RAGE NEWS!!!1
MAFIA 2 already on BitTorrent – shame on you Steam!
And at this point… why shouldn’t people like me cancel their pre-orders? I can assure you I’m not going to cancel my pre-order just because I respect these developers and loved the original game but seriously things like this shouldn’t happen when it comes to digital sale. We want the game now, we paid for it and can’t play it or even pre-load it.
And publishers are amazed that people pirate the games? Think again idiots.
Over 1 000 000 views!
The original thread concerning the price differences in Europe (and the rest of the world) on Steam has reached over 1 000 000 views lately! This isn’t a particularly good thing but at least it’s not closed and people still seem to rage about it (after almost 2 years!).
Now go there and leave a reply and make sure Valve notices us once more!
Looks like $1 = €1 after all (and it appears it’s gonna stay like this forever…)
Brazilian issues with games
Recently a Brazilian gamer contacted us over Steam saying that they have a lot of problems with Steam in Brazil.
First of all, the retail game distribution sucks over there, it sucks so much that they can’t even buy games like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (or other Steam registerable games) in stores, they are forced to buy them on Steam which is obviously overpriced as usual. Games from Rockstar Games aren’t mostly available on Steam (only the last one – Episodes from Liberty City).
Secondly, Brazil has very loose laws when it comes to DRMs but unfortunately the developers/publishers don’t give a fuck about their regional rights and they force them to install SecuROMs and other bullshit DRMs anyway – even on Steam (well, Steam is a DRM on it’s own to be honest…).
Moreover, they are even fucked with Games for Windows Live because when they actually try to activate their game in Brazil they lose it.
We do realize that this isn’t mostly Steam/Valve’s fault but the publishers but seriously this can’t be that way. The publishers need to realize that people hate DRMs, in fact this is the main reason why people crack games and “steal” them because they don’t have “X activation times left” or DVD needed in the drive all the time.
This is just a simple rage post and ignore it if you want, but if your country has similar problems feel free to contact us and maybe we will figure something out soon and let them all know what we think.
Warning: FPS Banana infected!
Watch out when you’re visiting FPS Banana!
It’s probably one of the best sites for maps, skins, mods, custom UIs and other gaming stuff but recently they’ve been infected with the "Black Internet" trojan.
Do not even visit the site because you will get infected while you visit it (you don’t have to download anything).
Just thought we would let you all know about this since the only thread on this on the Steam forums.
Read the rest of this entry if you want to know how to check if you’re infected or wanna know how to remove the trojan.
Pre-ordering on Steam? Think twice.
Some angry Steam user posted a very interesting message on the official Steam Forums. He wanted a refund for his pre-order of Aliens vs Predator game (for whatever reason, you can always refund a pre-order). But he bought the game with a discounted game Psychonauts ($2 at a time).
What’s wrong you may think? Well, according to Steam Support you can’t refund only one game if you put them both in the shopping cart. And now the guy had to “give back” (and get back the $2 of course) Psychonauts in order to get his money for AvP back.
After that he wanted a refund for his pre-ordered copy of Battlefield Bad Company 2. I wonder why?
Whats’s our point? Watch out there kids, don’t get pre-orders with regular games!
PS Our favorite moderators already closed the topic.
Aliens vs Predator™ Steam: Pre-order now and receive Universe at War: Earth Assault for free
(click on the picture to see the deal)
Almost 11 years ago a PC game bought together two of the most vicious creatures ever unleashed on mankind by filmmakers. Aliens™ and Predators™. Although the cross-over of this former two independence movie franchises is dated back to 1990, it was the game that lead to it’s today success. It was followed by a sequels and two movies in 2004 & 2007.
February 16th Aliens vs. Predators™ will return to the PC for a third strike.
Good price for Britons, while Europeans once again suffer from the 1€=1$ conversion.
US: $49.99
UK: £24.99 (19% lower)
EU: 49,99€ (43% higher)
Bioshock 2 with “great” price
(click on the picture to see the deal)
You probably all remember nice hit-game Bioshock that collected many awards and so on. Now it is time for sequel. But like usually, there are no good things without bad things. The good thing is that you can get Bioshock 1 for free, you can give the extra copy to your friend, if you already have one. And there is now multiplayer! Achievements! DLC‘s! And somekinda social networking based on Games for Windows live.
And the bad thing is the price for Europeans, except United Kingdom citizens.
US: $49.99 $44.99 (~32€)
UK: £39.99 £26.99 (2% lower) <- 33% discount not 10% like the others!!!!!
EU: 49,99€ 44,99€ (43% higher)
Red Alert 3 unplayable online on Steam
Those who bought Red Alert 3 during Steam’s holiday sale are finding themselves with a partially useless game purchased at a fairly low price. Steam users report that the downloaded copies of Red Alert 3 don’t include serial numbers, which the game requires for online play.
A similar issue occurred recently through Steam with the digital sale of Spore. That problem seems to have been resolved, and at least one Red Alert 3 player has been able to rectify the current error, though the solution required the game to be re-downloaded directly from EA (complete with SecuROM DRM).
Still, EA’s eventual intervention in Steam’s Spore issue is a possible sign that these Red Alert 3 owners will get their fix as fast as possible.
Update:
EA today confirmed to Joystiq via Twitter that the issue had been "quickly resolved," further adding that "all is well back in Steam land."
(Updated) Steam will remember your security code!
UPDATE!
Crossed words in this article are supposed to be treated as false, please ignore them!
Read more about this here in an updated article!









