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[C00kie M0nster]

Some decent deals are running on Newegg. Using coupon EMCPHHP87 to get the following prices. All Steam keys and Steamplay.

• Civilization V: Complete Edition $12.5
  
• Borderlands 2 Headhunter DLC: Tk Baha's Bloody Harvest $0.75
  
• Borderlands 2 - Headhunter 2: The Horrible Hunger of the Ravenous Wattle Gobbler DLC $0.75
  
• Borderlands 2 - Headhunter 3: How Marcus Saved Mercenary Day DLC $0.75
  
• Borderlands 2: Ultimate Vault Hunters Upgrade Pack $1.25
  
• Borderlands 2: Ultimate Vault Hunter Upgrade Pack 2: Digistruct Peak Challenge $1.25
  
• Borderlands 2: Psycho Pack $2.5
  
• Borderlands 2 Mechromancer $2.5
  
• Bioshock Infinite - Columbia's Finest $1.25
  
• Bioshock Infinite - Clash in the Clouds $1.25
  
• Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy $2.5
• Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast $2.5
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic $2.5
  
• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition $5
  
• Quake 4 $5
  
• Sid Meier's Civilization V: Brave New World $7.5

Blegh, Newegg doesn't accept Canadian Visas apparently due to the billing address. Lame.

 

[PandaPedinte]

I like how they added a progress bar to the Steam "connection" window... that does fuck all, and disappears soon after the first switch to "updating user configuration".

Also, Prey still isn't fixed. Volvo, plz.

What happened to Prey?

 

[wetflame]

Blegh, Newegg doesn't accept Canadian Visas apparently due to the billing address. Lame.

I had the same issue trying to pay with Paypal using my UK billing address.

 

[Mengy]

I've become extremely proficient in freezing and starving people in Banished, I've almost got it down to a science. Play for 30 minutes, winter comes along and all hell breaks loose.

Surprisingly my first village is still alive and actually thriving.

I started right out on hard so I didn't have any crops or animals for a long time. Went the hunter/gatherer/fishing route and VERY slowly expanded my population. Real gentle nudges up. After a few close calls with food and firewood I'm now at like year 27 with a pop of just over 100, and I've got plenty of everything for the time being. Still expanding slowly, being careful not to outrun my resources too quickly.

I'm real curious to see how large I can grow this town before I lose it all to a dumb decision or one fatal mistake.

 

[Turfster]

What happened to Prey?

Mine won't run any more.
The only thing that changed was that the Steam client updated, so...

 

[woo and indeed hoo]

Mine won't run any more.
The only thing that changed was that the Steam client updated, so...

Do Volvo know about the issue?

 

[Arthea]

Kalypso launcher was definitely not optional, unless they hide it so good that it's irrelevant even if it is. I tried to avoid it (with Tropico 4), no luck.

 

[sibarraz]

I don't get this, as far as I know South Park is still 60 dollars here in chile, is the game cheaper on brazil or what?

 

[Mengy]

My friend bought it and so far he's enjoying it but according to him the game has some major balancing issues like people consuming too much food and is pretty buggy. Most people from GAF seem to share a similar opinion. I would wait for the developer to sort these things out before buying it, maybe it will receive a discount along the way

Ah, you and your reasonable wallet-closing argument.

I will wait, and I will absorb the Banished OT in excitement. March is gonna be killer for games so I am trying to save a bit.

Those aren't balancing issues, they are design choices. Banished is designed to be hard, it's like the Dark Souls of city builders. Making a small village thrive and survive isn't so bad, but managing a large settlement with hundreds of people through harsh winters and disasters can be very challenging and strategic. The people are supposed to eat a lot, they work hard all day farming and mining and building things!

 

[ArjanN]

Edit: Ace Combat just got Steam Cloud support. I assume the GFWL-removing patch is imminent.

Yeah, it has Steam achievements now as well. (I'm guessing they're not live yet.)

 

[HoosTrax]

Yeah, it has Steam achievements now as well. (I'm guessing they're not live yet.)

Oh no. I have to play that horrible game again.

Well not "horrible", but it's very far from a true flight sim. Somehow they made a combat flight sim that much more arcadey than HAWX even.

 

[JaseC]

I don't get this, as far as I know South Park is still 60 dollars here in chile, is the game cheaper on brazil or what?

It's roughly $42 in Brazil.

 

[PandaPedinte]

Mine won't run any more.
The only thing that changed was that the Steam client updated, so...

Very strange. Anyway get your shit together Volvo.

 

[Turfster]

Do Volvo know about the issue?

I'll poke them tonight, but they'll probably just say "talk to 2K"

 

[Super_Chicken]

Just throwing out a random Steam question. But when is the next big sale going to be? (Going by annual events). I'm assuming a spring sale?

I feel weak having ~20 games vs the people who have a few hundred...

 

[JakeD]

Kalypso launcher was definitely not optional, unless they hide it so good that it's irrelevant even if it is. I tried to avoid it (with Tropico 4), no luck.

just messed with it a bit, if you have an internet connection, the launcher will open and you have to log in, even if you have steam in offline mode.

if you disconnect completely from the internet, it will go straight into the game.

 

[JaseC]

Just throwing out a random Steam question. But when is the next big sale going to be? (Going by annual events). I'm assuming a spring sale?

I feel weak having ~20 games vs the people who have a few hundred...

The next big sale is the Summer Sale, which should begin ~mid-July. Thus far Valve has ignored Spring and there's no reason to suspect this will change.

 

[textonly]

Sorry to be a pain, but since this is "Steamplay" it will activate and run on my PC, right? Even though it says "for Mac"?

I was wrong about Quake 4. It doesn't have a Steamplay tag and there is no separate store page for the Mac version, so I assume Quake 4 Mac version isn't on Steam.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/2210/

However the Newegg page says

Steam account required for game activation and installation.

Which confused me, and I found someone already asked a similar question:

A shopper asked:
Hi, is this a Steam download code? Or is it a direct download from e.g. ID Software (or some other company like the built-in Apple App Store on macs)?

Brendan M:
I thought it was steam. But it doesn't work. Contacted newegg support. Took about a week and they couldn't figure it out so they have me a refund.

So if you are going to buy Quake 4 Mac from Newegg, be ready for it isn't a Steam key.

 

[Anteater]

why do you hate spring gabe

 

[Madrugador]

Just throwing out a random Steam question. But when is the next big sale going to be? (Going by annual events). I'm assuming a spring sale?

I feel weak having ~20 games vs the people who have a few hundred...

You should, I think I got 11 games from one of the first Humble Bundles.

 

[Arthea]

just messed with it a bit, if you have an internet connection, the launcher will open and you have to log in, even if you have steam in offline mode.

if you disconnect completely from the internet, it will go straight into the game.

I haven't tried that, true. Thanks for finding this.

 

[DaBargainHunta]

I've only gotten a PayPal receipt no Humble email I don't think I have a registered account. Guess I'll have to email them.

Did you enter an e-mail address at all? If you register with the same one, Humble should be able to find your old purchases. That's what I did.

 

[woo and indeed hoo]

I'll poke them tonight, but they'll probably just say "talk to 2K"

:/ Hopefully they'll fix the issue before you need to prod them.

 

[Phinor]

Quite a few games have been updated with the new tag: AllowCrossRegionTradingAndGifting: No

Titles I know of: Payday 2, Rust, Banner Saga Deluxe, Divinity: Original Sin, Rust, South Park, Banished. Probably more.

Be careful when trading.

Seems like my days of buying indies games on day 1 are soon over. Fair enough, it never felt quite right but at least in my case I spent a lot more (like double every month) than I used to. Back to waiting for sales.

 

[Super_Chicken]

The next big sale is the Summer Sale, which should begin ~mid-July. Thus far Valve has ignored Spring and there's no reason to suspect this will change.

Thanks!

You should, I think I got 11 games from one of the first Humble Bundles.

hahah aw (((

 

[StAidan]

The next big sale is the Summer Sale, which should begin ~mid-July. Thus far Valve has ignored Spring and there's no reason to suspect this will change.

Thankfully. I'd probably lose my house if Steam had more than 2 major sales per year.

 

[JakeD]

I haven't tried that, true. Thanks for finding this.

no problem. you'd think having a "skip log-in" option would make things easier for everyone. kinda weird

 

[Grief.exe]

Seems like my days of buying indies games on day 1 are soon over. Fair enough, it never felt quite right but at least in my case I spent a lot more (like double every month) than I used to. Back to waiting for sales.

I'm sure its a small percentage of their total sales that are actually going through that process.
They are still generating revenue from your sale as well.

 

[derExperte]

Thanks!


hahah aw (((

Why so sad? There's a HB going on right now, Indiegala has two good ones, Be Mine 11 seven more minutes and so on.

 

[Zeknurn]

Just throwing out a random Steam question. But when is the next big sale going to be? (Going by annual events). I'm assuming a spring sale?

I feel weak having ~20 games vs the people who have a few hundred...

The next big sale is the Summer Sale, which should begin ~mid-July. Thus far Valve has ignored Spring and there's no reason to suspect this will change.

Ahem.

With the amount of indie games being released vastly outnumbering the traditional highbudget games, I'd say this counts as a big sale.

 

[Madrugador]

I really regret not getting a cheap copy of South Park when I could. Oh well, I wasn't going to be able to play it at launch anyway

 

[zkylon]

what's a strix, even

 

[Pachimari]

I only really started looking at Steam games last week and I already got 16 games in my library. Backlog is growing fast wow!

But I'm also building my very first gaming PC later this month so I'm super excited about PC gaming.

 

[RetroMG]

The best thing about the streaming beta is that I can have my laptop signed in without Steam signing me out of my PC. Thank goodness that's a thing now.

It is seriously the best. I used to have two accounts on the family share, one for my laptop and one for my desktop. My friends never knew which one to message me on.

 

[Nabs]

I only really started looking at Steam games last week and I already got 16 games in my library. Backlog is growing fast wow!

But I'm also building my very first gaming PC later this month so I'm super excited about PC gaming.

Make sure you stock up on good bundles (especially this humblebundle.com).

 

[C00kie M0nster]

Ahem.

With the amount of indie games being released vastly outnumbering the traditional highbudget games, I'd say this counts as a big sale.

I completely forgot about that. Now I'm anxiously awaiting it.

 

[JaseC]

Edit: My bad: it looks like the [gifting/trading restriction] flag was applied to a ton of subs at the same time (more or less):

- The Banner Saga
- Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar
- Payday 2
- Divinity: Original Sin
- South Park
- Thief
- Banished
- Rust
- Hawken
- 7 Days to Die

More:

- Deadfall Adventures
- Injustice
- Assetto Corsa
- Kerbal Space Program
- Whatever this is

Ahem.

With the amount of indie games being released vastly outnumbering the traditional highbudget games, I'd say this counts as a big sale.

Virtually everything is discounted during the Summer, Autumn and Winter Sales, not to mention there's only been one relatively large-scale indie sale and Valve has been distributing indie games since 2005.

 

[Vazra]

Guys is http://www.direct2play.com/ reliable for keys?

 

[derExperte]

Guys is http://www.direct2play.com/ reliable for keys?

Looks like one of the countless shady key resellers. I wouldn't but there.

 

[JaseC]

Thankfully. I'd probably lose my house if Steam had more than 2 major sales per year.

There are 3.

 

[_hekk05]

I have 8 sets of badges ready to craft in anticipation of the new sale trading cards.

 

[Lunaniem]

More:

- Deadfall Adventures
- Injustice
- Assetto Corsa
- Kerbal Space Program
- Whatever this is



Virtually everything is discounted during the Summer, Autumn and Winter Sales, not to mention there's only been one relatively large-scale indie sale and Valve has been distributing indie games since 2005.

I hope this doesn't mean everything now is going to get that trading flag, but it sure looks like it will.

 

[Spirit of Jazz]

Just to be safe I should still be able to purchase South Park from Nuuvem as the restriction doesn't apply to retail keys, right?

 

[PetriP-TNT]

Huh, you now can use emotes in the profile summary, the text (like :dosh will get converted to the actual emoticon. Wasn't like this yesterday.

And yes, I'm aware that that might be the most trivial and unimportant thing that ever happened to Steam.

:yorksmokes:

 

[Turfster]

Just to be safe I should still be able to purchase South Park from Nuuvem as the restriction doesn't apply to retail keys, right?

It does if the digital store sells a specific region locked subscription...
or if the pressed disc is region specific.

 

[Fox318]

Huh, you now can use emotes in the profile summary, the text (like :dosh will get converted to the actual emoticon. Wasn't like this yesterday.

And yes, I'm aware that that might be the most trivial and unimportant thing that ever happened to Steam.

:weed: to shoot up

 

[Pachimari]

Make sure you stock up on good bundles (especially this humblebundle.com).

Yeah I did exactly that.

I didn't know what Humble Bundle were until last week, when I bought my first one. The great thing was, that I were interested in all of the games but hadn't tried any of them and right now I'm enjoying them on my 5-year old desktop.

In fact, I don't think I have enjoyed gaming this much since the PS2.

 

[Nabs]

SpeedRunners now has a level editor and Workshop support. Woot.



The best game on Steam gets better.

 

[The_Super_Inframan]

SpeedRunners now has a level editor and Workshop support. Woot.

***

The best game on Steam gets better.

awesome!

this game is really, really great! everybody should try it with some friends

 

[AScotAbroad]

Yeah I did exactly that.

I didn't know what Humble Bundle were until last week, when I bought my first one. The great thing was, that I were interested in all of the games but hadn't tried any of them and right now I'm enjoying them on my 5-year old desktop.

In fact, I don't think I have enjoyed gaming this much since the PS2.

Welcome, it's an incredible time to be a PC gamer. My girlfriend and sister both have crappy laptops but have loved discovering indie titles that happily run on fairly outdated hardware.