Aaaaaaah. :(

OK, thank you all for the replies. :)

I've never played Assassins Creed, and that looked like a good deal, but when I follow the link, it says it didn't find any games. Aww, man! :P

Don't ask me, ask him ;-) I don't use Steam, so no problem for me here. But I also miss the information about game updates, especially for Steel Storm. I didn't choose the newsletter and don't know how to get it now (beside the Desura key maybe I need to ask him about this per mail). On the other hand informations like this shouldn't be part of a newsletter.

Edit: Just want to say I emailed him and now I got my Desura key.

I think it's an EU only deal .

never mind...

EU3 Complete and Chronicles -75% on Steam to celebrate all the sprite packs being available now or something like that

PM me....

EU3 is also 75% off on GamersGate right now, DRM-free. They have an integrated installer for Chronicles, whereas the Steam version of Chronicles is EU3 Complete + the two separate expansions I think.

The EU3 sale is an interesting beast.

They're selling Chronicles & Complete. When you first look at it, Chronicles seems like the best deal, and technically, it is. The only problem is Divine Wind is not that good as of right now. And if you installed Divine Wind on Steam, you can't roll back no matter what. You're stuck.

On the flipside you could buy EU 3 Complete (Which is not complete), and then pick up Heir to the Throne, but you're looking at more money then Chronicles.

If Gamersgate allows you to select which of the expansions to install, absolutely buy Chronicles there. EU3 is a wonderful game, but if you're on Steam avoid Divine Wind at all costs for now.

Err... How do you figure? Divine added more than enough content to be worth paying less money for it.

Seriously, buy it where you will, but if you avoid one of the expansions why bother?

Sales are set up manually. So if there's a delay, it's because someone at Valve fucked up. Just as they have done yet again with FEAR 3 here....

No. GFWL doesn't have a gifting option. Only way to "gift" on GFWL is by trusting someone else to log into your account and buy it for you. Or by having them send you a GFWL points card for the region your GFWL account is set to.

In short, only use the first option for a brand new GFWL account. Once you have games on it, you're pretty much SOL if you can't get points.

Because it's broken. The AI won't use many of the features of the new game, the AI can't differentiate logic for wars, they end up crippled within a few years of playing.

That's not even mentioning due to cascading alliances you have to walk on eggshells constantly as a little border skirmish turns into a World War. The three main factions/functions they spent the most time on (Japan, China & Hordes), either aren't fun or do not work very well. And then there's little things they broke in the game like enemy transports being able to land troops on land despite being attacked, and the overall speed of naval battles.

Divine Wind will eventually be great, but it's going to take a long, long time to do so. This is after extensive patching.

If you buy on Steam, you cannot revert to an older EU3 verison. At all. Once you buy Divine Wind, you are stuck with Divine Wind. If GamersGate allows you to individually install the expansions so you can revert to HTTT when needed, then I recommend heartily. But I'm not going to sit here and recommend an expansion for a great game that breaks many aspects of the game.

Edit: They put out a new Beta patch for Divine Wind two days ago. I have not tried it. Looks like they addressed the AI infrastructure issues. Hopefully the game has been improved, I'll try it out soon.

Team Fortress 2 is now free 2 play. Get it! This is the most fun team based multiplayer shooter!

Hmm Impulse Driven is making some note of a "Special Offer" on D&D:Daggerdale. Does anyone know what the special offer is? The game isn't available in my region.