Dubbed the Vanguard Edition of the game, this Titanfall 2 collector’s edition comes in at a rather hefty $250. However, that price does bring with it with one surprising inclusion. The Vanguard Edition will be packaged with a fully-sized, wearable Pilot helmet, complete with a battery-operating blue light-up translucent faceplate, and a blue status/task light.
The helmet also comes with its own accessories, in the form of a a tactical spotlight and a targeting laser sight. These two accessories are battery-operated as well, and can be mounted on the ARC rail system of the helmet. The laser sight features a super-bright non-projected red LED, and both the sight and the spotlight can be independently operated. Thankfully, the helmet is not sponsored by Mountain Dew.
Given the numerous leaks that have arisen out of EA’s E3 2016 content, unfortunately not a lot of this will have come as much of a surprise to fans of the Titanfall property in general. Nonetheless, gamers will no doubt have appreciated the first gameplay trailer for Titanfall 2’s multiplayer, along with the overall discussion of the game that surrounded it. Given that the campaign mode may actually help the multiplayer experience, players could be in for a treat.
Whether or not this excitement carries over into many gamers rushing out to purchase this $250 collector’s edition, however, remains to be seen. The Pilot helmet may look rather darn cool, but wearing it is unlikely to provide much of an advantage when actually playing the game - unless, of course, Respawn Entertainment is planning to introduce some kind of Augmented Reality content exclusively for wearers.
Titanfall 2 will be released for PS4, Xbox One and Windows PC on October 28, 2016.
