Tag: pricing

  • New currencies coming to the Steam store

    I know this is rather old news but I don’t have much time to post here. I can’t believe this is finally happening… after 9 fucking years (!) Steam introduces more currencies to the Steam store. Details below! This is an e-mail to all Steamworks developers from Valve Software – New currencies to expect on…

  • Steam: Qvadriga pricing in Europe is a joke!

    “Welcome to the Roman circus!”  It is actually funny on how the developers react to gamers pointing out the bad pricing. Read below. One of our members (X37) pointed out to the game developers on the official discussion forum that the pricing is bad for Europe (as usual..) and that they should use the correct…

  • New pricing experiment on GOG!

    Lowered from $5.99 to $3.99 Alien Shooter Celtic Kings Commandos Ammo Pack Constructor Empire Earth Knights and Merchants Litil Divil Lords of Magic Lords of the Realm Mobile Forces Myst: Masterpiece Edition Outcast Personal Nightmare Realms of Haunting Rollercoaster Tycon Simon the Sorcerer Waxworks Lowered from $9.99 to $6.99 Broken Sword 4: The Angel of…

  • EU Commission explains pricing, availability and more

    I’ve just received another e-mail with further details about Valve, Steam and pricing in European Union in general. Go ahead and read it. As I mentioned in my previous e-mail, EU competition law generally does not restrict the freedom of companies to unilaterally decide whether and what to sell in which country. There is no…

  • The Secret World won’t be coming to Steam, subscription fee priced badly in Europe (especially UK)

    Hey guys, after all that Diablo 3 fiasco (really, really stupid game, broken core, items, drop system etc) I was looking for something cool and brand new to play with. I stumbled upon The Secret World (coming out very soon, sometime in July I think) – MMORPG from developer Funcom (makers of Anarchy Online and…

  • Apple investigated by EU over e-book pricing, Steam next?

    Apple and five publishers are being formally investigated by the European Commission over e-book antitrust allegations. The Commission is investigating whether Apple worked with the five publishers to form a cartel over e-book sales, and whether they engaged in restrictive business practices. The publishers are Hachette Livre, HarperCollins, Penguin, Simon & Schuster, and Verlagsgruppe Georg…

  • The Haunted: Hells Reach

    Hi guys, just wanted to let you know that The Haunted: Hells Reach is priced fucking good in Europe (9,99€) and higher everywhere else (14€ in US and 11,5€ in UK). It’s basically something similar to Killing Floor but harder and in 3rd person view. Now go kill some demons!