Glass Rebel
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I have probably missed this but has Hitman: Contracts shown up in the registry? I thought it'd finally see a Steam release alongside the HD Collection on consoles.
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STEAM announcements & updates 2013 - Year of the SteamBox
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I noticed Rochard just got some new challenge level achievements, DLC I guess?
I think he's just hyped for EVO.
I think he's just hyped for EVO.
At least they sell what they have, unlike Gamersgate
Overlay works for me in DMC4
including DX10 mode?
Buying cheap keys from eastern Europe and reselling them for a profit is definitely the definition of gray market. Not only is it exploiting the system and putting that system in jeopardy (that's meant to discourage piracy in poorer markets), but who knows what happens if publishers get PO'd are force Valve to take action. Do you want your account littered with these titles when it does?
And as someone else mentioned, if it's being done through VPN, it's most certainly against the ToS and gray market material.
Re-read the post. He's not buying keys; you cannot redeem keys as inventory items. (And I really wish EviLore would remove the note of Valve randomly requesting proof-of-purchase from the "CD key resellers are banned" thread, because that's completely and utterly false.)
What's actually occuring is one of two things. He is either:
- As TheExodu5 mentioned, reselling Steam gifts obtained through Eastern European friends, or
- Reselling games obtained wholesale through other legit DD services, such as GamersGate (yes, this is possible)
Whether or not these nuances should be included under the current umbrella is something for EviLore to decide.
I agree Russians selling gifts abroad is a gray market, but using VPN is a black market IMHO. Not even sure if it's legal (providing false data to acquire a game), but I don't know much about the law either.
fluffydelusions
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OK so this on reddit lol
Pic is a bit shopped but still funny. Here is original
Pic is a bit shopped but still funny. Here is original
Might be a long shot but hey:
I'm playing Fallout 3 right now, and wanna do the slaver missions at Paradise falls, guy at the gate gave me the mission and said I couldn't go in until I gave him slaves. I walked in anyway thinking he would just stop me or there would be a wall or something. There wasn't and he started shooting me so I just ran away. Now every time I go back there he shoots me and I can't continue the mission. I already made 1 slave but to make more I need more slave collars from that guy. Even adding the collars in by the console doesn't work. I have no earlier save so I can't go back. Is there a known fix for this anybody might have figured out?
I tried waiting 3 days and giving them a slave but they still shoot me.
I'm playing Fallout 3 right now, and wanna do the slaver missions at Paradise falls, guy at the gate gave me the mission and said I couldn't go in until I gave him slaves. I walked in anyway thinking he would just stop me or there would be a wall or something. There wasn't and he started shooting me so I just ran away. Now every time I go back there he shoots me and I can't continue the mission. I already made 1 slave but to make more I need more slave collars from that guy. Even adding the collars in by the console doesn't work. I have no earlier save so I can't go back. Is there a known fix for this anybody might have figured out?
I tried waiting 3 days and giving them a slave but they still shoot me.
masterkajo
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He just doesn't like you and has trust issues since you betrayed him the first time.
But seriously, I think you are screwed out of this quest. It has been a long time since I played it but same thing happend to me and I just kept playing without every finishing the quest. You probably can reload if you have a save prior to going it (maybe from internet but than it wouldn't be your save) or you can man up and face the consequences of your decisions
zerokoolpsx
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I think they're permanently hostile for the rest of the game. It's been years since I played FO3. Get your itchy trigger finger ready and blow all of them away.
You'll feel better. I know I did.How is serving as a middle man not "gray market" material? It's kind of like money laundering in a game economy sense. Somebody buys games cheap in an eastern market Steam store, gifts them to legit customers in the west to clean them up, and then has that person do the selling of the gifts.
I'm skeptical of the second part. Unless we're talking wholesalers from eastern Europe (which goes back to the first point of using a westerner to clean them up).
We already know what DD take. They take a 30 percent cut. 70 percent is the wholesale number. So it seems impossible to think GG is selling them at a loss (or getting some bulk discount that not even Valve gets).
Plus how would the second part even be possible? You can't redeem codes into gifts. These have to be purchased directly unless I'm missing something.
Anyways, sorry for taking it off-topic. Stump seemed to be pretty emphatic about the situation and I should have just stayed out of it.
hmm Overlay works for me if I run DX9 mode in Big Screen
always been playing in DX10 mode
I was simply correcting your assertion that he's selling keys, nothing more. I realise even in the case I specified it's something of a grey area, depending on perspective.
Let's just say I'm aware of this avenue through a friend of a friend.
Huh. Learn something new every day. I guess publishers really do prefer to give excellent deals to anyone who's not Valve. Probably a good thing for us consumers though.
Stallion Free
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Dammit, I was just 1 achievement away form 100%.
I think DX10 worked fine with the overlay for me, but broke Fraps and then DX9 was the opposite (Fraps worked, overlay didn't). It seems to be an issue unique to DMC4.
thanks man! i'm having weird issues with it. and Big Picture Mode too
for example, when quitting Lara Craft.. Big Picture Mode loses the Web/Steam/Community tabs.. unless I do a alt-tab or something
edit: nevermind, found the info I needed elsewhere.
Stallion Free
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Actually, I just looked at the Rochard achievements and they seem pretty straight forward. I'll definitely pick up some challenge levels.
You might be able to spawn him in. I think they're neutral that way.
To be perfectly honest, I'm not entirely sure how the affiliation operates as I'd rather not look a gift horse in the mouth. It wouldn't at all surprise me if publishers are more fiscally lenient to those who take lesser cuts, though. I mean, one of the bigger rumours surrounding EA's departure from Steam is that it demanded a bigger cut, something that seems believable when you consider the company pulled games that were both EA-developed and EA-published from the store even though Valve's DLC policy wasn't retroactive, and the only EA-related games to appear/reappear on the service are those published via EA Partners (Edit: i.e. those it doesn't have absolute control over).
I forgot it was releasing today and didn't even realize there was a demo (http://www.cityofgangsters.com/us/demo-available-for-omerta-city-of-gangsters/). I should probably try the demo, since I like co-op games for playing with friends, but the initial price is a bit over the impulse purchase level for some people.
Stitch
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nice, every game is using TAGES DRM with this thing D-)
IndieRoyale Evolved Bundle:
http://www.indieroyale.com/
- Unmechanical for: steam (pc), windows, desura
- The Path for: steam (pc), windows, mac, desura
- Krater for: steam (pc)
- Sugar Cube: Bittersweet Factory for: steam (pc), windows, desura
- OIO for: windows, mac, desura
http://www.indieroyale.com/
- Unmechanical for: steam (pc), windows, desura
- The Path for: steam (pc), windows, mac, desura
- Krater for: steam (pc)
- Sugar Cube: Bittersweet Factory for: steam (pc), windows, desura
- OIO for: windows, mac, desura
Looks like today only
Profound sadness ):
Turn that frown upside down!
ROBOKITTYZILLA
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OK so this on reddit lol
Pic is a bit shopped but still funny. Here is original
Someone should shop him as the witcher in the Witcher 2 opening cinematic:
I can't imagine any less than $9.99, probably $14.99, or $13.49 with a -10% launch deal.
28 Posts Later
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Sure, it's a very multiplayer focused game though and I'm not sure if there's much of a community there anymore. There is a [reasonably extensive with the Red DLC] single player campaign but don't expect anything with as much depth as XCOM.
Checking out a demo is a good idea. I feel like it's some sort of weird strategy/puzzle game more than turn-based strategy, but I was really bad at it. You put soldiers in spots, or tell them to move or shoot or guard, then everyone runs to the next spot and possibly dies. Then you keep doing that, or repeat the whole thing but start using different routes to avoid dying as much.
I think it's a neat game and I'm glad it exists, but I'm not sure it's "for" me, as Penny Arcade might say.
Good timing, sir.
dirtywhirlwind
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Not many people playing The Showdown Effect beta, it seems. I have like 2 keys to giveaway (unlocks on Steam), so if anyone wants one please PM me. I would prefer it if you actually had a genuine interest of trying it out.
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