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STEAM Announcements & Updates 2014 II - The Definitive Edition
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PandaPandaPanda
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doh
yeah i noticed that when i previewed it before I posted
no idea why modbot picked that image, was too lazy to find the url for the image and remove it
Just got this popup in Steam:
I only buy my games from sites like GMG, or from Steam itself, and everything else comes from bundles. I'd love to contact Steam about this but I don't know which game was revoked (I have 1000+), and there are no help topics that match the issue (this is the closest I can get). Guess I'll file a general ticket and look for a response in a few weeks.
Unless anyone here has any ideas?
I only buy my games from sites like GMG, or from Steam itself, and everything else comes from bundles. I'd love to contact Steam about this but I don't know which game was revoked (I have 1000+), and there are no help topics that match the issue (this is the closest I can get). Guess I'll file a general ticket and look for a response in a few weeks.
Unless anyone here has any ideas?
I'm still holding out for (Don't You) Forget About Me: A Breakfast Club Adventure. I'm sure Telltale could do something with that.
Thought the same thing, it's not the first time we get a gog game, would be nice to get some rarer classic games bundled, you know the ones we never get around buying, inspite of intending.
AbundantChoice
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That would be *amazing*. I wanna make dandruff snow! Plus, we could do this again:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY9NO4GQJRk
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Looks like achievements are now working in Tales of Maj'Eyal. Might have to play it tonight and see how many I can unlock. The game has 1,297 achievements.
Glass Rebel
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Didn't realize Grief was unbanned. Welcome back, man!
edit: omg, downloading Strider
edit: omg, downloading Strider
No, no emails from Steam. I would think where it says "Jan 16th" the game should be listed.
Check your library, there might be an item way at the bottom called "Other Games" and it might be there.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
You may not be the only one.
Unless this reddit post was made by you.
Since they had a glitch that started giving people free games yesterday, it's possibly related to that ongoing fiasco. If it is, it's strange that it mentioned last month though. Weirder things have happened...
Jawmuncher
Member
Yeah it is a little bad that so many of those GOG games can be so cheap already and I just go "NAH i'll wait". Bundles have ruined me.
As long as it has the song i'm in.
Post not from me, and nothing listed at the bottom of my library. I submitted a ticket, will see what they say in a few weeks.
Krusenstern
Banned
Grief, welcome back!
Can't wait for your Resident Evil 4 OT. When are you planning on putting it up?
Can't wait for your Resident Evil 4 OT. When are you planning on putting it up?
Garcia
Member
PixelJunk Monsters really needs to be hastier. I'm enjoying the game but the movement speed can be an obstacle when you're having a good time thinking about strategic placement of your towers. Also the waiting between some swarms is extremely long.
It's weird because I haven't ditched the game because of those 2 major problems; I only wish it was much faster and action oriented. Aiming for 100% on every stage makes the game really challenging.
It's weird because I haven't ditched the game because of those 2 major problems; I only wish it was much faster and action oriented. Aiming for 100% on every stage makes the game really challenging.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Alienware Arena is giving out free Steam keys for Sniper 2: Ghost Warrior Collector's Edition Upgrade DLC.
Last Baron
Member
Playing GunZ 2 for the Playfire rewards beta and wow it's awful.
Darth Kupi
Banned
Why is everyone going apeshit for Prey giveaways?
Just play the demo.
its a loooooooong ass demo, and has the best parts of the game.
The rest of it is downhill from there into mediocrity.
Just play the demo.
its a loooooooong ass demo, and has the best parts of the game.
The rest of it is downhill from there into mediocrity.
Mavromatis
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Now to get Sniper 2: Ghost Warrior.
derExperte
Member
Good luck with that. How far are you along? Because the game being very slow and a lot of trial and error made me give up after 10hrs, too much time is necessary to get back to where you failed. It's obvious that Monsters is old and lacks many refinements of later tower defense games.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
My thoughts exactly, as the key never expires. It was $4.49 during the last sale, and I can wait.
I don't think the apeshit part is because they want to play it that bad, simply adding a rare game to the collection is probably what hits the spot.
Darth Kupi
Banned
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Because it's no longer available on Steam. The only way to get the game on Steam is to activate a retail key, and the game is long-since "out of print".
It hasn't been for sale on Steam for ages.
I don't know the whole story but as far as I've heard it is a lot more difficulty to get a hold of it in the US than Europe.
Prey was removed from the Steam store, but, if you can find the physical disc, the game is Steamworks and still activates on the platform.
Historically, hasn't been too difficult to find, but copies have been drying up.
Garcia
Member
Something simlar happened to me. I only got 2 coupons for Broken Age (25%).
C00kie M0nster
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FiveElementNinja
Member
Steam sales will make up for the money spent, don't worry.
woo and indeed hoo
Banned
Don't worry; all the free/obscenely cheap games will make you feel better
.Until you have an utterly overwhelming 'backlog' and want to punch yourself in the face for being so greedy :/.
Enjoy!
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
This page is new:
http://store.steampowered.com/recommended/morelike/app/242920
AFAIK, right now it can only be accessed by clicking on the "More like this" button on the "recommended for you" page.
Working on adding Enhanced Steam functionality to the page, but was also thinking of adding a button on the store page. Would people find that useful?
http://store.steampowered.com/recommended/morelike/app/242920
AFAIK, right now it can only be accessed by clicking on the "More like this" button on the "recommended for you" page.
Working on adding Enhanced Steam functionality to the page, but was also thinking of adding a button on the store page. Would people find that useful?
Why didn't Valve add a link to this page from the store page to begin with?
sorry to change the subject, but would it ever be possible to add a feature or tool that scans to find out which game it was when valve mysteriously removes a game from your library?
BundleStars is running a 75% off King's Bounty sale, in various flavors
- Crossworlds GOTY
- Crossworlds
- Armored Princes
- Warriors of the North
- The legend
Not like a reboot really means much in Doom's case. Doom 3 is the only one that kinda/sorta had a story, and at the end all the named characters are dead anyway.
I guess it could have more of a old school action focus again.
Garcia
Member
This is my main concern right now. I've completed 3 levels already but the 4th I just can't perfect score yet. The 9th swarm (hasty spiders of hell) is where things get complicated and that's when I usually fail. As you just mentioned, having to wait over 5 minutes every time you retry a level can be tiresome.
Think I'll just have to tweak the game into my own liking, just as I had to with Don't Starve by accelerating the flow of time 2 or 3 times.
Cheat Engine, savior of the impatient.
Baconsaurus Rex
Member
I should've gotten a 125% discount, meaning they'd have to give me money when I buy Broken Age
Garcia
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ModBot said:Instructions for participants:
I am giving away a Steam key. To enter this giveaway, send a PM to ModBot with any subject line. In the body, copy and paste the entire line below containing the key.
Rules for this Giveaway:
- This giveaway is a LIGHTNING raffle. The winners will be selected by random draw 15 minutes after the draw was created. Any games not claimed after that point will be given away first come first serve.
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Monaco --MB-C43E6989052A63DF- Taken by Darth Kupi. 9 entrants total.
Not really sure where this gift copy of Interstellar Marines came from... or why I have it in my library too. I don't remember buying it. Does anyone know if it was part of a bundle recently?
Anyway, giving away my extra:
Anyway, giving away my extra:
ModBot said:Instructions for participants:
I am giving away a Steam key. To enter this giveaway, send a PM to ModBot with any subject line. In the body, copy and paste the entire line below containing the key.
Rules for this Giveaway:
- If you are a lurker you are not eligible for this giveaway. You need five or more posts in either the current Steam thread or the previous one to be eligible
- Do not trade keys you win off-site to enrich yourself. Don't try to claim games you have no interest in collecting or playing. Don't claim games to give them to friends off-site.
- If the key is already taken you will not receive a reply. Replies may take a minute or two:
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jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
It's definitely possible, though doing so would be... tricky. Enhanced Steam currently evaluates each app on the page to see if you own it. To do this it would require Enhanced Steam to compile a list of all of the applications you own, and update that list each time you visit Steam. This information is, fortunately, available via the Steam API.
However, for people like myself that have a lot of games, this processing would take between 10-15 seconds to complete, then probably another 1 second or so to compare the new list to the old one and alert you of any changes.
The upside to doing things this way would be that you wouldn't have to wait for things to highlight, as I would already have a list of all the games you own and it would take almost no time at all to process your owned games. The downside is that the browser would essentially "freeze" for a number of seconds every time you visited Steam.
I may create a button and place it on your profile or in the Enhanced Steam options like "Resync your library with Steam" that you can press manually to perform this function, and it would tell your new game count and any added or removed games.
Kiru
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Sorry
Weird Humble Bundle Bug happened.- Status