Assassin's Creed and Assassin's Creed II both shipped with standard (and boring) retail releases, and pricier (but way cooler) Collector's Editions. Because of this, it should come as absolutely no surprise that the next game in the series, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, will also tempt your wallet and common sense with a $99.99 Collector's Edition. Ubisoft officially announced the Collector's Edition today, and as you can see in the photo above, it comes loaded with goodies, both in-game and out.



While most retailers will come with the Doctor Jack-in-the-Box, GameStop will have exclusive rights to the Harlequin Jack-in-the-Box seen in the second picture, which I think I like a little better. Other features are detailed below:

• The Harlequin Jack-in-the-Box Collectible (exclusive to GameStop customers only) or The Doctor Jack-in-the-Box Collectible (available at all other participating retailers)
• Two Exclusive In-Game Single Player Maps
• Hard Copy Strategy Map of Rome 
• Exclusive Art Book
• Bonus Disc
• Exclusive Making-of Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood Video
• Digital Sneak Peak at the Assassin’s Creed Comic 
• Trailers 
• Game Soundtrack

This is going to be a problem, because I'm a sucker for Collector's Editions, and the combination of cool shit to put on display in my house and additional gameplay content might be too hard to resist. A hundred bucks is a lot of money though. What say you, internet? Worth it or too much?