Heavy Rain Collector's Edition now HMV UK exclusive

Heavy Rain nuts living outside the UK are in for some bad news today: the Collector's Edition (pictured here) will be exclusive to the UK branch of HMV. This means you'll either have to pay big for an import (it's already £40/~$70), or stick with the pre-order bonus.

The game's European product manager has previously stated there'd be various ways to acquire this version across the fair shires of the region, but has confirmed today it will be exclusive to HMV UK.

What do you get, anyway? A special "rain-effect" slipcase they say gives the impression of being streaked with 3D rain-drops, so much so it confuses passerbys, evidently. On top of that, a voucher for the following PlayStation Store content:

• Heavy Rain: Chronicle 1 – The Taxidermist – Experience Madison’s dangerous investigation in full, before it’s available on the PlayStation Store
• The Heavy Rain Official Soundtrack – Recorded at the legendary Abbey Road studios, and filled with the powerful orchestral themes that form a key part of the experience of playing Heavy Rain
• Dynamic XMB theme – Lend a little Heavy Rain ambience to your XMB

"The Taxidermist" DLC is the pre-order bonus if you happened to not click the link above, so the major addition here is the soundtrack, which, as far as we know, won't be available separately anywhere.

Heavy Rain unofficially launches February 26 in the UK.