Yeah they do. However I don't know if it is an Amazon thing or game-varied matter. One for Dead Island:
Customer:
So this game is region locked to only those in the US. I bought it anyway with an address that I made through 'Borderlinx' I tried activating the game from Europe (Where I live) on Steam. They told me it was not available for purchase in my country. Which I kind of suspected would happen.
So I googled "US VPN Steam" got one working in about 5 minutes. (FlyVPN with the trial account on their page)
Then I logged in, swapped my location to the US through the VPN and activated this game.
I spit in the face of companies and organisations who region lock and DRM games. I paid the money for this, fair and square I own it and I don't care where I live. I should have the right to play it.
The game unlocked as 'Dead Island Goty NA'
I logged out. Exited Steam. Turned off the VPN.
Logged back into Steam and downloaded the game.
Hopefully they won't ban me.. ( I DID pay for the game.. ) would they rather me pirate it?
This is the only game I have bought from Steam. I also have Metro 2033 which was a free giveaway through Facebook. Plus a mate Gifted me Torchlight 2 which I haven't touched.
Regardless I don't wish to be banned but I will take the chance.
Good luck and please reply if it worked for you.
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People don't seem to understand that things are priced differently in different regions for a reason. Not that the big boys need to be defended, but companies do have a right to set the terms for distribution of their own products, and the willful abuse of the system is called arbitrage
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Thank you (: http://cdr.thebronasium.com/sub/11675 I can tell by looking at the territory code right? Just making sure...
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Not from this. If a game is locked, there should be two lines in "Extended Info":
PurchaseRestrictedCountries =
AllowPurchaseFromRestrictedCountries = 0/1
In the first line, there should be two-letter abbreviations of the countries. In the second line, if there is 1, the key can be only activated in these countries; if 0, it can be activated in any country not listed in the first line.
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My current and only giveaway is PAYDAY The Heist from Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/PAYDAY-The-Heist-4-Pack-Download/dp/B007ZE867S/ref=dsvrt_myd_asin_block
I'm not sure if this is a region-locked set of keys; does anybody know if these keys work from outside U.S.?
I have applied Amazon keys to U.S. for myself before, but I live in Canada and that's still North America. So, I'm not too sure how it will go for someone, say, in Europe and I don't want to have to tell my potential European winner to use a U.S. VPN trick to fool the activation.
I really don't want to close the giveaway for a region lock.
I know the rule, but I just assumed it was region-free and I still don't know if it is region-locked:
"Do not submit CD-keys that have regional restrictions, or those that require VPN activation or methods to bypass regional restrictions."
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