Author: stranded
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Amazon refunds for digital downloads
Here’s an interesting read from Kotaku: In the world of Amazon’s Kindle, you can download books digitally — and return them. Could this be a workable idea for gaming? Kotaku writer discovered last week that books, bought digitally and downloaded to the device, can be returned. This is something I didn’t think was possible with…
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Steam: Client beta with new features
Check this out: – Threaded network communication encryption/decryption work – Improved caching of images/icons fetched over HTTP and used inside client UI (avatars, achievement images, etc) – Windows 7 jump list improvements – Improved Steam Cloud transfer protocol performance/reliability when syncing large files – Consistency improvements for stats and achievements Steam Forums post – report…
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And the winner is!
Here are the lottery results: We had 515 total entries. Most of users passed the quiz (309 valid quizes) and amazingly big amount of users failed the quiz (206). That’s weird, it was really easy, considering every single question had it’s answer on our website (especially the recent 1 Year Anniversary post).
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Giveaways and Discounts!
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Mod DB Digital Store
The makers of ModDB website – probably the biggest modding site on the Internet – are about to open a store for selling digital video games. It’s being developed by IGN (like Direct2Drive). Development includes CRM, DRM (digital rights management) for download security, development of a flash movie player, and a shopping cart module. This…
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Games For Windows Live store is up!
You can now buy several Games For Windows Live games using the official Microsoft Games For Windows Live application. The prices are in dollars which is ok but they aren’t really very different from other stores around the globe. Check out the Microsoft store!
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1 Year Anniversary
I can not believe it was a year ago! It all started with an innocent Steam Store Beta, which introduced the dreadful "conversion" 1€ = 1$. Few days later (despite the many comments on the official forums) they decided to introduce a new currency on Steam. The next day, I’ve created the “Looks like $1…
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Steam, VISA and insta-buy feature continues…
So it appears that Steam Store does not remember security codes from VISA card holders as we posted earlier – at least that is what Valve worker, Doug Valente, claims and I was asked to remove that information because apparently it’s false. However we still don’t know why Steam Store is insta-buying games if you…
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Steam: Dreamkiller Free Weekend
Pre-load the game now! Click here.
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(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!
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Steam: Braid new low price…or is it?
Valve it’s been almost a year and still you guys are showing those new prices and promos in dollars for everyone, for fuck’s sake you can display all advertisement on Steam regionally all over the world but can’t do it with simple flash animation or gifs? Shame on you!
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Direct2Drive: 24 Days of Christmas
In today’s deal: BioShock UK (£19.50 £9.95) 4th December deal: The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director’s Cut (£24.95 £12.50) 3rd December deal: Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim Check out this page tomorrow for new deal! Everyday until December 24th there will be new deal available, additionally a competition called Name That Game Giveaway – basically…
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Steam Alternatives: Xfire Game Store
European store: http://eu.xfirestore.com American store: http://us.xfirestore.com 1: Get the Downloader Once your payment has been completed, you can get the Downloader from the Confirmation Page, your Account Page or the Confirmation e-mail. This installs our Downloader (DLM.exe) on your PC, simplifying the game download process. 2: Install the Downloader Launch the Downloader by double-clicking…
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Steam Alternatives: Green House
The Greenhouse is a game store brought together by Penny Arcade and Hothead Games. It launched in April 2008 to support the launch of our first title, Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness. They have bigger plans, but they’re not ready to talk about them yet. How does it work? At Green…
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Gamers Gate: Holiday Gift Guide
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Steam: Day 5 of Holiday Sale
Dawn of Discovery is not available in Europe.
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Impulse: Cyber Monday Sale
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Steam: Day 4 of Holiday Sale
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Steam: Day 3 of Holiday Sale
Ghostbusters The Video Game is NOT available in Europe. Edit: Correction it now is available in Europe. Unfortunately it’s overpriced.
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Steam: Day 2 of Holiday Sale
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Steam Pre-Holiday Sale
Edit 26 November: added the packs and the deals for the first day.
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Get Games launches!
Get Games is the brand new digital download service from the team that created Eurogamer. They have a very special offer: Serious Sam HD for £9.99! Get it now! Over the coming weeks they will be adding a fantastic range of new releases, indie games, classic titles and free-to-play games to the site. So make…
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Steam: Top Games Under 5/10 introduced
I think Valve realized their opponents have those in their stores so they’ve added it: http://store.steampowered.com/news/3158/ At least they’re showing all currencies now: Browse for the Top Games Under $10/£7/10€ or Top Games Under $5/£4/5€ and find the day’s top-sellers. Yeah we all know one dollar IS one euro… Games Under 5€ Games Under 10€
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Telltale Holiday Store
Save big on your holiday shopping with Telltale It’s that time of year again, and you’ve got someone on your holiday list who is impossible to shop for. Fortunately for you, the Telltale Store has some special holiday packages over on the gifts page! If you’re new to their site, they’ve got loads of games,…
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Modern Warfare 2: Get your game or money back!
As we find out recently Online Key Store is sending out new sets of cd-keys for the game so that people who bought it from their store can easily re-activate their game once more on Steam. Also G2Play is refunding (according to their response on Twitter): http://twitter.com/G2PLAYSHOP/status/5916068001 So if you bought your key somewhere else…