If you buy anything on Amazon, please consider choosing a charity first from this link:
http://smile.amazon.com/


1/5 - 1/31
$6 ($1 after EC) Ace Patrol Bundle
$13.19 ($8.19 after EC) Bioshock Infinite
$15 ($10 after EC) The Bureau: XCOM Declassified (pricematched until 1/27)
$15 ($10 after EC) XCOM Collection

1/23 - 1/31
$7 ($2 after EC) GTA Trilogy
$7.49 ($2.49 after EC) Max Payne 3 Complete
$11 ($6 after EC) GTA Trilogy + GTA IV
$8 ($3 after EC) LA Noire + Max Payne 3
$8 ($3 after EC) GTA IV + Max Payne 3

1/24 - 1/31
$9 ($4 after EC) Tomb Raider
$7.49 ($2.49 after EC) Thief Bundle
$7.49 ($2.49 after EC) Legacy of Kain Bundle
$15/$18 ($10/$13 after EC) Final Fantasy XIV/Collectors Edition (Not Steam)
$13 ($8 after EC) Hitman Bundle
$7.49 ($2.49 after EC) Hitman Absolution

1/26 - 1/31
$8 ($3 after EC) Battlefield 2142 Deluxe (Origin)
$7 ($2 after EC) Burnout Paradise Bonus Vehicle Pack (Origin)

1/27 - 1/31
$8 ($3 after EC) Mirror's Edge + DLC (Origin)

1/31 ONLY
$7.49 ($2.49 after EC) Dark Souls (Extended to 2/1, EC also extended)
$7.49 ($2.49 after EC) Enslaved + Inversion (INVERSION IS REGION LOCKED TO AMERICAS, Enslaved doesnt work in Japan)
$20 ($15 after EC) Naruto 3 Full Burst

Not sure about dates
£10 Borderlands 2 GOTY (UK only)

The others


FAQ:

What are EC credits?
Editor's Choice credits are $5 promotional offers that could only be obtained in the months of November and December for purchases in the Digital Games Store.

Are these credits stackable?
No, one per purchase only.

What items do these credits apply to?
Anything in this list

Can I transfer credits to someone else?
No, they are tied to your Amazon account.

How do I check how many credits I have?
Unfortunately, there isn't really a way to check on Amazon . You need to dig through your email and keep track of how many you have used.


Warning

The following games are region locked. Click the links and examine "AllowPurchaseFromRestrictedCountries" and "PurchaseRestrictedCountries" before you purchase to ensure that the key will activate in your country:
Dead Island
Dead Island GOTY
Dead Island Riptide
Metro Last Light
Saint's Row IV
Inversion
Football Manager 2014 (Restricted in quite a few countries)

Source
Archived Threads: 1, 2, 3, 4

11 years ago*

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Damn, a lot of EA games in this "Editor's" Choice ;P

10 years ago
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It's because Amazon was in talks with EA near the start, whereas some of the others have been coming in slowly after they finally reply to their e-mails. haha

10 years ago
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I think Alice: Madness Returns The Complete Collection for 5$ after Coupon (Origin) is worth mentioning :P I never saw it so cheap before. This Complete collection also contains the first Alice game which doesn't come with the Alice : Madness Returns on Steam. This will be from 1/13 to 1/16.

10 years ago
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These amazon "editor's choices" are pretty lacking this year. :/

10 years ago
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True.. I'm having a hard time using any of my 7 coupons. Let's hope it gets better and some Game reps finally come up with more deals to add.. not just the EA and 2K guys like it is so far.

10 years ago
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Totally agree with you guys. It's been very lackluster thus far. Hopefully some better stuff gets announced very soon -- because if it's not, well the end of the month will be here before you know it.

10 years ago
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Well actually you can check your promo credit here clicky

10 years ago
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Unfortunately, that's only really useful if you've never got any other promotions from Amazon. Mine looks like:
SOFTWARE/VIDEO GAMES $463.22

Which would be great if I wanted 17 more DRM-free copies of Doom & Destiny, or whatever those are for.

10 years ago
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I'm having a similar issue, but I'm not sure I understand what you're saying. I tried applying the discount to Doom & Destiny, but it didn't apply either. Doesn't seem to apply to anything and I'm not aware of any discounts I've earned otherwise.

10 years ago
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Remember all the free games during the Indie Store launch? Most of it is probably those. There's no actual way to tell.

Supposedly certain customer service reps can figure it out for you, but I'm not going to bother.

10 years ago
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SOFTWARE/VIDEO GAMES
$178.70

bwuuuuuuuuuuh? Checked it out after hyperventilating for a bit and it does not apply any discount for me on any video games (I thought I already used up my EC credit) or the software I tried (first one that popped up, some turbotax thing). Weird, I wonder what that's about.

10 years ago
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If you bought something over the summer, they had a free indie games promo thing where you'd get stuff like The Maw, and some other games free. I know Guns of Icarus Online and Foreign Legion Buckets of Blood were other titles. They varied from time to time, but look up "amazon free indie games summer" on Google and add a few to your cart and see if they come up as free. Even if the price changed, those will always be free. Its a big reason why a lot of people have crazy amounts. I have like 8 copies of Drip Drip or some crap like that. Its a DRM free title.

The other option you have is to contact their support. I did that a few months ago and they sent me a list of all the promo credits Ive received and what they are for.

The NBA2K14 promo mentioned in this string also was a big one. Its $5 off that title and you got it when you bought ANYTHING 2K over a period of time.

10 years ago
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Unfortunately, the amount displayed there is not necessarily accurate. It includes all software/video game credits, including random things (at least for me) like $10 off preorder of NBA 2k14 and Saint's Row IV. Basically credits that are completely useless now.

10 years ago
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Still waiting for the right deals. I know I used all of my coupons last year, but I don't even remember what I used them on. But anything to get me a few games closer to 1000.

10 years ago
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Thus far, the deals last year were definitely better and more interesting. Hotline Miami, Dark Souls, The Walking Dead, the Microsoft 5-game Arcade Pack, THQ & Paradox Bundles -- just to name a few that I remember.

Edit: another thing that hurts it is that many of the currently announced or running deals are not at least as good as the holiday deals were

Edit 2: Amazon's selection of Indie games also hasn't expanded enough in the past year unfortunately

10 years ago
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Wasn't there deals involving Lego Lord of the Rings and Scribblenauts? That's what I remember picking up in January last year.

10 years ago
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LEGO game(s) would be nice addition this year.

10 years ago
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Goooooooooooooooooodddddddddddddddd fucking damnit garbage dealssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!

Now that I got it out from my system, Amazon need to catch up like they did last year. Last year's EC was amazing, now it feels like it's being handled by morons who can't make up a deal.

10 years ago
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+1

10 years ago
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It mostly feels as if it's handled by EA.

10 years ago
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Syndicate + Saboteur Bundle not live yet?

10 years ago
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Amazon = West Coast. Always later when deals launch.

Then again, usually pre-programmed to hit at Midnight PST. So...yeah. Wonder if it'll be up.

It's not on any of the lists I see, so I wonder if it's a hush-hush deal for CAGers that we'll end up finding?

10 years ago
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Syndicate/ Saboteur Bundle ORIGIN :(

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HSSBUTM

10 years ago
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We've already known that it would be on Origin

10 years ago
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What else would it be?

1) They are Origin exclusive titles (and thus not available on Steam)
2) Even if they weren't, all EA games sold by Amazon are for Origin anyway

10 years ago
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Ok need people's opinions on these two deals:

  • Syndicate/ Saboteur Bundle
  • Alice: Madness Returns The Complete Collection

Both are $5. I'm not sure about the bundle one, as Saboteur seems to be a bad game while Syndicate seems to be a good one. Also heard good things about the Alice game. Let me know. Thanks

10 years ago
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«Saboteur seems to be a bad game...»

LOLWUT?

why you think so?!

10 years ago
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Saboteur isn't a bad game though..

10 years ago
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Doesn't work with AMD = BAD imo.

10 years ago
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Ok sorry, must have confused it with another game, had another look of it on Metacritic. Anyways, are they both decent games? Feel like building up my origin game library.

10 years ago
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Apperantly it's okayish game IF it works.

  • No AMD support
  • Problems with resolutions over 1360x768
  • Problems with mutli-core processors

EA closed studio after release, so these went unfixed :(

10 years ago
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I'm guessing you are talking just about Saboteur? Are there any other problems with the other two games that you have heard of?

10 years ago
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What the fuck? I have Radeon HD 5450 on my laptop and I can play it on 1366x768 with no problems.

10 years ago
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Alice: Madness Returns is a good game, but if you don't care about the old original game that it comes bundled with and you'd rather have Alice: MR on Steam, it generally goes for about $5 whenever it's on sale (at least in the US region anyway). Also, the extra content that is in the Origin version like the bonus costumes and weapons can also be unlocked in the Steam version by editing a setting in a config file (there is a sticky topic in the Steam forums about it). For whatever reason EA did not enable this by default.

10 years ago
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People still use AMD? Sorry, I'm a nvidia fanboy :p

10 years ago
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AMD still technically have the better graphics cards, though they each have their benefits and downfalls.

10 years ago
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I prefer proper driver support, which AMD still isn't able to offer after all those years. If people ask me to describe it in 2 words I would say 'slow and messy'. Amd is more bang for less buck but thats about it, imo. :p

10 years ago
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+1 to spending a little extra for better driver support with Nvidia, even though AMD tends to be a bit cheaper like you said

10 years ago
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I think you both are talking about past. Right now, AMD drivers are a lot better, imho, they are better than Nvidia's. With NV card and drivers, every single time I turned off any game, the drivers just stopped working. Yeah, like it's normal. Then I changed from NV to AMD and everything was perfect. Still is.

10 years ago
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No it's not normal, both of my nvidia systems are running fine and the driver never crashes. Pebcak (or broken hardware) I guess. I don't see what it has to do with their drivers if only you have that issue :P

10 years ago
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Not only me. You think if you don't have any problems no one has, but it's not so simple. Just check google for "Nvidia driver stopped responding and has recovered".

10 years ago
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Of course. I've once had that error myself, another driver (from windows update) caused it, I removed it and it was fine. Who's to blame? My onboard soundcard (my 2nd pc with the same motherboard but another rev = other soundcard, didnt had the issue even tho it had the same updates). People just love to blame it on something else instead of trying to fix it :P

Since it's a very small minority who has that issue (probably all to blame on something else, or a broken gpu). Yup, no one has problems, else the internet would be on fire by now (angry gamers aren't something you mess with). And AMD still messes up from time to time (nvidia too but not that much).

10 years ago
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Well, Isn't it obvious that Nvidia messed up with their drivers? Why would such a great company (no sarcasm in that, I had a lot of their hardware in my life already) make such a "uncompatible" drivers/control software with other programs. It ridiculous. It's like making a coffee that is not compatible with some coffee makers and when you want to make in one of them, it comes out as an, I don't know, slime or something.

I'm not saying AMD is saint in that but, hey, even if it uses (Catalyst Control Panel) .Net Framework 4 it doesn't have such a problems. Both supplier drivers have their flaws.

10 years ago
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Uhm no? Did you even read what I wrote? Anyhow believe what you want, i'll stick with my opnion (still have an AMD system too). Your issue had probably nothing to do with the nvidia drivers tho :p

10 years ago
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I have an AMD card and it definitely works. Its a really interesting game. The b/w into color mechanic is interesting and its a pretty decent sandbox game.

10 years ago
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Why is the Syndicate/Saboteur bundle on the list? Neither came out 2013. Also, is it any worth getting?

10 years ago
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It's the 2013 Editor's Choice list but nothing says they need to be games that came out in 2013.. and if they needed to list only 2013 game deals we'd be pretty bummed out coz this sale already kinda sucks so far.

10 years ago
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I'd buy a Syndicate/Saboteur pack but am not interested in Saboteur (already played through it, I really liked it though), is anyone here up for a group buy?

10 years ago
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Hoping that Steam puts Contrast on sale so that Amazon price matches it

10 years ago
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That would be great. :) And it would help make up for the lackluster deals so far

10 years ago
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Indeed, one of the few games I might buy. Still didn't buy a thing :/

10 years ago
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You couldn't use a EC credit then.

10 years ago
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That's not true. It is on the EC list and the same thing already happened with Brothers.

10 years ago
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We are almost halfway through the month... surely they will add more stuff... r-right?

10 years ago
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Nope.

10 years ago
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Last year: ran out of EC coupons wishing I had more.

This year: half way through January and still nothing to use them on...

10 years ago
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Still hoping for a XCOM sale somewhere to be matched. 2 weeks to go.

10 years ago
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Think a lot of us are hoping for a price-match to sweeten some of these deals... :) Or for some other publishers to jump in... :)

10 years ago
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I thin I'll go with the cheaper one available thanks to Renjility's Game Mega Deals.
Already have all the classics, and it seems both DLCs are not worth the price (one only for skins, the other for 3 static missions and a weapon)

10 years ago
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10 years ago
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The first question in the FAQ. You should have received an email if you got one.

10 years ago
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in addition to Simowl's answer: you would see the $5 discounted from the price before your go through with the purchase

10 years ago
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I notice on all of them it says "Note: Currently, this item is available only to customers located in the United States and who have a U.S. billing address." I used a U.S. Billing address last time - just wondering if anyone can confirm that Brothers a tale of two sons will not be region locked will be a Steam key? Planning on giving it away here and don't want any complications.

10 years ago
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It's not region locked. Activated it fine in Australia.

10 years ago
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Don't be afraid of getting it. It's not region locked.

10 years ago
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Takedown Red Sabre is an EC game lololol That game is a complete pile of crap.

10 years ago
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I, too, chuckled at their inclusion of Takedown: Red Sabre. Maybe Day One: Garry's Incident will show up too. I am however considering getting Takedown just to try it and in hopes that it improves. I like tactical shooters (currently trying to get my hands on a copy of SWAT 4). It also supposedly gives you an extra copy in your inventory.

10 years ago
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I got it just to get the extra copy in inventory. Its selling for 2 keys on Outpost, so why not. It was only 2 bucks and I have so much damn credit that I wanted to spend.

One note: At least with my gift copy, it says "Not Tradable" for a month. The exact wording is:

""( Not Tradable )
Gifts become tradable after a Steam account has been in good standing for at least 30 days. This gift will become tradable on Feb 13. See the Steam Trading FAQ for more information.""

This is odd to me, b/c my acct is in good standing and I buy games all the time. It may be b/c its the Amazon version. Its still giftable though.

Some dude on Takedown's forums says its gotten better. It was 2 bucks. I can't complain really when Im going to make that back fairly easily.

10 years ago
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Thanks for the heads up. I was probably going to make a giveaway for my extra copy and that would have been embarrassing to find out it was temporarily not tradable. Although, hmm... 2 keys. I could get Don't starve with those.

I've been watching the Takedown forum on Steam to see how the game's going. I'm a bit disappointed that they're working on a (free) DLC instead of putting that time into bug fixes.

10 years ago
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I dont know if that restriction is universal. I use Steam Wallet Cards to fill my wallet almost exclusively, so I dunno how that works in respect to buying something. Apparently, the not tradable restriction can apply when you haven't bought something on Steam for 30 days. I have, but I use Wallet Cards to do that. I've not seen anyone else complain about this, so it may be a. limited to me b/c of the above, b. Its newly instituted on the Amazon version(wouldnt surprise me) or c. just a weird bug.

I'm able to trade otherwise, so its one of those above.

EDIT: I just talked to someone who said it could be a glitch as that has happened before, so who knows.

EDIT 2: IT WAS A GLITCH! I was able to trade it to a friend and he traded it back no problem. However, it still has the "Not tradable" tag on my end, but it wasnt on his end. Another friend said hes had a glitch like that before, so Im chalking it up as a glitch.

10 years ago
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Alright, thanks for the update.

10 years ago
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Even if a game is tagged as "not tradeable" you should still be able to send it by mail - you just can't put it in the trading window.

10 years ago
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I'm aware of this, but there was no reason it should be marked that on my end. And its tradeable even with the mark.

10 years ago
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that's why I replied to aforce, because he wrote "would have been embarrassing to find out it was temporarily not tradable" - so it seems he does not know that untradeable games can still be sent by mail =)

10 years ago
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I did not know that. Thanks for informing me.

10 years ago
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I guess in all, I did use my EC 5 dollar credit on the best game available, but I accidentally wasted it on Bioshock infinite. Crap. I kinda wanted crysis 3 for 5 bucks instead.

10 years ago
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then you should have waited until Jan 20 when it will be

10 years ago
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i think i have another 5 dollarsa credit...but i'm in doubt. wait for Battlefiled 2142 gold deal..or buy now The secret world? any tips?

10 years ago
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Go try and buy The Secret World, if it gets discounted by $5, then you have at least another one. while you are at it you may convince yourself to buy it though lol.

10 years ago
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Where's the price match on Bioshock Infinite?

10 years ago
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amazon does only steam pricematch

10 years ago
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they pricematch shops located in the us

10 years ago
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They do? cool!

But GMG is a UK company so they wouldnt pricematch them either way

10 years ago
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They don't match anyone other than Steam for Digital Games because "no one cares" (direct quote from Amazon rep.).

10 years ago
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... I.. care... :(

10 years ago
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Amazon pricematched The Secret World (Steam daily deal) so it should be $5.19 after EC coupon for the next ~47 hours or so

10 years ago
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Wishful thinking probably, but since they matched the Steam price does that mean Amazon gives a Steam key for TSW?

10 years ago
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No, bought it 2 days ago.Only Funcom key.

10 years ago
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Aha, well that solves that problem. :)

10 years ago
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Well, sucks this doesn't work for the UK (at least, not in any obvious way), since I just spent about £140 there. Go Amazon, always bringing you the finest in ridiculous regional restrictions.

10 years ago
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Not sure I follow you. The EC credits probably only work on the US site if that's what you meant.

10 years ago
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Sorry, wasn't clear. I know about that, I'm talking about the smile charity stuff.

10 years ago
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So... has Tony confirmed there is going to be more games added?

This year is pretty lame compared to last year.

10 years ago
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He says he's still expecting some reps to get back to him.. he's pushing the matter with them but all he's getting is mostly that "they're still looking into it".

10 years ago
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+1, very lackluster this time around

10 years ago
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If anyone wants Secret World 72-hour invite, just let me know.I bought some Secret World's for my friends on Amazon, we have a lot of 72-hour guest passes now.Also if anyone wants to play together, you can add me.We just started and have no idea how the game works ^^

10 years ago
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Closed 10 years ago by jatan11t.