What game are you playing now?

[RandBlade]

Considering their line-up, it's perfectly believable. No grain of salt needed.

So some of them still work there? Evidence that they're not disgruntled?

[Steely Glint]

Evidence that they're not disgruntled?

[RandBlade]

Just discovered today that any EA games (like Sims 3 and expansions etc) bought on disc, you can register your CD Key with Origin and then play without requiring the CD/download the game etc, just like Steam . Registered all my Sims 3 games today (we own every single proper expansion but not Stuff pack), just need to hunt down the box for Sims:Medieval (already registered its expansion too but can't find where I left the original last). Nice to have one less thing to worry about.

I like playing without needing to hunt down the right CD but like the security of actually having the disc. Apart from games specifically designed with registering with Steam in mind (eg modern Total War games make you) it doesn't seem possible to do this with Steam? IE I have Civ IV and Civ IV:Colonization which I saw were on the Steam Sale (with Civ V, a Steam-registered game) recently. It doesn't seem possible to register the retail IV versions to Steam?

[Flixy]

I have registered some games on Steam that I ought somewhere else before (including one that was only possible later, got an email with a code), but I think it depends on the publisher. Try Games - activate a product on steam in the menu.

[Ominous Gamer]

I've registered a handful of random old games with Steam and Origin. Works especially well with digital games bought in the early years of places like D2D and GMG. The CD key for my Burnout Paradise Island, that I bought from D2D, worked on Steam and Origin. A copy of Bad Company 2 I bought from steam registered as a Deluxe copy on Origin.
There is also a website where you can input an ancient EA cd Key and with some luck it may give you an origin CD key. I need to find that site.


EDIT:

This was the site, but the design has changed, so I don't know if they still support it like they used to.
https://activate.ea.com/applyentitlement.do

[RandBlade]

I'd feel a little wary handing CD Keys over to websites ...

[Ominous Gamer]

Updated after I found the URL. Its an EA site, doesn't do much for trust, but its not like your CDKey is anymore likely to end up in a torrent.

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Blizzard has been hacked, time to change up those passwords

"Blizzard announced today that its Battle.net service was compromised. The company is urging users to change their login information immediately. Blizzard is stressing that payment information was not compromised. 'The unauthorized access included email addresses associated with Battle.net accounts in all regions, outside of China. Additional information from accounts associated with the North American servers (which generally includes players from North America, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia) was also accessed, including cryptographically scrambled versions of passwords (not actual passwords), the answer to a personal security question, and information relating to Mobile and Dial-In Authenticators. It's important to note that at this time, Blizzard does not believe this information alone is enough to gain access to Battle.net accounts.'"

[Ominous Gamer]

Finally sat down and finished the story line in Orcs Must Die. Enjoyable game, good puzzle elements. I will be picking up part 2 on the next steam sale.

[Ominous Gamer]

Bought Brandy Bejeweled 3 during the last Steam sale. Figured I've give it a try. I got the swing of it by my 3rd game, and so damn close to breaking a million points. ARRRGGG! The highest achievement stops at 500,000. By the time I ran out of moves I ended up with 11 achievements.



First picture is a few moves before the end, to remove some of the photoshop possibility.

[Catgrrl]

Man, I was addicted to Bejeweled a few years back. Haven't played 3 though.

Speaking of the Blizzard issue, I received an email from them...but I don't have an account with Blizzard. I never open the actual email, but this one was titled Account investigation. Not sure why anyone would use my email as their login, since it's not exactly the most exciting email address ever.

EDIT: Probably a phishing scam, judging by the contents of the email...and I'm not a Blizzard user....

Greetings!

We have already noted that you are trying to sell your personal World of Warcraft account (s).
Terms of Use



It will be ongoing for further investigation by Blizzard Entertainment's employees.
If you wish to not get your account suspended you should immediately verify your account ownership. You must complete the steps below to secure the account and your computer.

STEP 1: ACCOUNT INVESTIGATION
We now provide a secure website for you to verify that you have taken the appropriate steps to secure the account, your computer, and your email address. Please go to this site and follow the instructions:



STEP 2: VERIFY YOUR SUBMISSION WAS RECEIVED
We will contact you with further instructions once we have received and processed your submission. If you do not receive a reply within 48 hours of submitting this form, please resend it from the address listed above.

Please be aware that if unauthorized access to this account, it may lead to further action against the account.

Regards,

Game Master Dunarthra
Customer Services
Blizzard Entertainment

Also, looking back the name of the sender is "Blizzard Entertaiment", so unless they suck at spelling, I'm gonna say not them.

[gogobongopop]

Hi everyone!

I'm currently working my way through Act IV of Inferno difficultly in Diablo 3. It's....pretty hard (I've missed this smiley SO much)

Other than that I'm eagerly awaiting GW2 (I finally quit WoW! Go me!) and I'm gonna try Path of Exile in a few days.

[Timbuk2]

omgitsabongopop !

[gogobongopop]

Harrow!

[Crowheart]

Getting Darksiders 2 today.
Took a risk on the pre-order based on how much I enjoyed the first one, so glad to see reviews are positive.

[Ominous Gamer]

http://on.fb.me/NskCdq free in-game Rusanov’s Axe if you're down with giving them your facebook info.

I went for the steam code, figured I'll eventually end up getting this game during one of their sales.

[Ominous Gamer]

Ubisoft is selling From Dust for a buck.
http://shop.ubi.com/store/ubina/en_U...From-Dust.html

[Khendraja'aro]

Someone still without Portal 2? Have got a 75% Off coupon I could trade.

[Ominous Gamer]

OnLive has somewhat collapsed. The employees are gone, but the service still works and there are rumors that someone is absorbing them at the moment.

I was wondering why they were giving away so many games lately.

[Timbuk2]

Got Tower Defense for £6.20

Didn't realise you can't play the fekkin thing single player, only online matchups.

[Ominous Gamer]

Driver San Fran is a buck over at ubisoft. I suggest using their uplay to download it. if you go through the website they still allow digitalriver control that for some retarded reason, so its got a 30 day download window.

[Ominous Gamer]

facebook source:

facebook image explained:

IncGamers: You are very well known in the world of ARPGs, and I am going to ask you, Diablo 3 is probably the most anticipated PC title in 10 years. What’s your opinion on the final product?

David Brevik: Honestly, I think that they did a lot of the things the best they could, it was a very different game than I would have created, the team and personalities, the people, the talent and all the design philosophies of the people that worked on it in Irvine, we called them Blizzard South, those people have their own style and the their own way they like to design. It was very, very different from the Blizzard North.

So I think that when Blizzard South took over the development of Diablo 3 it was inevitable that they were going to create an experience that was in the Diablo theme but concentrated more towards the things that they liked to experience. Including more story and things like that.

When Blizzard North shut down they lost a ton of experience with why the Action RPG works and what about it works. That’s really difficult to recover from. They didn’t have the experience of people that knew it well. This is why you do things with random levels for example, and so when you lose that experience you are going to create a very different experience in the end than we would have created.

IncGamers: Do you think they bought the wrong people in? As we understand, Jay Wilson, for example, his background was RTS. From our point of view it looked like they misunderstood what kept people playing, The type of loot drops, which has been a big issues. One of the other issues is they have not listened to their community, and they have not anlaysed what makes up that addictive Diablo experience. What are your thoughts on that?

David Brevik: Well, the loot system. They made some decisions with the loot system that were very different than the way that we did it in Diablo 2 and I think that obviously the community has been upset with some of the decisions they made. Having all of your powers work off your main weapon and things like that, to having blues that are more powerful than yellows. Eventually the auction house and how that worked, even something as simple as when you equip an item and it’s bound to your character permanently would have totally changed the dynamic of the game.

It seems odd that they have not really responded in a quick fashion to some of these things. I think they are very well aware of the problems at this point and are trying to fix some of this stuff. It’s a shame that they had to learn some of these painful lessons

IncGamers: As you created Diablo, how do you feel about it? Do you feel a little let down that the legacy has kind of been mashed up?

David Brevik: I have very mixed emotions about it (laughs). On one hand I am sad that people haven’t enjoyed Diablo because it’s a love, a passion, and its obvious people still have a giant love and passion for Diablo and they are speaking out about it because they have such love for it. That makes me feel great.

I am sad because people are outraged and, you know, some of the decision they have made are not the decisions I would make and there have been changes in philosophy and that hasn’t gone over very well. I think in that way I am a little sad.

I am also a little happy, which I hate to say, it shows that the people that were involved in Diablo really did matter, and so I am happy that it has come to light that how talented that group was and how unique and special that group was. I am hoping that, as this happens very often in the industry, you see it with Call of Duty and things like that , when the people leave the game changes and it shows how critical people are in this industry.

IncGamers: One of the questions the Gazillion guys asked me to ask you was, where did the name Diablo come from?

David Brevik: I thought of the game when I was in high school and I lived in the east part of San Francisco in a town called Danville and I loved at the base of Mount Diablo and that’s where the name comes from. Once I found out what the mountain name was, I thought that was awesome, I didn’t speak Spanish, so I thought I wanted to use that as a title for a nemesis in a videogame. It’s simply from where I lived.

IncGamers: Well thanks a lot David, you’ve brought a lot of pleasure to millions of people over the years and hopefully you’ll continue to do so.

[RandBlade]

Seems like a fair response.

[Wraith]

Warning, kickstarter pitch after the first minute thirty.



Not sure how I feel about the art style, but it's potentially a very cool concept.

[Ominous Gamer]

Various sources are saying that Nintendo Power will be no more

[RandBlade]

Including Nintendo of America it seems, so pretty official.

[Lor]

MW3 and CS:Go.

[Ominous Gamer]

Been playing Magic Online with Brent. He has gone through my physical cards a few times, and we had played a couple of games with those. But damn. we have been going through the free trial decks in MTGO and he is brutal with black. Still doesn't have the speed for blue, and lacks the patience for green and white; but he is coming along very well with understand how black plays.

A few months of this and I'll have to see how popular FNM still is.

[Ominous Gamer]

Gotham city imposters is now f2p. Gonna give that a whirl this weekend. Glad I didn't bite during the summer sale.

[RandBlade]

Not heard of it. Is it a freemium game?

[Nessus]

Damnit! I got, for the first time, a Healer down to the Quest portal level, and a couple more, then a polymorph trap fucked me