HMV secures Modern Warfare 2 Prestige Edition in UK

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Prestige edition will be made available in the UK exclusively through HMV.

The Prestige edition was unveiled earlier in the week by Infinity Ward, and features a collector’s bust of Captain ‘Soap’ MacTavish from the game, a special edition Steelbook, an art book, a code to download the original Call of Duty game over PSN or Xbox Live and, best of all, a fully-functional set of Night Vision Goggles.

The special edition will be go on sale on November 10th for 119.99 for Xbox 360 and PS3, with only limited stock available.

HMV is also planning a series of special in-store launch events, which will be announced in due course.

This is a fantastic limited edition exclusive for hmv.com customers for what is, undoubtedly, the game of the year,” said HMV’s commercial manager Jonathan Hayes.

We’re absolutely delighted that we can help make such a special premium product available to fans of the Modern Warfare franchise.

We’ve been working very closely with Activision to make Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2 one of the biggest entertainment events of all time. With this great exclusive and the upcoming launch we hope that everybody gets to play this brilliant game.”

HMV’s senior games buyer Toby Burton added: We’re really proud to be working with Activision and Infinity Ward to bring the Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Prestige Edition to the UK market.

"This product will be exclusive to HMV and represents the pinnacle of gaming special editions. Modern Warfare is my favourite game of the last five years, so I’m ecstatic that we’ve secured this true gamer’s edition for HMV. What more needs to be said than: ‘Night Vision Goggles.”