs throughout the following year.

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If you don’t care about the toys and just want all of the digital content, there is the Digital Pro Edition for $100 that includes everything in the Pro Edition except the physical goods.

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare comes to PlayStation and Xbox Consoles and PC on November 4.

Will Fulton

Former Staff Writer, Gaming

Will Fulton is a New York-based writer and theater-maker. In 2011 he co-founded mythic theater company AntiMatter Collective…

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