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Steam Winter Sales 2012 Thread 2: [Extended To Jan 7th For Encore Deals]
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Me. :O
speculawyer
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Is Activision going to create their own PC game distribution platform? Wait . . . they already have one called Battle.net, right? Maybe all Activision PC games will get distributed on that ?
graywolf323
Member
007 Legends and James Bond: Blood Stone are gone from Steam as well
zerokoolpsx
Member
There's people who don't have either of the Bioshocks?
Check your PM inbox.
I'd think the non-Steamworks Call of Duty games would be among the first to go if that were the case.
zerokoolpsx
Member
Amazon made all the 2k pack unavailable. Can't add them to cart. Price change on the dual pack I'm guessing so no more free Bioshock 1 and 2 anymore.
toddhunter
Member
Just want to say I don't want it
I really hope not. Seeing those prices always makes me smile.
OneEightZero
aka ThreeOneFour
That was pretty quick.
Artofwar420
Member
Trading Secret of the Magic Crystals for Dark Souls.
Pm me your steamid.
There we go, Secret World went down on Amazon (guess without being a Steam key that's technically out of the topic's domain), and my credit shot up $15 even after getting that game. So, huh, going to keep an eye on deals in the future. Maybe I'll go to hell with it and get ME3 on PC just to complete the trilogy on PC, even if playing through on 360 sapped most of my desire for that.
It was scheduled for 2012 Q1 but now that Vivendi is looking for a buyer of their game divisions I think it's safe to assume Blizzard and Activision will prefer not to increase dependency on each other given the uncertain future. At this point I wouldn't be surprised if we get an isolated service from Activision in the trend of uplay/origin instead.
zerokoolpsx
Member
Trade you 6x Bad Rats for Dark Souls. Send PM >_>
Artofwar420
Member
Dunno, then again I'd be getting 6 times as many games.................
One set will update in a little over an hour, yes.
The cars in Blur were licensed, it's possible that the license to some of them ran out.
I would give him a pass since he's apparently drunk, but yeah.
Can I have it, even though I just won Bioshock from Kandrick? haha.
Sgt.Pepper
Banned
So, I'm thinking about getting the Hero Academy Gold Pack. It seems pretty fun. What's GAF's opinion on it though?
Artofwar420
Member
Sweet cherry win. I want to buy Dark Souls, but I have to pay the bills. Decisions.
To be fair, when other sites are discussed here it's normally in relation to Steamworks games that register on Steam, so it's not like it's not related to Steam.
reptilescorpio
Member
What other Activision games were pulled?
Seems both Bizarre titles are gone. Maybe the rights might be changing hands (hopefully)?
If that's the case, it's still impossible to know when the games will reappear. The publishing rights to Wolf09 transferred to Bethesda almost a year ago, not long after it was a Daily for the first time since dinosaurs roamed the land, but the game still hasn't been put back up under Bethesda's name.
I think the GAF consensus was that it's a good game with a somewhat questionable pricing/DLC model. The gold pack at 75% off seems like the way to go
Also, it's Greg Kasavin's number 3 game of 2012! Also! TF2 hats. As for Bizarre, The Club (published by Sega) still lives! That game's actually pretty good, too! People didn't really cotton to the racing/shooting hybrid, I guess, but it's good fun if you have a high tolerance for digging a little through some (mostly tongue-in-cheek) baditude.
reptilescorpio
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Yeah after seeing QoS and 007 Legends gone it must have simply been end of 2012 rights expiring. Maybe it is another renegotiation like what happened with GTA VC that got pulled from Steam but strange that it is spread over a few franchises. Could be the deal with Steam or a middleware provider that all the games used?
Tizoc
Member
How's the Single player mode in it?I think the GAF consensus was that it's a good game with a somewhat questionable pricing/DLC model. The gold pack at 75% off seems like the way to go
Visualante2
Member
The value of Steam gifts that get removed must sky rocket.
I'd imagine it's just a case of Activision's contract regarding the Bond license and its use for video games expiring. It's changed hands over the years, after all.
I'm not too sure
I bought it but I havn't installed it yet. I think it's mostly just some challenges with the bulk of the game being multiplayerIf Half-Life 2 ever gets removed I'm going to be freaking rich
reptilescorpio
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On that note it seems nothing was taken out of the radio in GTA VC when it was put back up yet the Australian store page says 'Buy Grand Theft Auto: Vice City New Audio AU'. Any word on what the change was?
Strange that Blur has gone though.
Strange that Blur has gone though.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Oh boy, this is going to be the first Steam Winter sale I didn't buy anything for! I guess it's because I already have what I want and the one that I do want (Cities in Motion) hasn't gone a major sale.
That and I splurged my savings for a 3DS XL
Strange that Blur has gone though.
dani_dc mentioned earlier that the cars in the game were licensed, which may have something to do with its removal; although, even so, the timing coinciding with the removal of the 007 games is one heck of a coincidence!
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
I believe it's on GMG right now for 13 bucks (as of this post in my Chrome, at least)
http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/us/en/pc/games/simulation/cities-motion-collection/
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Can it go even lower with a code? Also how long is the 75% off?
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