Presently, the style guide is firm yet brief in how to format Edition titles in that the edition name is followed by a hyphen (-). Aside from this blurb regarding formatting, there is not much else said.
Found in the
Item Name post of the Advanced Style Guide:
The Hyphen and the Edition
Edition or re-release series titles are a descriptor that is put after the hyphen but before the TLD in an Item Name.
The wording should match what is actually written on the packaging.
Examples:
Red Dead Redemption - Complete Edition
Dungeons & Dragons: Mystara Eiyuu Senki - Limited Edition
Alien: Isolation - Édition Nostromo
Do not use marketing names in the item title. Many items are sold online or advertised by publishers under an edition names such as "First Print Limited Edition" or "Launch Edition" and these can only be used in an item title if the text is present on the item itself.
Multiple Editions?! OK so this is the drawback of this format. Currently for multiple editions, we use multiple hyphens.
Tales of Vesperia - Definitive Edition - Premium Edition
While there are a lot of types of situations and specific kinds of items regarding how to potentially title Edition items, my examples will be focusing on a specific subset of items, although the discussion to come can certainly and hopefully will explore other aspects to the Edition/Hyphen dilemma. That being said, the Edition rules of the style guide do not consider multi-pack items. I've encountered four different multi-pack Edition items, and the lack of consistency across the database throughout all four kinds and even within one kind itself is extremely lacking. I'm introducing this discussion thread and possible subsequent poll as a means to secure some basis of formatting consistency.
Below are four varying examples of each type of multi-pack Edition item I've come across:
#1 Multi-pack with each game having its own editionBaldur’s Gate and Baldur's Gate II - Enhanced Editions#2 Multi-pack with only one game having its own editionChild of Light - Ultimate Edition / Valiant Hearts: The Great War#3 Multi-pack with games having their own edition in addition to the dual pack itself having a formal Edition nameSniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts / Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 - Season Pass Edition - Unlimited Edition#4 Multi-pack with games having their own edition in addition to the dual pack having a formal non-Edition nameGalak-Z: The Void / Skulls of the Shogun: Bone-A-Fide Edition - Platinum PackRight now, I've considered two possible solutions to how multi-pack edition items may be formatted. The discussion to come may introduce other solutions.
Option 1 - Each title is formatted with its own hyphen when neededImplication of this option being selected with examplesBaldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition / Baldur's Gate II - Enhanced Edition
Child of Light - Ultimate Edition / Valiant Hearts: The Great War
Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts / Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 - Season Pass Edition - Unlimited Edition
Galak-Z: The Void / Skulls of the Shogun - Bone-A-Fide Edition Platinum Pack
Option 2 - Hyphens for each bundled edition game are ignored. Hyphens are only present when the bundled item itself is an Edition item.Implication of this option being selected with examplesBaldur's Gate Enhanced Edition / Baldur's Gate II Enhanced Edition
Child of Light Ultimate Edition / Valiant Hearts: The Great War
Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts / Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 Season Pass Edition - Unlimited Edition
Galak-Z: The Void / Skulls of the Shogun Bone-A-Fide Edition Platinum Pack
While my examples focus on multi-pack Edition releases, there are many other scenarios which the current Edition style guide rules do not consider. For instance, another example to consider is for items that have "Edition" in their title but do not accurately depict the item itself to be an Edition variant, such as many Pokémon games like
Pokémon Diamond Version compared to
Pokémon - Edición Diamante.