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Microsoft sells partially functional games in Poland
Some really interesting stuff is going on in Poland right now, Microsoft started a really weird action in which they promote the original games for XboX 360…but XboX Live service (and Games For Windows Live) doesn’t work in Poland which is absurd because Polish gamers pay for their games the same amounts of money like any other nations do. Few people didn’t like the whole action so they made their own action, read about it below – written by Kuba Pilecki:
We would like to inform you about our action, that started recently due to the statement of Polish department of Microsoft, responsible for promotion of Xbox 360 in Poland.
We have started a project called “Nie sprzedaję wybrakowanego produktu – nie kradnę (I don’t sell partially functional product – I don’t steal from my customers)”, which was a reaction to an action started by Polish Microsoft. Our project was originally meant to be an answer to the action organized by Polish department of Microsoft, which was against hard-modding of the consoles and the piracy. Because one of the representatives of Microsoft advised, that the main reason for a LIVE subscription being unavailable in Poland is due to a piracy, we’ve decided to react. Now we are planning to start an international project called “We want LIVE”.
As the users of the original versions of the games for Xbox 360 console, we didn’t like the fact, that somebody was insinuating that because Polish gamers use illegal software, there will be no LIVE available for us. We do not agree with suggestions, that that is the case. We do not believe that the Polish gamers are responsible for lack of LIVE in Poland. We think, that after few years of waiting for the start of that service in our country, after dozens of promises
saying “wait one more month” – the time we’ve given is over. And that’s mostly thanks to the words of Mr Kuba Mirski.
Steam account sells for $1,000 on eBay
An unknown Steam account holder managed to resell used Steam games – 139 of them, for $1,000.
Seller with a nickname dave311freak estimated his collection’s value at $2,700 and said he wanted at least $500 for the collection. The collection includes Grand Theft Auto IV, Modern Warfare 1 and 2, and Borderlands. He ended up getting double of what he wanted in the first place.
This account has absolutely no bans on any of the games, is in good standing with VAC, and any one of the games can be downloaded at any time on any computer with Steam on it.
I will change all of the information in that account to the winner’s email address and issue a password to the winner that he or she can change once they log in. I will also provide user account information for games that require additional credentials (Dragon Age for the DLC, Company of Heroes Account info, etc…).
Why is dave311freak ditching his Steam account (which is against the Steam Subscriber Agreement by the way)?
As you can probably tell, I spend way too much time buying and playing video games and I am going to try to spend more time with my family and doing other hobbies.
What do you think? How much is your Steam account worth? :-)
Canonical is going to bring Steam to Ubuntu?
One of the UbuntuForums.org administrators – Matthew Helmke – created a poll concerning the most desired applications on the Ubuntu linux distribution.
The poll is meant to show Canonical in which direction Ubuntu should go. We can find several commercial apps in the poll, such as: Adobe Photoshop, World of Warcraft, Steam and Apple iTunes. These are the most desired applications for Ubuntu of all time.
However, there is a one empty space so that users could type in whatever application they want.
The thread about this poll is growing very fast, it reached 15 pages of replies in just one day.
Team Fortress 2 Contribute
Valve is going to put Team Fortress 2′s fanbase to work, giving them the chance to craft their own in-game items, weapons and avatars.
It’s part of the new "Contribute" site, which will allow TF2 fans to submit their own ideas for things like hats and guns to Valve. The good ones will be included in the game. For everybody, too, not just the person responsible.
You can submit stuff right now, gallery coming soon.
Weekend Deals (15.01.10)
And here it is, another weekend, last one was like just yesterday…
GamersGate – Napoleon’s Campaigns, World War One, American Civil War, Birth of America II: Wars in America, Birth of America. GamersGate offers Steam-like overlay system called PlayXpert for free!
Good Old Games – Tex Murphy games 50% off!
Steam offers Dirt 2 with 50% discount. EU users beware, European price is 80% higher than US price!
Impulse is offering 7 items here.
DLGamer sells Borderlands 15€ cheaper, for 34.99€.
Also G2Play has some offers here, use at your own risk.
PS. The list will be updated when new offers will pop up.
Gabe Newell receives GDC Pioneer Award
The 2010 Game Developers Choice Awards, the highest honors in video game development, is beginning the announcement of its Special Awards for the tenth annual ceremony, taking place at GDC 2010 this March, and has named Valve co-founder Gabe Newell as the winner of this year’s Pioneer Award.
The Pioneer Award — originated by the Game Developers Choice Awards organizers at the 2008 Awards, and the first award to honor breakthrough figures in the game industry — celebrates those individuals responsible for developing a vital technology or game design at a crucial juncture in video game history, paving the way for the many who followed them.
This year, the Choice Awards Advisory Committee, which includes notables such as Ben Cousins (EA DICE), Harvey Smith (Arkane), Raph Koster (Metaplace), John Vechey (PopCap), Ray Muzyka (BioWare), Clint Hocking (Ubisoft), and others has voted to give the Pioneer Award to Valve’s Newell. He is being awarded for his work in co-creating the PC key digital download service Steam, and helping to make possible some of the most important video games of the past two decades – from the Half-Life series through Portal to Team Fortress and beyond.
Week 2 deals
Weekend deals are not enough :) And that’s true. We need deals all the time! Constantly!
This week is started by GamersGate by offering 40% discount for arcade puzzle game PikGem. Steam also started early this time and is offering entire King’s Bounty franchise 75% off! Offer is valid til Thursday, so hurry up. Direct2Drive (all of them) offers Aaaaa! with 50% discount. G2Play announces that they will give free keys away, at 19:00 CET. And also they have deals on their page.
PS. The list will be updated as more deals pop up :)
Crayon Physics Deluxe – Pay what you want!
As some of you already know the makers of Crayon Physics Deluxe are having a birthday sale just like the critically acclaimed World of Goo had. Basically go to their site, click on the Buy The Game link and chose what price you wanna pay for the game.
The game is kind of expensive on Steam – US: $19.99, UK: £15.99 (29% higher), EU: 17,99€ (31% higher) – check it here. So I suppose it’s way better to support the indie developers directly in that case ;-)
Have fun!
Steam: Wings of Prey priced fairly for Europe
Today, Wings of Prey was released on Steam and it is priced fairly for Europe, it is 10% cheaper until 15 January.
US: $49.99 $44.99
UK: £30.99 £27.89 (1% lower)
EU: 34,99€ 31,49€ (0% higher)
Weekend Deals (08.01.10)
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Pilot of “Weekend Deals” new series, episode 1
Enjoy yourself!
9th Jan - added GamesPlanet Winter Promo deals.
Current deals: GamersGate, Steam, Impulse, EA UK, GamesPlanet.
PS. The list will be updated when new offers will pop up.
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: Guys, do you know that site's address, which had all the dails for "today"? It listed all the games (discounted) from every online store. I can't remember it's name, and even ~10 minutes of Google didn't help me.
: i love the price of games in australia lol
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