Ubisoft has officially announced that its latest iteration in the critically acclaimed Far Cry series is to ship to European retail stores on October 24th (the 20th in North America). Also revealed was a Game exclusive Collector’s Edition of the title which is now available for pre-order.

The 49.99 GBP-priced Collector’s Edition will come packaged with the following extras:

• Exclusive wooden box
• Original Far Cry® 2 Game
• Limited edition Far Cry® 2 t-shirt
• “The Art of Far Cry® 2” Art book
• Collector 50km² map
• Making-of DVD

Said John Parkes, EMEA Marketing Director:

“Far Cry® 2 is an amazing journey that will take you to the darkest places of Africa where each player will choose how they play. This will provide gamers with an unprecedented experience in the FPS genre.”

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