Originally Posted by Gamer SDP my book shelves are filled with games and other books. Also a lot of binders filled with old school work etc (some if it is important). My Ni no Kuni guide is on a desk as is the regular Zelda Hyrule Historia. It's still in the plastic Amazon wrapped it in. Back on topic. Does anyone have the Journey artbook? the reviews make it seem as a must have. I'm going to start the games soon but have listened to some music which is really good.

I have one of the 700 signed copies of the Journey book. First one I received had a printing error, had to get it swapped out. Glad I flipped through the book and saw it otherwise I would have been screwed.

Apparently it's decently valuable, the last one I saw sold for 4x its price. Some of these books go up in value considerably fast, while others sit around in warehouses collecting dust.

Ummm....shouldn't it be called " The screenshot book of Gran Turismo 5"

Maybe that's why the game was delayed. They drew the cars before they realised they could get photos?

Anyway after buying the Star Wars Blueprints signed edition two years ago from EPIC books I'm still not ready to collect

i have a dedicated shelf for them

Originally Posted by ozzymandd Looks like the guys at Ballistic (the publishers of the pretty fantastic Uncharted 2, Gears of War 3, and forthcoming Gran Turismo 5 art books, among others) have been busy. I see some new titles in their The Art of the Game series have been added to Amazon: The Art of Twisted Metal The Art of League of Legends The Art of ICO and Shadow of the Colossus

Thanks for the heads up. Pre-ordered the ICO / SOTC one. It should come out right in time for my buddy's birthday. One quick question though, do you think that the paperback is just a result of it being a generic entry or will it actually not be a hard cover book?

Originally Posted by Chemosh013 Thanks for the heads up. Pre-ordered the ICO / SOTC one. It should come out right in time for my buddy's birthday. One quick question though, do you think that the paperback is just a result of it being a generic entry or will it actually not be a hard cover book?

Ballistic Art of the Game books typically come in 3 tiers:
- Paperback - $65
- Special Edition (leather hardcover) - $129
- Folio Edition (leather hardcover, special metallic emblem, serialized) - $300

For Uncharted, I think Amazon carried the paperback and special edition, but since then they've only sold the paperback.

Oh, and Ballistic Publishing is in Australia, so shipping is crazy expensive. Here are the costs to ship to Illinois (for God of War 3):
- Paperback - $18.74
- Special Edition - $19.16
- Folio Edition - $106.17!!

You have to really love the game to get a $400+ Folio edition.

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Originally Posted by WingsDJY Ballistic Art of the Game books typically come in 3 tiers: - Paperback - $65 - Special Edition (leather hardcover) - $129 - Folio Edition (leather hardcover, special metallic emblem, serialized) - $300 For Uncharted, I think Amazon carried the paperback and special edition, but since then they've only sold the paperback. Oh, and Ballistic Publishing is in Australia, so shipping is crazy expensive. Here are the costs to ship to Illinois (for God of War 3): - Paperback - $18.74 - Special Edition - $19.16 - Folio Edition - $106.17!! You have to really love the game to get a $400+ Folio edition.

I almost bought the Gears 3 folio edition until I saw the shipping costs. I bailed out hard.

Originally Posted by Ionotropic I almost bought the Gears 3 folio edition until I saw the shipping costs. I bailed out hard.

Same here. I went with the paperback.

The Folio edition is definitely solid, though.

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Oh, and for anyone wondering, all of Ballistics books come in custom cardboard boxes. No need to worry about shipping damage from Amazon.

Originally Posted by Pookymeister Looks like Art of Dead Space dropped 10% to $20.55, even more tempting now - especially with a $20 credit from getting DS3...

Glad you posted this. I don't even know what I've been waiting for; been planning on picking this up forever. This makes it even easier.

Yea, i grabbed it myself right after i posted that.

Originally Posted by hecaitomix i have a dedicated shelf for them

Yeah I would need one if I had spent that grand on regular art books. I got #4 of something like 125 iworldwide so I think it went well. As long as the price shoot up in the future.

Although I was tempted to sell it for that limited edition reprint of the Enterprise-D painting that was in Picards ready room I saw for sale. They only made a small batch of those also.

Originally Posted by technicalstylez amazon listed -the art of last of us- for those of u like myself that were only getting the ce for the artbook. http://www.amazon.com/The-Art-Last-U...+of+last+of+us

Sorry if this has already been asked and answered, but I was looking at my preorders on amazon, and I have both The Art Of Last Of Us book pre-ordered AND The Last Of Us Survival Edition pre-ordered. Are the artbooks one and the same, can I go ahead and cancel my Artbook Pre-Order if I'm already getting the same one in the Survival Edition?

Originally Posted by Leilas_Dad Sorry if this has already been asked and answered, but I was looking at my preorders on amazon, and I have both The Art Of Last Of Us book pre-ordered AND The Last Of Us Survival Edition pre-ordered. Are the artbooks one and the same, can I go ahead and cancel my Artbook Pre-Order if I'm already getting the same one in the Survival Edition?

Yeah - it should be the same book.

Amazon just let me know that my Hyrule Historia Limited Edition won't ship now until mid-March! Anybody else get this email today? (FYI - my order was placed on 11/25)

I fear that perhaps this will be like the The Sky: Final Fantasy fiasco all over again.... :/

If they're saying it won't be until March, i'd assume it's not coming.

Originally Posted by RainFall If they're saying it won't be until March, i'd assume it's not coming.

Ya. It sounds like they're hoping some additional ones will be printed with the regular hyrule historia reprint. Can't see that happening as dark horse might have some very angry fans if they did that.

Got my dead Space artbook today. I wish Amazon packaged my Hyrule the way they did with DS - Shrinkwrapped to a piece of cardboard that fit the box exactly. Looks perfect.

Anybody know what's up with The Art of Dead Space, Limited Edition?

Note this is not the same as the Clamshell Edition. There's a picture of it inside the Dead Space Liberation comic; it's blue and says it comes with a lithograph. I've searched by ISBN but can't find it anywhere. Kind of strange...

Originally Posted by takotchi Anybody know what's up with The Art of Dead Space, Limited Edition? Note this is not the same as the Clamshell Edition. There's a picture of it inside the Dead Space Liberation comic; it's blue and says it comes with a lithograph. I've searched by ISBN but can't find it anywhere. Kind of strange...

Comes out in March, direct from Titan.

Just received my LE Sonic from pix'n love...it is a beautiful edition! #234 It came in a simple book box but bubble wrapped and set in the box perfectly...pristine!

Originally Posted by shakespeare Just received my LE Sonic from pix'n love...it is a beautiful edition! #234 It came in a simple book box but bubble wrapped and set in the box perfectly...pristine!

Agreed, it's a beautiful book. It is very prone to noticing even the smallest marks from an fingernail tho. Be careful. They packed these very well and all corners came super sharp!