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Hey CAGS,

I’ve got some news I’m both excited and sad to share with you at the same time. I’ll be leaving the Digital Video Games team in Mid-March to join the marketing team for Amazon.com’s Loyalty and Rewards program, Amazon Coins. My boss and I have talked extensively about how to maintain and continue our presence here and across the other communities we’ve created in the past couple of years. To that end I’d like to introduce you to Josh, who take over monitoring, updating, and responding to this thread. Josh will be ramping up over the next couple of weeks, he  will be posting shortly to introduce himself.

Now that the “what’s going on” part of the message is out of the way I want to tell you all how much I love CAG and the posters here. This was the first community I joined when I started this job (anyone still remember that first thread?) and all of you have had a huge hand in shaping how we think about and execute Community Development and Management here at Amazon, which has in turn shaped my career these last two and a half years.

I started to write out a section calling out the regular posters and realized the list would be both overly long and incomplete at the same time. Instead I’d like to thank you all again, you all have my deep and sincere gratitude. I’ll still be around and my gaming accounts aren’t going anywhere so feel free to hit me up anytime you want to chat. I’ll probably still hang out in the thread too :).

Thanks again everyone, let me or Josh know if you have any questions!

The Indie Store has launched!
Amazon.com is launching a storefront dedicated to supporting and promoting PC/Mac/Web-based Indie Games. Our Digital Video Games team is a small group of passionate gamers and we’re all really excited to help Indie developers reach more customers quickly by providing a quick and simple process for bringing their games to market. Additionally we’ll be supporting the Indie Store with a ton of promotions, both at and after launch. Many of these promotions are designed to give the developer the opportunity to maximize their revenue. For example, Amazon is forfeiting all royalties from bundle sales and passing them along directly to the developer, we’ve also created an “Indie Spotlight” program to help customers learn more about the games and developers they love. We view the Indie developers as some of the most creative in the industry and we want to help them continue to create new and innovative experience for customers.

Why we are doing this:

  • Allow customers to discover an entirely new category of games on Amazon.com
  • Help developers reach new customers quickly. Our onboarding process is straightforward and we want to sell every Indie game available
  • We want to leverage our strengths to support and help the developers who are driving forward innovation and creativity in the games industry
General Information

Hi CAGs,
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.

Cheers,
Tony


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

5. Price Matching notes: Generally we do not match international retailers (GMG, Gamersgate, etc) or physical retailers (Best Buy, Newegg.com, etc.)
To check out the Free-2-Play games we offer you can visit our storefront here: Free-2-Play Store

 
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hal said:
Why doesn't Devolver want my money??
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I got SW for $7 off a Russian dude here. Let me know if you want his info. He's been really reliable. That was during the winter sale, though, so I'm not sure if he still has it at that price.

AngryNerdJosh said:
I didn't like payday. Is payday 2 a lot better?
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The group I played l4d2 with played Payday 1 for a couple of months. 2 lasted a few weeks. It wasn't well-liked.

 
asheskitty said:
I've played a bit solo, and have been enjoying it. I want to get through a couple more levels before I give a blanket recommendation. It's a solid brawller with a resource bar, skill trees, and improvable stats. There's stuff to collect (for stat-boosting-points) and weapons to find and add to your inventory.
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y u play a MP game SP?
 
X-Com Enemy Unknown by itself for $9.99 precoupon would probably be the best thing ever....just saying.

...and State of Decay at $9.99 like AngryNerdJosh recommended...and cookies, fresh baked cookies.

 
NamPaehc said:
Did pick up that version of Castlevania for about $9 total from Gamestop, so $5 isn't that far off.
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Greenmangaming had it cheaper I think after the 20% off coupon as well during their sale. I was just looking at my EC coupon deals from Amazon last year and Tony has been able to get some really good deals in the past. State of Decay is published by Microsoft and there were some awesome deals on Microsoft published Steam games in EC years past such as the Fable bundle, the Indie bundle that had a newer Mark of Ninja game included in it, and also 5 dollar Age of Empires 3. Castlevania is going to be a perennial $7.49 sale this year I think on most digital game download storefronts. The sequel looks like it will be something special and they will use it to drive sales of the newer one.

 
Arthan said:
Payday 2 is much better. A great game for coop but a bad game if you are going to play on your own
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As long as you're not planning on shooting people in the legs or the arms, because limbs are bulletproof in this game.

Also, the new dlc adds apparently adds some overpowered weaponry (among which frag grenades) that's necessary to beat the increased amount of cops with shields (increased by patch after release of dlc).

Had my eye on Payday 2 during the steam sale, but the above information instantly changed my mind.

What's the fun of a shooter if you can't bust some kneecaps.

 
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Jeebus81 said:
I have done that but, ideally, I would like to keep my office computer where it is (she's a big girl) and do the streaming thing with something smaller.
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Look into WiHD, it's a wireless streaming adapter. I saw it being shown off at PAX with an Xbox 360 and when I played I didn't notice any difference than if it were a wired connection. Since it goes through HDMI ports it should work on PCs.
 
bloodattonment said:
Refreshing the Brothers page all day. I need more copies so I can give them to friends.
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Hi, I am your long lost cousin. Remember all those times you went to a retail store and bought extra copies of games on sale for "your cousin"? Funny thing is, I never got any of those games... Just keep that in mind when you start throwing out keys for Brothers to your friends, remember family always comes first.
 
These games go on sale quite often, would be cool if we could get another discount with the EC credit. I listed them in order of the most preferred by me. Sorry if they were mentioned before. So many posts.

Sleeping Dogs

Don't Starve

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

System Shock 2

Dues Ex: GOTY

 
Ok, I bought Marlow Briggs a while back with BC from GG, and How to Survive from Amazon. You can all thank me when they're in the 505 games HB Weekly next week.
 
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spoderman said:
Ok, I bought Marlow Briggs a while back with BC from GG, and How to Survive from Amazon. You can all thank me when they're in the 505 games HB Weekly next week.
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My guess is they're all bonuses for this indie bundle. It certainly would explain them being on sale in the first place.

 
FYI the map in Saboteur doesn't work at resolutions higher than 1024p. It's difficult to get around without using the waypoints but I guess it's possible. I love that game but can't really play it on PC.

To be more specific, you can bring up the map, but all markers and stuff don't line up with the map. You can't put a waypoint on the map for where you want to go, and it's a big ass map with routes all over the place. You have to keep checking the pause menu map as you drive, you can't just follow a colored line on  your minimap like you would normally do. Plus to see the map is a 2 step process, you have to go to the pause menu and then choose map from the list.

Here's a short discussion on it from Gamefaqs.

 
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Naked Snake Eyes said:
FYI the map in Saboteur doesn't work at resolutions higher than 1024p. It's difficult to get around without using the waypoints but I guess it's possible. I love that game but can't really play it on PC.
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I may be remembering wrong, but doesn't it also have issues with AMD cards? Or was that some other game?

Either way, I have Saboteur, but don't have Syndicate, so I'll pass on that bundle.
 
Foxhack said:
Any news from Sega on Steam keys for the Genesis stuff, by any chance? :(
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spinalscratch said:
Hi Tony, any chance to get some love for the xcom classics pack?¿
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Hey guys,

No update on these yet. I'll add this to the OP too, I'm going to have to stop responding to the "have you heard back from" questions. Unless I post an update, assume no, I generally get updates up here within 24 hours of getting them from the vendor. It is usually much quicker than that but I haven't missed the 24 SLA yet. Apologies, but it is taking too much time from my ability to actually run down deals.

Cheers,

Tony

 
Naked Snake Eyes said:
FYI the map in Saboteur doesn't work at resolutions higher than 1024p. It's difficult to get around without using the waypoints but I guess it's possible. I love that game but can't really play it on PC.
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IIRC, The Saboteur once had issues w/ AMD cards.

Did it ever get fixed officially?

Or any modders fixed?

I have NVidia, so...

{shrugs for me}

EDIT:

Looks like me and Spoder on same page here w/ Saboteur and AMD cards.

 
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Amazon DVG Deals said:
Hey guys,

No update on these yet. I'll add this to the OP too, I'm going to have to stop responding to the "have you heard back from" questions. Unless I post an update, assume no, I generally get updates up here within 24 hours of getting them from the vendor. It is usually much quicker than that but I haven't missed the 24 SLA yet. Apologies, but it is taking too much time from my ability to actually run down deals.

Cheers,

Tony
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Translation:

Tony is going back to spend more time w/ Reddit. :p ;)

 
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