Call of Duty: Black Ops Hardened and Prestige Edition

Online retailer Buy.com has revealed that Call of Duty: Black Ops will be available in a Hardened and Prestige special edition. At least, it will in the US. While the contents of the two premium versions haven’t been detailed, the Hardened Edition is listed for $79.99 while the Prestige Edition will set you back $149.99. Modern Warfare 2 received similar treatment when it was released last year. The Hardened Edition of MW2 featured a steelbook case, art-book and a code for Call of Duty Classic. The Prestige Edition had a working pair of night-vision goggles. You can probably guess these will have similarly outlandish gifts thrown in.

According to analysts Treyarch’s Call of Duty: Black Ops pre-orders have surpassed those of Infinity Ward‘s blockbuster, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Comments from Treyarch suggest that the studio is very confident in their follow up to Modern Warfare 2, they recently stated that it ‘raises the bar’ over Modern Warfare 2 and will exceed expectations. Do you think the extras are worth the price? While these crazy devices may not help improve your gameplay, a large selection of gaming accessories available at GamingZap.com will.