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Prince of Persia limited edition upgrade free

by: Randy -
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You never could spring the extra $20 (or more) it usually took to get that limited edition.  Ooh, special packaging.  Wow, a soundtrack.  Yowza, a digital art book.  You're not convinced.  So they throw in a digital mini-strategy guide and a "making of" video, but you're still not impressed, funds are tight, and you're here for the game, not the extras.

But what if Prince of Persia were to give you all those extras for free?  Pre-order Prince of Persia and Ubisoft will upgrade you to the limited edition for free.  You pretty much just ran out of excuses.

In related news, Penny Arcade was commissioned to create a Prince of Persia comic based on the latest title, and not just a 3-panel.  The 32-page final comic will "give readers a unique knowledge of the new Prince of Persia game as well as an enhanced understanding as to the relationship between Elika and the Prince."  Elika -- there's one for the next issue of Play magazine's Girls of Gaming.
UBISOFT ANNOUNCES FREE LIMITED EDITION UPGRADE WHEN YOU PRE-ORDER PRINCE OF
PERSIA

UBISOFT ALSO TEAMS UP WITH PENNY ARCADE TO CREATE EXPANDED COMIC BOOK BASED
ON THE NEW PRINCE OF PERSIA GAME

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - September 2, 2008 - Today, Ubisoft announced that gamers
who pre-order the new Prince of Persia title in North America will receive a
FREE upgraded Limited Edition version of the game.

The FREE Limited Edition Upgrade is only available by pre-ordering and will
include in addition to the regular SKU:
.       Collectable Limited Edition packaging
.       An exclusive look at the making of Prince of Persia
.       A PrimaR digital mini-strategy guide full of developer's secrets to
help players master the year's best action-adventure game
.       A digital art book that chronicles the game's journey from concept
to winner of Best Artistic Design at E3 2008
.       The original soundtrack scored by master composer Inon Zur
.       And much more.

Additionally, Ubisoft announced a partnership with Penny Arcade for the
creation of a comic book based on the new Prince of Persia title. Penny
Arcade, known for creating short video game-based comics, has accepted this
sizable project as a response to their readers' overwhelming excitement
about Prince of Persia's fresh new artistic style.

The expanded 32-page comic book will span roughly four times longer than the
usual Penny Arcade comic and will allow the Prince's story to be creatively
told in a robust, illustrative format. The comic book will also give readers
a unique knowledge of the new Prince of Persia game as well as an enhanced
understanding as to the relationship between Elika and the Prince.

Prince of Persia will be available Holiday 2008 for the Xbox 360(TM) video
game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PLAYSTATIONR3 computer
entertainment system and PC. Also available this holiday exclusively for the
Nintendo DS(TM) system, Prince of Persia: The Fallen King will complement
the version coming out on consoles and PC.

About Prince of Persia
Set in a land rooted in ancient Persian mythology, the Prince finds himself
caught in an epic battle between the primal forces of light and darkness:
the God of Light, Ormazd versus his brother Ahriman, the destructive God of
Darkness. The Prince arrives just in time to witness the destruction of the
legendary Tree of Life - an act which threatens to plunge the entire world
into eternal darkness. Manifested in the form of the Corruption, a dark
substance that physically contaminates the land and the skies, the Prince
must partner with Elika, a deadly companion, to heal the world from the evil
Corruption.