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I'll be posting deals we're running on Digital Games (PC/Mac, Free to Play, Sony/Microsoft Points/Subs).

I'm also here to answer questions you might have, get you closer to the developers by hosting Q&As, setting up podcasts, live streaming gameplay etc. If I don't respond to a question you have in thread please send me a PM. These ping my email address and make it more likely that I will see your question and respond more quickly.

FYI. EA Games sold by Amazon will not activate on Steam.
Digital Holiday

1/5-1/12

The Walking Dead - $12.49 ($7.49 post coupon)

1/11-1/13:

Alice: Madness Returns: The Complete Collection - $11.99 pre coupon (6.99 after coupon) - not Steam
Dragon Age Pack PC - $12.99 pre-coupon ($7.99 after coupon) - not Steam

1/18-1/20:

Need for Speed: The Run - $8.99 ($3.99 after coupon) - not Steam
EA Sports Classic Pack - $8.99 ($3.99 after coupon) - not Steam
Syndicate - $9.99 ($4.99 after coupon) - not Steam
Crysis Maximum Maximum -$17.99 ($12.99 after coupon) - not Steam

1/13-1/19:

Tantalizing THQ Medley - $11.99 pre coupon ($6.99 after coupon) - Steam

1/11-1/12:

Darksiders Franchise Pack - $13.19 before coupon ($8.19 after coupon) - Steam
Saints Row The Third: The Full Package - $12.49 pre coupon ($7.49 after coupon) - Steam

1/29-1/31:

Burning Hot Bundle - $11.99 ($6.99 after coupon)

F.A.Q.S.:

1. Does the game I'm buying from Amazon Activate on Steam/Origin/Uplay? What DRM does the game use?

There are two places to identify DRM on a digital video game detail page:

At the top of the page, below the title:

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In the "Product Description" section:

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2. Note on Electronic Arts Games - For the most part, EA games sold on Amazon do not activate on Steam. Most activate on Origin.

3. Note on DRM with limited activations:

Our Policy



4. Sometimes I'll do giveaways.

5. I work with developers and publishers to get fun (or at least what I think is fun) content to share with you all. Here are some examples:

a. Check out the Pax Gameplay videos here: Xcom: Enemy Unknown I played Xcom with Jake, the Creative Director for the game, a few months before the game came out Also, on this page, check out the Q&A, also a community driven event.

b. Check out the interview on this page: Borderlands 2 we did this interview at E3 with Randy Pitchford this year.

c. We've partnered with the ++GoodGames Podcast to feature many of the games we carry. They talk to the developers about the game development process, how the games are conceptualized and managed, all kinds of fun stuff. I'm working on putting together full link list and will update when I have it.

What else do we sell?

Xbox Live Points and Subscriptions:

1600 Microsoft Live Points
4000 Microsoft Live Points
12 Month XBOX Live Subscription
3 Month XBOX Live Subscription]
12 Month + 1 XBOX Live Subscription

PSN+ Subscriptions and PSN Points:

$20 PSN Points
$50 PSN Points
12 Month PSN+ Subscription
3 Month PSN+ Subscription

We also have a Free-2-Play store supported by our GameConnect technology. Gameconnect allows you to link your Amazon.com account with free-2-play and MMO accounts so that you can buy things like in game currency, premium game time/subscriptions, in game items, etc. on Amazon.com using your Amazon.com payment options and have this content delivered directly into your game.

To check out the Free-2-Play games we offer you can visit our storefront here:

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FYI: i had the BF:BC2 collection, but origin did not accept the key. it send me to activate.ea.com or something to activate. i tried there, but it just sent me back to the same website. i used the live chat at help.ea.com and the guy added it to my account for me.
 
[quote name='MysterD']It's not like NBA2K13 requires Steam flat-out. At retail, it'll be Non-Steam, AFAIK.
A real bummer - especially since for NBA2K12, you gave consumers options for either Non-Steam Version or Steam version...[/QUOTE]

I thought retail versions used Steam to activate/run? Why is it a bummer?
 
This deal made me remember The Saboteur. A friend of mine raved about it endlessly a few years ago and I actually have a copy I got on special somewhere. Despite it's technical flaws on launch, it's a great game. =D
 
[quote name='MC Kage']I thought retail versions used Steam to activate/run? Why is it a bummer?[/QUOTE]

As far as I know, NBA2K12 is steamworks. I was about to buy the pc version on of these days, and in the back cover it indeed said " Steam account needed for activation"
 
[quote name='BernardoOne']As far as I know, NBA2K12 is steamworks. I was about to buy the pc version on of these days, and in the back cover it indeed said " Steam account needed for activation"[/QUOTE]

Wait, wait, wait...is NBA 2K13 Steam-required everywhere?

NBA2K12 is NOT, in some places.
Amazon DVG sells both Steam and Non-Steam (Securom-laced) versions of that.
 
[quote name='MysterD']Wait, wait, wait...is NBA 2K13 Steam-required everywhere?

NBA2K12 is NOT, in some places.
Amazon DVG sells both Steam and Non-Steam (Securom-laced) versions of that.[/QUOTE]

Well, at least the retail version of NBA2K12 is.
 
[quote name='MC Kage']I thought retail versions used Steam to activate/run? Why is it a bummer?[/QUOTE]

A lot this depends on DRM types and layers; and for possible modding purposes.

When given the option b/t Steam Version and Non-Steam, I'll often go Non-Steam -- unless the Non-Steam Version's DRM is something I just don't care for.

If say Non-Steam DRM is nasty, but the Steam version actually ONLY used Steam DRM - I might go Steam.

The thing is - if Steam's required period ONLY everywhere (i.e. no extra DRM), that isn't such a bad thing. Nothing you can do about that. Of course, Steam-required is fine as long as they don't tact on extra 3rd party DRM. I do get annoyed when games have 3rd party DRM on Steam versions. Steam DRM is enough.

Usually, there's 3rd Party DRM is on the Non-Steam version; and then when they do the Steam version they just lace Steam DRM on top of it (HOW LAZY!). Steam versions should deal w/ ONE DRM layer - and that's Steam, as far as I'm concerned.

Also, it can be easier to mod a particular game w/out Steam involved -- especially true w/ older games; and especially when there's a case of possibly of modding, replacing, or screwing around w/ the EXE file. Vampire: Bloodlines is as perfect example. Both Unofficial Patches (Tess and Wesp) fix the EXE file some of the issues so it runs on Win XP and above, basically - i.e. the limited memory issue. It's known that it can be a pain to mod, if you get the Steam version - from backwards patching issues b/c you didn't turn-off auto-patching and Steam overlay/community when you modded it; to weird error messages b/c you put the mod in. I bought it from Retail, long ago.

Of course, that so is NOT true w/ games supporting Steam Workshop. Steam Workshop supported games like Portal 2 and Skyrim easy to mod and deal w/ in that regard.
Though, you might want to back-up your Steam game folder in a clean state (unmodded) for any Steam games you mod - especially if the DL is HUGE (think like RAGE, which is 20 GB) - so you don't have to redownload the monster, if somehow the game company released an official patch that breaks your modded game OR in case you screw the game-up by trying to mod it.
 
[quote name='shaggyc']I just tried, and it did not work directly through origin, however, it was extremely painless to activate via the link you mentioned.[/QUOTE]


I bought my Mercenaries 2 a long time ago and its key will not work on Origin or the "painless" site either. It's never worked to give me a digital backup. I may have to wind up buying another copy to get a key that works digitally. (I already tried in the past when Bulletstorm wasn't working to go with their tech support, but that was a long ass wait to have them give me the run around. Won't do that again.) It's worth noting that Bulletstorm DID finally work yesterday, though. It's been a year since I bought that, but at last they added it to their database.

Now if they'd just get up off their butts, take their Access or whatever database of keys, add the rest of those keys to Origin, then they'd be up to spec with what they're promising. Of course, getting up and carrying a flash drive of those keys to a central computer would require getting up and they ARE rather busy playing Call of Duty to stop.

I'm not too annoyed, though. I like the notion that I have digital backups of most of their games. I want them to go back and give me digital copies of ALL their games throughout history. That'd be a great feature. And oddly enough, I tend to LIKE EA games, especially ones by Bioware. And Origin's features are getting reasonably close to Steam (though more clunky overall), which is good. Also, bonus, they allow you to choose where you install your games and where you store the downloaders. Choosing where you install your game is something even Steam is JUST adding, probably because Origin did it.

And that's good for the gamer who has a SSD and wants some games there, some games on a larger conventional drive. Steam should have done this ages ago, but the lack of real competition meant they could ADHD their way right by obvious features and everyone was just glad to have what they had. Competition means they have to go back and add in these amenities we really deserve. Don't you think it's silly we have Steam, we have cloud saves, we have achievements, we have online communication, we have a voting system for new game ideas, we have a bajillion hats, we have the steam workshop, we have bigscreen mode, we have themes, but we didn't have something as simple as an option to choose an alternative place to store games for games we don't want on the "fast drive?"
 
[quote name='HisDivineShadow']I bought my Mercenaries 2 a long time ago and its key will not work on Origin or the "painless" site either. It's never worked to give me a digital backup. I may have to wind up buying another copy to get a key that works digitally. (I already tried in the past when Bulletstorm wasn't working to go with their tech support, but that was a long ass wait to have them give me the run around. Won't do that again.) It's worth noting that Bulletstorm DID finally work yesterday, though. It's been a year since I bought that, but at last they added it to their database.

Now if they'd just get up off their butts, take their Access or whatever database of keys, add the rest of those keys to Origin, then they'd be up to spec with what they're promising. Of course, getting up and carrying a flash drive of those keys to a central computer would require getting up and they ARE rather busy playing Call of Duty to stop.

I'm not too annoyed, though. I like the notion that I have digital backups of most of their games. I want them to go back and give me digital copies of ALL their games throughout history. That'd be a great feature. And oddly enough, I tend to LIKE EA games, especially ones by Bioware. And Origin's features are getting reasonably close to Steam (though more clunky overall), which is good. Also, bonus, they allow you to choose where you install your games and where you store the downloaders. Choosing where you install your game is something even Steam is JUST adding, probably because Origin did it.

And that's good for the gamer who has a SSD and wants some games there, some games on a larger conventional drive. Steam should have done this ages ago, but the lack of real competition meant they could ADHD their way right by obvious features and everyone was just glad to have what they had. Competition means they have to go back and add in these amenities we really deserve. Don't you think it's silly we have Steam, we have cloud saves, we have achievements, we have online communication, we have a voting system for new game ideas, we have a bajillion hats, we have the steam workshop, we have bigscreen mode, we have themes, but we didn't have something as simple as an option to choose an alternative place to store games for games we don't want on the "fast drive?"[/QUOTE]


Origin support has been good for me. All on different occasions i had them add bulletstorm, saboteur retail, sim city 4 and spore. The wait time was long but I was probably watching porn while waiting anyway.
 
[quote name='HisDivineShadow']I bought my Mercenaries 2 a long time ago and its key will not work on Origin or the "painless" site either. It's never worked to give me a digital backup. I may have to wind up buying another copy to get a key that works digitally. (I already tried in the past when Bulletstorm wasn't working to go with their tech support, but that was a long ass wait to have them give me the run around. Won't do that again.) It's worth noting that Bulletstorm DID finally work yesterday, though. It's been a year since I bought that, but at last they added it to their database.

Now if they'd just get up off their butts, take their Access or whatever database of keys, add the rest of those keys to Origin, then they'd be up to spec with what they're promising. Of course, getting up and carrying a flash drive of those keys to a central computer would require getting up and they ARE rather busy playing Call of Duty to stop.

I'm not too annoyed, though. I like the notion that I have digital backups of most of their games. I want them to go back and give me digital copies of ALL their games throughout history. That'd be a great feature. And oddly enough, I tend to LIKE EA games, especially ones by Bioware. And Origin's features are getting reasonably close to Steam (though more clunky overall), which is good. Also, bonus, they allow you to choose where you install your games and where you store the downloaders. Choosing where you install your game is something even Steam is JUST adding, probably because Origin did it.

And that's good for the gamer who has a SSD and wants some games there, some games on a larger conventional drive. Steam should have done this ages ago, but the lack of real competition meant they could ADHD their way right by obvious features and everyone was just glad to have what they had. Competition means they have to go back and add in these amenities we really deserve. Don't you think it's silly we have Steam, we have cloud saves, we have achievements, we have online communication, we have a voting system for new game ideas, we have a bajillion hats, we have the steam workshop, we have bigscreen mode, we have themes, but we didn't have something as simple as an option to choose an alternative place to store games for games we don't want on the "fast drive?"[/QUOTE]

Trust me, the folks at Origin are not spending all day playing Call of Duty.

Battlefield maybe. But I imagine even saying anything nice about Call of Duty in EA would be an automatic trip to HR for your exit interview.
 
[quote name='nategator']Trust me, the folks at Origin are not spending all day playing Call of Duty.

Battlefield maybe. But I imagine even saying anything nice about Call of Duty in EA would be an automatic trip to HR for your exit interview.[/QUOTE]


That was the punchline. ;)
 
I have a $5 voucher, I am only interested in Bulletstorm & The Saboteur, did anyone want to go halves and they can have Mirror's Edge, Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box and Mercenaries 2: World in Flames?
 
[quote name='nategator']Trust me, the folks at Origin are not spending all day playing Call of Duty.

Battlefield maybe. But I imagine even saying anything nice about Call of Duty in EA would be an automatic trip to HR for your exit interview.[/QUOTE]
LOL!

Honestly, DICE didn't need to put so much of the COD: MW formula into BF3 SP.
Though, BF3 MP is totally on another planet - BF3 MP is amazing.

[quote name='HisDivineShadow']That was the punchline. ;)[/QUOTE]
Hehe.
 
[quote name='JustYourAverageJoe']Man, I've been out of here forever. Last I'd heard, the 1C bundle had been delayed. Is that still the case, or have I missed it?[/QUOTE]

Yeah, it's still delayed. I believe the Strategy First bundles need to come out first before the 1C bundle will.
 
Hey Tony,

Any idea if Medal of Honor will ever be back up for PC download? Any chance of a deal on it or perhaps some sort of pre-order deal in conjunction with Medal of Honor: Warfighter?
 
MysterD - Interesting, definitely not familiar with how most of the DRM licences work, or PC games in general still just yet, but I'm getting there lol. Good to know stuff
 
Tony, any update on the CoD sale you mentioned a few days ago?

It seems like the CoD titles pop up in most of the big Amazon sales, but always for pretty crappy prices (sorry). Any chance that we'll see MW2 for $5 again (since it's been there before on Amazon) and Black Ops for $10 in anticipation of the sequel?
 
[quote name='Idiotekque']Tony, any update on the CoD sale you mentioned a few days ago?

It seems like the CoD titles pop up in most of the big Amazon sales, but always for pretty crappy prices (sorry). Any chance that we'll see MW2 for $5 again (since it's been there before on Amazon) and Black Ops for $10 in anticipation of the sequel?[/QUOTE]

That is not Amazon's fault, Activision is always like that :)
 
[quote name='MC Kage']MysterD - Interesting, definitely not familiar with how most of the DRM licences work, or PC games in general still just yet, but I'm getting there lol. Good to know stuff[/QUOTE]
Yes.

DRM and where to buy a game is something I often have to take on a case-by-case basis. I've dealt w/ numerous games, numerous digital distributors, numerous DRM schemes, retail boxes, and modding scenarios.

There can be some hurdles, trying to figure out "What is the best route to go?"

Personally, I think DRM-FREE trumps all, in most cases - b/c you often NEVER have to worry about getting a game online activated before you can play, any always online DRM schemes, limited licenses, revoking licenses, running out of activations, updates, modding problems, etc etc. You basically can just install the game and then go.

The problem is usually going to be - "Can I actually run this older game on my modern system?" Often, if it ain't the typical solutions (I.e. Turn Desktop Composition & Visual Theme soff; make sure you gave game Admin Rights; run program in sort of Compaibility mode -- there could already be a mod that can easily be applied can solve the problem.

Usually, you don't see games go DRM-FREE until they get REALLY old. And by that time, they're likely already re-release DRM-FREE all up-to-date w/ final official patch, at least. And usually from there, you can mod the game how you want and not worry about any other stuff.

Then again, whrn there's games like Company of Heroes where Non-Steam version has a bunch of different patches and you need to apply them all in right order, it might be bloody easier just to buy Steam version to be all up-to-date easily, since Steam only often downloads and updates to the newest files it needs.
 
[quote name='Idiotekque']Tony, any update on the CoD sale you mentioned a few days ago?

It seems like the CoD titles pop up in most of the big Amazon sales, but always for pretty crappy prices (sorry). Any chance that we'll see MW2 for $5 again (since it's been there before on Amazon) and Black Ops for $10 in anticipation of the sequel?[/QUOTE]

Working on it yo.

[quote name='Corpekata']Tony, any chance we'll see an upgrade in the bonus to XCOM Enemy Unknown? Steam just added the free Civ V, and while I wouldn't ask if it was just them, Gamersgate just added the same bonus as well, so clearly 2k might be open to it:

http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-XCOMEU/xcom-enemy-unknown?aff=twitter[/QUOTE]

[quote name='jimmywolf13']just check web page for x com

Pre-order and get the "Elite Bonus Pack" and "Civilization V" free[/QUOTE]

This man Jimmy, he speaks the truth, we've had this deal up since yesterday.

Cheers,
Tony
 
[quote name='Amazon DVG Deals']Working on it yo.
[/QUOTE]
Since we're on the COD subject here - do yo guys plan to get COD: World at War?
 
[quote name='MysterD']Since we're on the COD subject here - do yo guys plan to get COD: World at War?[/QUOTE]

Yep, hopefully if cod4 is on offer I'll be getting that as well
 
[quote name='Amazon DVG Deals']Neither WB Packs activate on Steam.[/QUOTE]

Wait, what? I get it for Batman, but the FEAR games too? I was under the impression that FEAR 2 and FEAR 3 were both Steamworks games.
 
[quote name='BMXJouster']Wait, what? I get it for Batman, but the FEAR games too? I was under the impression that FEAR 2 and FEAR 3 were both Steamworks games.[/QUOTE]

Maybe I'm crazy :(. Let me ask my OPS dude.

Cheers,
Tony
 
Wow! Got some major awesome deals coming up!

I already have the FEAR pack, but I can vouch that they are very fun shooters; well worth the $10.
 
[quote name='Amazon DVG Deals']I am a liar and will update my post...all the WB stuff is Steam...just heard from OPS guy...I hang my head in shame.

Cheers,
Tony[/QUOTE]

Aww, don't do that Tony. It was an honest mistake. We still love ya. :D
 
So I'm not sure if it has been asked previously, but has anyone had problems with Sleeping Dogs on Steam?

I registered my key with Steam just fine, but when I try to play it I get error it says completing install then I get error code 55 and 3. I tried validating install, uninstalling and reinstalling with no luck and my other Steam games work just fine.
 
[quote name='BMXJouster']Wait, what? I get it for Batman, but the FEAR games too? I was under the impression that FEAR 2 and FEAR 3 were both Steamworks games.[/QUOTE]

Only FEAR 3 is Steamworks
 
[quote name='r9800pro']Only FEAR 3 is Steamworks[/QUOTE]

FEAR 2 was Steamworks at Retail and on some websites, in the beginning.
When it went to Microsoft G4WM, that version was Non-Steam.
And since then - well, you'd have to check to find out what the DRM is. [shrug]
It's branched-out.

Yes, FEAR 3 has been Steamworks everywhere....so far.
 
[quote name='Greyghost']So still no Strategy First or 1C for the next round of deals. :([/QUOTE]

Nope, my guys have gone dark...I think they are getting tired of daily emails/phone calls.

Cheers,
Tony
 
The Batman games for steam would be very cool. Will AC's DLC be on sale as well?

[quote name='Amazon DVG Deals']Nope, my guys have gone dark...I think they are getting tired of daily emails/phone calls.

Cheers,
Tony[/QUOTE]


Since the 1c is being held up, could we be offered that Kalypso bundle sometime soon? or is it tied together with the 1c/SF?
 
[quote name='Seraphym']The Batman games for steam would be very cool. Will AC's DLC be on sale as well?




Since the 1c is being held up, could we be offered that Kalypso bundle sometime soon? or is it tied together with the 1c/SF?[/QUOTE]

Kalypso is ready to rock and roll..i'm just waiting for my guys to get done QAing the Steam versions.

Cheers,
Tony
 
[quote name='Amazon DVG Deals']Kalypso is ready to rock and roll..i'm just waiting for my guys to get done QAing the Steam versions.

Cheers,
Tony[/QUOTE]

Cool! Thank you very much :applause:

edit: I love it when I ask a question then find the answer myself 30s later, lol
 
Still hesitant on the Batman games because -- in addition to Steam -- they have both GFWL and SecuRom. That said, $10 for both is an insane deal.
 
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