The thing with the IGN Prime is that while it does seem to continue your discount even after you cancel, there's no guarantee that will continue indefinitely. For those of us who did the free trial there's nothing really to lose anyway, but do bear that in mind for anyone considering subscribing for a month just to get the GG discount.

Originally Posted by CheapLikeAFox He is correct. You don't need to keep your IGN prime for more than a month, but you will have to pay for it.

The discount code is still good after you cancel Prime?

But then I looked at the pricing and I'd have to spend about $50 at GG to break even on a single month of Prime. I can't even promise myself that I'll do that much, much less spend enough beyond breaking even to make it "worth it".

Originally Posted by Syntax Error The discount code is still good after you cancel Prime? But then I looked at the pricing and I'd have to spend about $50 at GG to break even on a single month of Prime. I can't even promise myself that I'll do that much, much less spend enough beyond breaking even to make it "worth it".

Wait for a good free game month and then do it. They offer a lot of promotions through the year too.

back in September you could sign up for $70 for a year and get a copy of BF3 before it came out.

I signed up during GDC where you could sign up for $20 or $30 for the year (cant remember which it was).

The first two hints for tomorrow's daily deals are Two Worlds 2 and Confrontation. Third is vaguer but is probably Alpha Protocol.

The FAQ in the second post is very clear on how to get the discount with IGN Prime.

And for those interested, the free game this month is Beat Hazard Ultra.

Originally Posted by Motoki The thing with the IGN Prime is that while it does seem to continue your discount even after you cancel, there's no guarantee that will continue indefinitely. For those of us who did the free trial there's nothing really to lose anyway, but do bear that in mind for anyone considering subscribing for a month just to get the GG discount.

Originally Posted by Syntax Error The discount code is still good after you cancel Prime? But then I looked at the pricing and I'd have to spend about $50 at GG to break even on a single month of Prime. I can't even promise myself that I'll do that much, much less spend enough beyond breaking even to make it "worth it".

Originally Posted by pROvIs Wait for a good free game month and then do it. They offer a lot of promotions through the year too. back in September you could sign up for $70 for a year and get a copy of BF3 before it came out. I signed up during GDC where you could sign up for $20 or $30 for the year (cant remember which it was).

As others have pointed out, yes the discount is still good after you cancel, but no, nothing is "guaranteed" that the discount will actually be infinite. As Provis pointed out, there are deals on Prime through out the year. Recently they had a $30 for a year special which would put you at $200 spent to break even. So I wouldn't sign up for a year just to get the discount. That said if they ever do a BF3 type promo again I would sign up just because the monthly free indie games are usually pretty good and worth it on their own.

It's also worth noting the IGN discount works on 4 packs (or 3 packs in the case of Awesomenauts) too so you can definitely rack up some savings there and then sell off the other copies.

Originally Posted by Motoki It's also worth noting the IGN discount works on 4 packs (or 3 packs in the case of Awesomenauts) too so you can definitely rack up some savings there and then sell off the other copies.

Yeah, I love the three and four packs

I just got a three pack of awesomenauts.

DaggerDale does NOT activate on Steam :(

Did anyone else have trouble applying ign discount code to their account? I finally get to see the ign prime code, but on Gamersgate the code seems to be invalid. It seems the code gives you access to an IGN Minion, does that mean I have to delete my Minion to get the code to work?

Originally Posted by dejeckt Did anyone else have trouble applying ign discount code to their account? I finally get to see the ign prime code, but on Gamersgate the code seems to be invalid. It seems the code gives you access to an IGN Minion, does that mean I have to delete my Minion to get the code to work?

It's working. The IGN minion is what gives you the discount. So you essentially have two minions.

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Originally Posted by dejeckt Did anyone else have trouble applying ign discount code to their account? I finally get to see the ign prime code, but on Gamersgate the code seems to be invalid. It seems the code gives you access to an IGN Minion, does that mean I have to delete my Minion to get the code to work?

If you having the pet then you should be getting the discount.

Try throwing something in to your cart and go to checkout. Don't go all the way through to order or anything, but just follow it down to the totals and see if you see something like this

15% IGN discount (15% of ____)

It should be right above the "Add Code" button.

I wish I could murder my minion.. he's very annoying...

Originally Posted by Motoki If you having the pet then you should be getting the discount. Try throwing something in to your cart and go to checkout. Don't go all the way through to order or anything, but just follow it down to the totals and see if you see something like this 15% IGN discount (15% of ____) It should be right above the "Add Code" button.

Nope, still not working. Thanks for the advice, but I just sent an email to gamersgate hopefully they can figure it out.

Originally Posted by CheapLikeAFox I wish I could murder my minion.. he's very annoying...

And he's not even a cat!

Bad Rats 2: Minion Murders

Originally Posted by dejeckt Nope, still not working. Thanks for the advice, but I just sent an email to gamersgate hopefully they can figure it out.

Had the same problem and sent an e-mail to IGN a couple days ago when I signed up. The IGN Rep that responded gave me another code and said they'd been running into some problems with their GamersGate codes as of late.

Originally Posted by nekromantix Had the same problem and sent an e-mail to IGN a couple days ago when I signed up. The IGN Rep that responded gave me another code and said they'd been running into some problems with their GamersGate codes as of late.

Only sent an email to gamersgate, but I guess I have to send one to ign too. Thanks for the heads up.

Do you get the tf2 promos for the awesomenaut from gamers gate?

Originally Posted by sittinghawk3 Do you get the tf2 promos for the awesomenaut from gamers gate?

It doesn't mention it so i don't think so. I do have a copy from a three pack if you are interested though.

Does anyone have experience with Gamersgate support? I put in a support ticket on 7/30 and I haven't heard anything from them. Is that a normal wait time? Is there any other way to contact them?

Sorry, I know this is OT, but my issue is regarding gifting a game to a fellow CAG.