Equip your virtual soldier with TUAW gear in The Collectables

The upcoming team-based shooter from Crytek and DeNA called The Collectables promises lots of guns, big explosions and plenty of mayhem. The game will be free-to-play when it launches a little later this year, but you can already begin your account registration right now and claim some exclusive gear in the process.

If you head over to The Collectables official website, you can input your email address and "TUAW" as the optional referral code. By doing this, you'll get access to two exclusive in-game items: A blue-and-white TUAW-branded T-shirt, and the M4 assault rifle. These items will only be available to those who register with the TUAW referral code, so claim your gear and then show it off in-game as soon as the game goes live in the App Store!

Here's an example of a character sporting our exclusive items. Try not to drool.