3181

The Humble Store is offering the Anno 2070 Complete Edition for $12.49 U.S.

3182

No, it’s all minor multi-player stufff and the MP scene is dead.

3183

Great game. Recommend to anyone who likes eco-sim games.

3184

VALVE STOLE MY -NON FRAUDULENT- GEMS

3185

I’ll bet you’ll at least get back the items they came from.

Edit: I mean, they’re at least sorting out the mess from whatever exploits were happening.

3186

Do we know if a) this is a Steam key? and b) if Ubisoft has fixed this yet? Last I checked the auth servers were down and no one could play it

3187

Doesn’t this happen just about every time Valve tries this sort of thing? They need to hire the some better hackers or whatever to test their systems for exploits before rolling them out.

3188

All I know is that $1 of gems would give the ability to create about $20 of booster packs. That struck me as a bit counter to the intended purpose of the whole arrangement.

3189

A quick search says they’re now blaming an exploit which allowed you to duplicate Gems, creating an infinite number of them. The details of how the exploit worked are unclear.

3190

a) No, The key will redeem on Uplay.
b) Not sure, I didn’t hear about that.

-Todd

3191

Even if it were a steam key it would still launch their crappy store interface, although now the interface auto-launches the game. You only need to shut it down after.
The auto-patcher was broken a week or so ago (not sure if it still is) but you can get around it by renaming it so it gets skipped and just launches the game.

3192

I was playing around with it last night for a bit trying to purchase sacks of gems for $0.03 (because damn that’s a lot of booster packs for $1!) and watching my orders get autocancelled when they would even get through. I saw the same handful of accounts listed as sellers on most of the Sack of Gems transactions that were flying past. I wasn’t able to duplicate the exploit before they shut things down, but I suspect it had something to do with the “Pack gems into sack” buton that appeared on any pile of gems in your inventory. Mine was lit up despite only having 10 gems at the time, so if I had clicked it maybe it would have made a “Sack of Gems” with a value of 1000 out of my 10 gems? I could see that getting out of control fast. It also explains why people were snatching up $0.03 emoticons and profile items like crazy.

Oh well. I hope the fix it and bring it back, as I have about 3000 gems worth of inventory that I would like to turn into 3 or 4 booster packs before the winter sale. Although now card values are in the toilet thanks to gempocalypse.

3193

I sell all my cards and don’t care, anyway. Although, actually, I “bought” the Sid Meier’s Ace Patrol cards. Not because I’m “collecting” them, just because I like airplanes.

3194

All this stuff with cards and selling emoticons and gems and auctioning stuff makes me feel like an old geezer. I’ve never cared for any of that crap and have pretty much ignored it. I think that will continue to be my strategy.

3195

Not a videogame deal, but may be of interest to some here:

From today until Dec. 14 Amazon.com is running a promotion where you can receive 25% off of any one physical book (excludes Kindle and Audible eds.).

To use this promotion, you must enter “BOOKDEAL25” at checkout under the “Gift cards & promotional codes” section to receive 25% off any ONE (1) book purchased in your order (up to $10 promotional credit).

Does QT3 still have a partner link to Amazon?

-Todd

Fine Print

[spoiler]
Take an Extra 25% Off Any Book
Terms & Conditions

▪ To use this promotion, you must enter “BOOKDEAL25” at checkout under the “Gift cards & promotional codes” section to receive 25% off any ONE (1) book purchased in your order (up to $10 promotional credit).

▪ This offer is only valid on print books. Excludes Kindle eBooks and Audible Audiobooks.

▪ The promotion is valid for a limited time only, from December 11, 2014 at 5pm PST to December 14, 2014 at 11:59pm PST. Amazon reserves the right to modify or cancel this offer at any time.

▪ Offer only applies to products sold and shipped by Amazon.com.

▪ Limit one promotional code per customer and account.

▪ The maximum benefit you may receive from this offer is $10.

▪ Offer good while supplies last.

▪ Offer is non-transferable and may not be resold.

▪ The offer discount will be allocated to the highest priced book in your order.

▪ If any of the products or content related to this promotion are returned, the value of the offer will be subtracted from your return credit.

▪ This promotion may not be combined with other offers, including promotional certificates.

▪ Items must be purchased in a single order and shipped at the same speed to a single address.

▪ If you violate any of the Terms & Conditions, the promotion will be invalid.

▪ Void where prohibited.

▪ Shipping charges may apply to discounted and free promotional items.

▪ Offer does not apply to Amazon Gift Cards.[/spoiler]

3196

In addition to the Anno 2070 deal, the Humble Store also has Legend of Grimrock on sale for $2.24 for the next 36 hours or so (Steam key).

3197

GameFly has just started its monthly sale, with free shipping.

Highlights include Wolfenstein for XB1 and PS4 for $20. Lowest console price I’ve seen thus far.

Also, MLB14 (Sony exclusive) $15 for PS4, $13 for Vita. Vita FF X/X-2 remake for $18.

Killer is Dead for PS3 $8. Dark Souls 2 for PS3 $13. Selection seems slightly better for PS3 than 360 this time around.

3198

Just sell everything and save between one and four dollars on your next game.

3199

This exactly. I think of all this stuff as tiny rebates I get for playing Steam games.

Just save the money in your account until one of those games you’ve been eyeing drops to $1.50-$5.00 in a sale and snatch it up.

3200

Night dive stuff on sale at steam.
System shock 2 for 99 cents, Wizardry 6+7+8 for 2.24, Darklands for 1.74, etc