DVD Answers reports that the Steven Spielberg directed movie, will be available to own from the 22nd November this year in the increasingly popular form of simultaneous no frills single-disc and special edition dual-disc editions.

The single-disc will retail at around $29.99 - the retail price for the two-disc edition is currently unavailable.

Both releases will feature a 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer, along with both English Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1 Surround tracks. The only extra on the single-disc release will be a Designing the Enemy: Tripods and Aliens featurette.

The two-disc edition will include that, along with an introduction by Spielberg, a four-part production diary documentary, four behind-the-scenes featurettes (The HG Wells Legacy, Characters: The Family Unit of War of the Worlds, Pre-Visualization and Scoring War of the Worlds), some closing words by Steven Spielberg, design and production photo galleries, and the film's theatrical trailer.