As far as I know that game is tagged but not locked. The game can be activated on any account. What I don't know is if there may be problems in the future (I guess there shouldn't be any problems as after activating the game is already on your/his library).
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The RU tag may work. About a week or so ago, I gave out a copy of The Witcher: Extended Edition with an RU tag, and the person that got it activated it with no problems at all (and they were nowhere near Russian areas). At most, the game will have an RU + CIS tag on it, but it shouldn't affect the game's activation at all.
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lol fuckm I replied ina wrong thread and accidentally necro'ed it :D
anyways here's the clue if you can activate a game or not even if it has a RU/CIS Tag:
In SteamDB, Look at packages and look for this entry "onlyallowrunincountries"
If it has that entry, it means that you can't activate a RU/CIS gift, if none, you can activate it
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As far as I know, Batman arkham origins is currently region free with RU tag, which means even RU version can be run all over the world. However, the BAO RU retail version is region locked now, which means if you buy it (cd key) from a RU seller, you will not be able to play in UK.
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There's been at least one occasion when the game with a RU tag became region-locked retroactively. Aliens: Colonial Marines Preorder RU was region free up until the release day; when the game was released they locked the RU copies. This meant that people who activated the RU preorder in other regions were unable to play the game.
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Anyone knows anything about retail RU+CIS? this one seems to be steamstore, but I don't see anything about RU retail in steamdb.
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Based on some info I got from some RU sellers. Batman retail would be region locked, but it is not 100% certain. However, many RU sellers who I know write "RU region and RU language" in batman product description to avoid risks. You can just wait until 26th this month. After retail keys are distributed, steamDB would possibly update the info on retail version and before that, do not get RU retail version. it is just 3 days left and it is not worth risking.
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Oh it just got updated 38mins. ago http://steamdb.info/sub/33557/ seems like my country LT(Lithuania) is again added to CIS, I guess it should work then. Still doesn't say if its retail tho, but other RU+CIS has pre-purchase tag as well. So this one might be retail.
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Is there a chance a Batman Arkham Origins game with a RU+CIS tag on it work for someone in the UK? I'm a little unsure about this whole region locked thing and had heard it worked for some, Does anyone have some more information on this?
Thank you.
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