Two years ago, Activision and Infinity Ward made waves with Modern Warfare 2's special editions dubbed 'Hardened' and 'Prestige'. The latter, in particular, had an impressive list of goodies that gamers got for its US$ 149.99 price tag.

A year later, they did the same thing with the Treyarch-developed Call of Duty: Black Ops. For this year's Call of Duty installment, Modern Warfare 3, Activision is once again plumbing a familiar well.

Infinity Ward man Robert Bowling has revealed on Twitter that a Hardened Edition is indeed being readied for Modern Warfare 3. Bowling just showed an image and didn't confirm what the Hardened edition contains, however. Similarly, a Prestige edition has yet to be announced, although judging by the series' history it's pretty much just a matter of time.

More details on the Hardened edition will be revealed during the Call of Duty XP event in September, so we'll probably hear about the Prestige edition there as well.

Time for some speculation now: what do you think the Hardened and Prestige editions will include? The Hardened edition's contents seems easier to predict, since it's traditionally been just a bundle with a fancy metal box, some downloadable items, and a single extra thrown in (an artbook for MW2 and a medal for Black Ops).

Activision has usually gone to great lengths for the Prestige edition to reflect its higher price tag, however. MW2 got night vision goggles. Black Ops got a remote-controlled RC-XD toy. It seems MW3 is getting quite a few new killstreaks so we may see Activision take a cue from one of the new ones.

What do you think the game's special editions will contain? More importantly, what freebies do you WANT in them? Sound off in the comments section or on the QJ.NET community forums.

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