Is there anything better than a great special edition for what promises to be a great game? Sony Computer Entertainment America and Santa Monica Studios don't think so, as today they have wheeled out the first Ultimate Edition for God of War.

"Earlier this year, we polled a number of fans on what would make an awesome collector's edition for God of War," says SCEA Product Marketing Manager Anthony Caiazzo on the PlayStaton.Blog. "Well, we took your advice and created something epic and filled it with premium collectible and exclusive digital content."

In the Ultimate Edition, fans can expect the following extras for the unspecified amount of money Sony desires:

Exclusive Collectibles
• High-End Sculpted Replica of Pandora's Box
• Limited-Edition God of War Art Book featuring exclusive art, content and interviews

Exclusive Digital Content (Available via PlayStation Network voucher codes on day of launch)
• God of War Combat Arena containing an exclusive environment and seven challenges
• Premium Kratos Skin – Dominus
• God of War: Unearthing the Legend Franchise Documentary – a full-length movie documentary depicting the history of the God of War franchise
• God of War Trilogy Soundtrack – God of War, II, and III scores from the game (mp3 digital download).
• God of War: Blood and Metal EP – a heavy metal homage featuring original music inspired by God of War (mp3 digital download).

Nice. And if you pre-order, it gets even better.

Amazon, GameCrazy, and GameStop will each have a voucher code for the God of War III E3 2009 demo, plus one of the following exclusive downloadable skins:



And, further proving that their generosity knows no bounds, Sony has revealed the following:

...as a special thank you to our Spartan Army members who signed up on www.GodofWar.com, we are sending out a direct email today with one free voucher code to randomly selected fans. So, please make sure you check your email inbox over the weekend to see if you are one of the lucky ones to receive a voucher code allowing you to download this demo instantly from PlayStation Network! Remember, it's a random selection and only a limited amount of vouchers are being sent out, so good luck.

All in all, not bad. Not bad at all.

For larger pics of the skins and the Ultimate Edition, be sure to click on the pics in our gallery below.