I think because you can now buy it in Europe and it is only as preorder available here. Probably you have to wait until it is released in Europe (February) to play it. You could try asking the Steam support, maybe they could help you.
That's one of the most stupid things I ever saw on Steam, a game that is released in Europe three months after the release in the USA...
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I'm writing a ticket ATM. But man, this sucks so hard.
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I've been able to play it since today's evening. Even when Europe's store page was not up. Many other people could play it too.....
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Try adding the adjective working and see if that helps. On the serious side contact support, if you're from America it really shouldn't happen and if you aren't im from Europe and it says i can prepurchase the game, that might be your problem and im not sure how you can solve it
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http://www.reddit.com/r/GameDeals/comments/156xlo/warningdo_not_buy_scribblenauts_unlimited/
"you can, however, still play it, assuming you installed and played it before the access was revoked. You have to go into your Steam folder, then Steamapps, Common, and then find the Scribblenauts file, you can play it there, no problems."
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Yeah I already figured I can normally launch the .exe.
I'm privated from all Steam features though, that being custom items, workshop, achievements, overlay and so on.
I've filled a ticket and I'll see what answer I get.
Many thanks for the help Bobo, much appreciated :D
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Please don't take this the wrong way, but one assumes a certain amount of risk when ordering stuff like this from Amazon when you aren't in the United States. I saw another guy who had ordered Dead Island GOTY without realizing that it was region-locked =/
Even so, I think it is silly that it not currently available in Europe for whatever reason.
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Updated with ban....
PS; Yeah it's "only" a discussion ban. But it fucking pisses me off.
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Yes, and one day only it seems. But why on earth have they banned me?
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I did not bypass anything. I used a working key I had been gifted and I could play normally. If they didn't put a regional restriction is their fault and not mine...
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Even the people who bought it on Steam store yesterday were able to play until they realised they had screwed it up.
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Only from the forums. But lets see what happens now. I don't think I'm getting further suspensions, but who knows..
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So if I buy the key from amazon, should I activate it or keep the key until the game is released in my region?
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I wrote a support ticket. That might have triggered it.
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Sorry to hear that. Luckily it's only for a day and shouldn't affect your account.
I love the game but I'm so frustrated with how Valve and 5th Cell have handled the release. They've been ambiguous about why Europe has been left out - no clear reason apart from a mention of "localisation issues" which is bullshit as people are saying other languages have already been implemented. Having to wait four months just because of where you live is a pisstake, made worse if you've already put hours into it like us!
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I couldn't agree more.
Every single major language is already on the game. It's fully functional. And it's not being released here which I don't fully understand it. But not happy with that they prevent any access to the game without any warning and they start banning people who, as me, asked for an explanation.
This is complete bullshit.
And yeah, it's not about the ban itself, I couldn't care less, but the situation I am now as a customer. I feel like being laughed at.
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Yeah, that's the biggest s**t I ever saw on Steam. A game that is released 3 months later in Europe without a reason. And localization problems can't be a reason, there are so many games that don't support other languages than English (and there is also the UK in Europe). I really want to know why they delay the release in Europe.
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Yep, even words that are more commonly used here in the UK are in their dictionary. It's probably something to do with the Wii U release, but confirmation from the developers isn't asking for too much surely? Plus I'm not sure why the Wii U release has been delayed in Europe either! It's all a bit of a mess which is a shame as the game itself is excellent.
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Patience is a virtue, I guess? For people that haven't bought it yet there'll be a 75% discount around 24/12 to 26/12. But to OP, well, I just bought it today to notice I had to preload as well even though I bought it from Amazon but you have to calm down. You're actively trying to circumvent their region lock so I wouldn't really whine, bitch and moan if I had gotten locked out as well. We didn't even get to browse that game in the Store some days ago.
So yeah, calm down and if it's the end of the world for you then go do something else. I browse the forums for that game and it's talks about people wanting a refund, aggressive people and people blaming everyone and everything. Grow the f- up. -.-
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Good luck with that attitude. I don't like being laughed at, I do not really know about you but in my opinion the least they can do is sending a notifiation to everybody who owned the game and could play it saying the reasons for it not being playable anymore and apologizing.
Instead I got a ban.
And I didn't actively circunvent any region lock. The game WAS available for redemption on my country. It was their fault and not mine that I could play it before it being purchasable (not playable as it could be played) here. Moreover this scalated release dates is plain nosense. I am not going to EVER purchase a game from either 5thCell nor WB.
And I do not know why on earth people fighting for their RIGHTS have to grow up, just saying.
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That ban is bullshit, even if it's only from discussion boards.
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As the title states, I bought it from amazon YESTERDAY. I've been playing it for three hours ALREADY and now it says
Preload Finished
What the hell is going on here? I mean, what on earht, why do this?!?!.
Proof
NOW I'VE BEEN FUCKING BANNED from their forums WITHOUT EVEN POSTING.
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