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Starhawk limited edition docks at GameStop

Preorder copies at game retailer to include multiplayer maps and skins, theme, digital soundtrack, digital copy of original Warhawk.

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Lightbox Interactive and Sony are giving gamers a handful of reasons to preorder upcoming sci-fi third-person shooter Starhawk at specialty retailer GameStop.

Sony today announced the Starhawk Limited Edition, which includes a PlayStation One game Warhawk, multiplayer maps and skins, a theme, and the title's soundtrack. It will be available to all who preorder the game at GameStop at no extra charge.

Only GameStop shoppers can get their hands on the Starhawk LE.
Only GameStop shoppers can get their hands on the Starhawk LE.

Leading the list of content included in the limited edition is a download code to pick up PlayStation One game Warhawk, which was originally released in 1995. Outside of that, gamers will also get the Maw of Despair Outcast Pack, which includes a subterranean co-op map and Shade Warrior multiplayer skin. The pack also includes the Echo Scrapyard Rift Pack, which bundles the Scrapyard Homeworld multiplayer map and Huxley Ardin multiplayer skin.

Lastly, gamers who reserve a copy of Starhawk at GameStop will be given a concept art theme and the official Starhawk soundtrack. The soundtrack was composed by Christopher Lennertz, the man behind the music for Mass Effect 2 and comedy film Horrible Bosses.

Starhawk is due out exclusively for the PlayStation 3 on May 8, and a beta for the game is ongoing. For more on the sci-fi shooter, check out GameSpot's latest preview.

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