Resident Evil: Raccoon City Special Edition Sold Out at GameStop/Amazon

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><img class&equals;"aligncenter" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;game-online-reviews&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;03&sol;Resident-Evil-Operation-Raccoon-City&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Resident Evil 6" width&equals;"695" height&equals;"358" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There have been several updates regarding the availability of the special edition units for the upcoming multiplatform title <em>Resident Evil&colon; Operation Raccoon City<&sol;em> by Christian Svensson&comma; Corporate Officer and Senior Vice-President of Capcom&period; When Svensson was asked why Amazon is no longer taking pre-orders for the special edition&comma; Svensson responded with the following statement&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I’m almost positive their allocation is fully pre-ordered which is why it’s no longer listed&period; The SE’s were turned off by GameStop&sol;Amazon a couple months ago I believe&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When asked about other ways to procure the special edition&comma; or if Capcom will produce more in the future&comma; Svennson added&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I’m sure there are retailers that have allocations but that don’t do pre-orders so rigidly&period; You’ll have to hurry on launch day though&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Alas&comma; we can’t make more&period; We started manufacturing on the steel book cases months in advance because they take that long with shipping time to us &lpar;they’re manufactured in Europe&rpar;&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The special edition comes with a copy of the game&comma; stylized sleeve U&period;S&period;S&period; and Spec Ops embroidered patches&comma; six alternate costumes&comma; eight in-game weapons&comma; and a steel book case with exclusive art&period; The special edition retails for &dollar;20 more than the standard version&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Resident Evil&colon; Operation Raccoon City launches for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 March 20<sup>th<&sol;sup> in North America&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;examiner&period;com&sol;video-game-news-in-national&sol;resident-evil-operation-raccoon-city-special-edition-availability-update">Examiner<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;