Tag: germany
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Company of Heroes 2 for $10.79, Steam redeemable
Pretty good deal for Company of Heroes 2, it’s only $10.79 with this voucher code: GMG20-ZB5D1-93X49
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German consumer federation goes to court war with Valve
Sorry I didn’t post this earlier but now it’s here, check this out, finally someone BIG is going after Valve, Steam and it’s subscriber agreement. Can’t wait to see how this turns out! The Federation of German Consumers Association (VZBV) has taken issue with Valve and Steam. The VZBV tried to get Valve to allow…
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Update: Valve taking action against gifts from USA and Russia!
People in the Steam gifting-scene from Russia and USA claim that they have received emails from Valve, urging them to stop gifting to players from Europe. On some accounts, buying games has been completely disabled. This is completely unacceptable. For most of people, buying games via a USA-gifter has never been about getting the…
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Germany warns Blizzard (cease-and-desist order)
Due to lack of information about the game on the box of Diablo 3 and the lack of access to the game because of technical problems, the Consumer Federation warned the game manufacturer Blizzard. Blizzard has failed to inform players about permanent Internet connection requirement on the game box. Also in connection with the registration…
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Electronic Arts: “Origin is not spyware”!
Origin is under fire in Germany, here’s some info from the Spiegel (via Eurogamer) – they mostly bash EA for (allegedly) accessing other programs without notifying users and giving “partners” free rein to collect information on “IP addresses, usage data, software, equipment, software usage and existing hardware peripherals” fingor marketing purposes. According to the Spiegel,…
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Steam: “German accounts can only buy games in the German language as gifts.”
A person with IA-KRaTTe nickname came into our IRC Channel today and told us a really disturbing story. Read this to find out more: “Gifting Company of Heroes to an United States citizen leads to language problems and even after my friend from the USA made a Steam Support ticket, they refuse to change his…