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Minerva's Den Added to Steam. GFWL/Securom removed from Bioshock 2
- Thread starter Grief.exe
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neoism
Member
FUUUUUUU damn I wish I'd bought if for $5 in the past...More information to come.
If you own Bioshock 2, you now own the DLC automatically. Controller support should be added, they were working on a depot with the title controller support for about a month, with the title eventually being changed to approved.
Original Thread: Steam Versions Batman:AA/AC & Bioshock 2 Adding Achievements, Removing GFWL/Securom?
Steam Data Base Page: http://steamdb.info/app/8850/#section_history
Updates/Relevant Information
Retail key activates Minerva's Den DLC onto your account as well.
lol Nevermind $5.. BOUGHT
If you buy the Steam version now it probably won't come with the DLC
guybrushfreeman
Unconfirmed Member
Thanks 2K, native controller support just excellent. So great they went and did more than just the bare minimum here. Hope they get rewarded for it somehow.
lol
I've been speculating on this for a long time now, since around February or March. People didn't always believe me on my GFWL shutdown, Bioshock 2, Arkham games, and Ultra Street Fighter speculations, but it seems to be coming together.
neoism
Member
:*(
BONKERS
Member
AW YEAH. They are so awesome for doing this. I'd been waiting for years to play BS2 finally because it didn't have controller support and used GFWL and other junk.
<3 <3 <3
Also to clarify, you only get Minerva's Den if you already owned the game pre-update. All new owners must buy it separately. Which right now is on sale for 5$ on steam. Wait for the thanksgiving/Winter sale and it will probably go dirt cheap
<3 <3 <3
Also to clarify, you only get Minerva's Den if you already owned the game pre-update. All new owners must buy it separately. Which right now is on sale for 5$ on steam. Wait for the thanksgiving/Winter sale and it will probably go dirt cheap
Mass Effect
Member
Wow, I guess you were right the whole time, Grief. and lol at your title.
Awesome, free dlc and controller support! I'll take it.
Awesome, free dlc and controller support! I'll take it.
Sentenza
Member
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Hmm. So I see that I own Minerva's Den now, but no multiplayer DLC as far as I can tell. Or is it included with MD?
Quadraphonic
Member
It's less about being nice, and more that there's a lot of issues leaving the GFWL marketplace and not having a good system to find owners.
I bought it on GFWL. There's no key they could redeem with. Other DLC has keys, but not Minerva's Den.
I H8 Memes
Member
Do we have a reliable list on how many games might be getting this treatment? I'm sure From wont do anything about DS.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet is eventually being patched.
Batman AA/AC have beta builds, presumably for removing GFWL.
I am not aware of any other games that we have any real evidence to believe will be patched.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
If they let me do the key activation with AA and AC I'll love them forever.
Bulletstorm was in the EA Humble Bundle so I'm inclined to think they'll remove it. Nevertheless (and somewhat ironically admittedly) I bought it from XBL during the summer sale to be safe, at least the 360 will be supported for longer though I feel that may get the axe sooner than the PS3 would especially if some worst case scenarios unfold for Xbox internally.
Sentenza
Member
I'm almost sure they will, eventually.
The game is probably going to have some very strong long-tail sales, especially when the second comes out.
Ultimadrago
Member
Excellent news.
Thankfully the Steam controller is coming. Won't be as much of an issue when M/KB controls are emulated natively.
I don't generally play games with a controller, but I fully understand why it is such a desirable feature.
Sentenza
Member
I do, when it fits well.
Which pretty much means "never, for a first person shooter".
Me too! Something like Dust or Guacamele I would play with a controller.
If I don't have to I will use M/KB.
No, it wasn't. It was in the rumoured list pulled from EA's updates in the Steam registry but that turned out to be incorrect.
Grid is GFWL? I've been considering picking up the first everytime it's been cheap, but never bit the bullet due to not finding definitive DRM info on it
blackMamba1187
Member
Could always order the physical version. GFWL key redeems in steam now, right?
$4.62 + 3.99 shipping
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0016BVYAM/?tag=neogaf0e-20
spacemonkeynation
Member
Is the sound still screwy in this? It's outputting full surround but the levels of certain effects seem off. Is this normal?
Madrugador
Member
Kudos to 2K Games for doing this. Only problem is that it doesn't seem you get controller prompts while playing 
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
It isn't so I don't know what they would be looking in to.
I know when I was doing some research it had Securom, however, I couldn't tell if that was just for the retail non-steam versions, actually passed because I never found a solid answer
spacemonkeynation
Member
Kudos to 2K Games for doing this. Only problem is that it doesn't seem you get controller prompts while playing
maybe you didn't enable the controller under control options? I had controller promopts while I was just playing.
TouchMyBox
Member
Are we confusing GRID with DIRT?
Ah, think you solved it, forgot DiRT 2 and 3 had GFWL since I only really played Showdown
Cosmic Schwung
Member
Really damn fun. Just started it up to see what it was like and ended up sinking a few hours into it.
blindrocket
Member
I've been sitting on Bioshock and Bioshock 2 keys for an extremely long time for some reason and just never activated them.
I just entered them due to this new DLC and it gave it to me for free!
Sweet action. Thanks!
I just entered them due to this new DLC and it gave it to me for free!
Sweet action. Thanks!
CaptainGyro
Banned
wow this is awesome, I bought it 2 years ago but then I read how the keyboard controls were horrible, so I never got around to playing it. Getting Minerva's Den for free was totally unexpected too. Make the whole package a ridiculous deal, considering that I only paid $5 for the main game
Ah, whoops. I blame the fact I already had it so it wouldn't have mattered too much either way to me if it were there.
Oublieux
Member
This is how I usually feel, except Bioshock 1 and 2 have low FOV. Technically you can tweak the .ini file to expand the FOV, but the actual model of the hand/gun don't change proportionally and take up most of the bottom section of the screen; this is what largely makes me feel a measure of motion sickness. Very few games make me nauseous. Last time this happened was with Metro 2033 and F.E.A.R.
Both of those games have pretty good FOV options.
The former with a slider, and the latter expands with your aspect ratio naturally, if I remember correctly.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Weapon FOV is different from world FOV.
Now tell us what is gonna happen to Dark Souls, Lost Planet: Colonies Edition, Dead Rising 2: Off the Record, Devil May Cry 4, and Biohazard 5.
catabarez said:
And since the trainers show it's possible, add in the ability to swap Chris/Sheva with whoever in-game you want. Barry and Rebecca take on Wesker and Excella-Chris? Yes you can! I'd be down for this.
Beast Legacy
Member
Just catching up to all this now and read on the wiki that the Arkham games are removing SecuROM too? That's fantastic!
As I said earlier, it would seem that selling DLC outside of the GFWL client does not play nicely with games using that DRM. That would be why you see most of these games as GOTY editions, rather than selling separate DLC.
DMC4 actually isn't GFWL.
Yes, Arkham City actually removed the CD Keys from the registry and the on launch command a couple months ago. Still waiting on that update.
Madrugador
Member
I'll check this out. Thanks.