Rebellion bans “illegal” Sniper Elite 3 keys on Steam

As you may know Rebellion has banned more than 7000 Steam keys for Sniper Elite 3. The studio said the keys were stolen, distributed to resellers and then sold without payments going to them or Steam. However, according to distributor CJS CD Keys, the original message suggested that after receiving a refund, impacted gamers should re-buy the game on Steam at full price. CJS CD Keys claims that Rebellion revoked…

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July 2, 2014

News / OMG!1 / Steam / Steam Beta / Steam Updates

Steam: New beta allows mutliple sign-ins

One of the latest betas has enabled multiple device sign-ins. You are now able to do everything on your account on multiple machines except launching a game - which brings up the following dialog:

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May 5, 2014

EA / Entertainment / Nintendo / Nintendo Wii U

EA games on the Wii U will require an Origin account

Updated EA privacy policy confirms that EA games on the Wii U will require an Origin account. You'll also have to agree to allow EA to collect your e-mail address, friend list, country, language, and date of birth. This is similar to the online requirement for online play in EA's games on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, which are generally simply linked to your PSN ID or Xbox Gamertag.

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October 24, 2012

EA

EA responds to forum and Origin game bans

EA has proven that it's not afraid to bring the banhammer down on Origin users who defy their Terms of Service. In March, a user on the Dragon Age 2 forums was banned for breaking the forum's rules, only to find out he'd been prohibited from using his purchased copy of the game as well. Though EA reinstated his Origin access and chalked it up to a system error, Rock,…

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November 18, 2011

Steam / Valve

Steam got hacked pretty bad

Here's the official statement in plain text: Dear Steam Users and Steam Forum Users: Our Steam forums were defaced on the evening of Sunday, November 6. We began investigating and found that the intrusion goes beyond the Steam forums. We learned that intruders obtained access to a Steam database in addition to the forums. This database contained information including user names, hashed and salted passwords, game purchases, email addresses, billing…

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November 10, 2011

Entertainment / News / Steam / Weird Stuff

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…

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January 18, 2010

News / Steam Updates

Steam: New beta available

New Steam beta showed up today. The beta introduces several fixes and I guess those are worth checking out: Added contact email account verification by request and on new account creation Improved account security with verified contact email to prevent phishing Added mod support for Killing Floor Fixed memory leak Now you can verify your e-mail address: And after that you are verified: Why is this so important? Right…

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August 22, 2009