⚠️SPECIAL NOTES:⚠️

  • Note 1: The Battleborn Summer Skins Pack (Add-On) comes as a BATTLEBORN Key. Please click here for Redemption Instructions

  • Note 2: Warning: German & Japan buyers will get region-restricted keys for The Darkness II. (see above in the Q+A section for more information)

    • Note 2b: **HOWEVER, you can turn off the low violence version! According to user Elunes

      ... the game itself still can be row by going to View Downloadable Content and turning off the "DLC" Low violence.

  • Note 3: Mafia II also region locked for Japan buyers.

  • Note 4: Mafia II: Deluxe Edition key actually activates as Mafia II: Director's Cut, which comes with SEVEN DLCs

    • PROOF - thanks hyperxduel for the pic, and theemu and everyone else for your confirmations!
  • Note 5: user madjoki says:

    Small warning: If you use Mafia 2 key for DLC only, it will upgrade you to New Music Edition too, which means you lose some of music that they didn't re-license for re-release.

  • Note 6: user Ardal states: ALL NON GERMAN KEYS FOR THE DARKNESS 2 can NOT BE REDEEMED IN GERMANY UPDATE: ROW keys for The Darkness II are NOT region locked for Germany.
    Proof: https://www.steamgifts.com/go/comment/9atoRGd

    According to YodelXLii and bloudeuedd all non-German The Darkness II keys from the current humblebundle cannot be redeemed in Germany.

  • Note 7: (July 26): The Bureau: XCOM Declassified or Railroad Tycoon 3 Store Pages are not available in some regions! BUT YOU CAN STILL ACTIVATE THE KEYS AND PLAY THE GAMES!!

  • user Georges8431 states:

    I live in Lebanon and accessing The Bureau: XCOM Declassified or Railroad Tycoon 3 gives me a not available in your region error message.
    edit: I'm talking about store pages

  • Note 8 (July 26): - The Summer Skins Pack has been replaced with"Battleborn Starter Skin Pack" in Tier 2.

    • (thanks for pointing this out, GaaraOmega)
  • Note 9 (July 27) - From Railroad Tycoon 3 store page:: This game is not compatible with Windows Vista or Windows 7

    • System requirements: only compatible with windows 2000 & XP.
    • thanks Arkanzor and sunlikely

➡️Humble 2K Bundle #2 ⬅️

Humble and 2K, take two. 2K Games is back at Humble Bundle with another bundle of killer games. Born for battle? You won’t need to save your shards to activate these deals!

Warning: German buyers will get region-restricted keys for The Darkness II. (read below in the Q+A section. Mafia II also region locked for Japan buyers.


Lowest BTA Price: $5.56 + $0.01 (to BEAT THE AVERAGE) = $5.57

proof - thanks Diabolical


Q+A❓

✔ Increase your order amount is available for this bundle.
✔ Each game has a SEPARATE key.
☹ AFAIK, this is NOT REGION LOCKED The Darkness II is REGION-LOCKED for German buyers, and Mafia II is REGION-LOCKED for Japan Buyers

Warning: German buyers will get region-restricted keys for The Darkness II. Mafia II also region locked for Japan buyers.

  • user Ardal states:

    It seems like German buyers got region-restricted keys of The Darkness II. Even though ROW keys and gifts of the same game should activate just fine in Germany. Proof from a reliable source.

proof


Tier 1: $1 (min for steam keys)

The Darkness II, Spec Ops: The Line, and Duke Nukem Forever. Plus, get a coupon for 10% off Humble Monthly for new subscribers.

Tier 2: $BTA

Sid Meier's Civilization V, NBA 2K16, Mafia II Digital Deluxe Edition, and the Battleborn Summer Skins Pack Battleborn Starter Skin Pack. Plus, get a Humble Store Coupon for 40% off XCOM 2

AND More games coming soon!

More games will be added to this bundle next Tuesday at 11:00 a.m., July 26th, Pacific time!

These games are: Freedom Force, Freedom Force vs The Third Reich, The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, Railroad Tycoon 3

Tier 3: $15

Battleborn, Battleborn Platinum Currency, and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel.

Normally, the total cost for these games is as much as $320.


$1.00

GAME RATINGS CARDS BUNDLED RETAIL PRICE
The Darkness II 90% of 5,951 Reviews - 1 $29.99
Spec Ops: The Line 93% of 18,764 Reviews - 1 $29.99
Duke Nukem Forever 69% of 3,982 Reviews - 0 $19.99

$Beat the Average

GAME RATINGS CARDS BUNDLED RETAIL PRICE
Sid Meier's Civilization V 96% of 82,977 Reviews 3 $29.99
NBA 2K16 48% of 5,115 Reviews - 0 $59.99
Mafia II: Digital Deluxe Edition - 2016 Director's Cut 94% of 18,095 Reviews - 0* $39.99
Freedom Force 68% of 213 Reviews - 0 $4.99
Freedom Force vs. the Third Reich 87% of 85 Reviews - 0 $4.99
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified 67% of 5,434 Reviews 1 $19.99
Railroad Tycoon 3 72% of 243 Reviews - 0 $9.99
  • ~~More games coming soon next week at 11 AM PDT, July 26~~ ➡️ Freedom Force, Freedom Force vs The Third Reich, The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, Railroad Tycoon 3

  • Note 1: The Battleborn Summer Skins Pack Battleborn Starter Skin Pack (Add-On) comes as a BATTLEBORN Key. Please click here for Redemption Instructions

  • Note 2: Mafia II has been bundle 2 times before. BUT, the Deluxe edition has never been bundled before

  • Note 3: Warning:German & Japan buyers will get region-restricted keys for The Darkness II. (see above in the Q+A section for more information) Mafia II also region locked for Japan buyers.

  • Note 4: ** Mafia II: Deluxe Edition key actually activates as Mafia II: Director's Cut, which comes with SEVEN DLCs

    • PROOF - thanks hyperxduel for the pic, and theemu and everyone else for your confirmations!
  • Note 5: user madjoki says:

    Small warning: If you use Mafia 2 key for DLC only, it will upgrade you to New Music Edition too, which means you lose some of music that they didn't re-license for re-release.

  • Note 6: (July 26): The Bureau: XCOM Declassified or Railroad Tycoon 3 Store Pages are not available in some regions! BUT YOU CAN STILL ACTIVATE THE KEYS AND PLAY THE GAMES!!

    • user Georges8431 states:

      I live in Lebanon and accessing The Bureau: XCOM Declassified or Railroad Tycoon 3 gives me a not available in your region error message.
      edit: I'm talking about store pages

  • Note 7 (July 27) - From Railroad Tycoon 3 store page:: This game is not compatible with Windows Vista or Windows 7

    • System requirements: only compatible with windows 2000 & XP.
    • thanks Arkanzor and sunlikely

$15.00

GAME RATINGS CARDS BUNDLED RETAIL PRICE
Battleborn 65% of 4,231 Reviews 0 $59.99
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel 80% of 12,381 Reviews 0 $39.99

Battleborn Platinum Currency (Add-On)

Retail: $349.88
CV: $52.48


Q+A:

Q1: If I wait to buy the bundle, will the BTA Price go up? (Tier 2)

  • A: YES, the BTA price WILL INCREASE. This is because as people pay MORE than the BTA price to buy Tier 2 or higher, they BTA INCREASES as time goes on.

  • The BTA does NOT* go down

    • In some circumstances* or some time after the bundle is released, the BTA price may or may not go down. The BTA price goes down if people pay LESS than the BTA price, such as buying only Tier 1 for $1 or less).

Q2: What is "increase your order"?

  1. If you have already purchased a bundle and want to beat the average or increase your order amount, just go to your personal download page and click this link near the top.

  2. This option will be available throughout the bundle sale period as well as for a short period after the bundle has closed. After you click the link, it will expand into this window

  3. Enter the amount you would like to ADD to your initial order, NOT the total amount you would like to donate. For example, in the example above, enter $7.75 to bring the total to $17.75.

Q3: What is locking the BTA?

  • A: Locking the BTA means that at the time of purchase, whatever the BTA price is at that time (i.e. Let's say its $5.50), this will be your BTA price forever. Simply buy Tier 1 of the bundle for $1, and if you want to increase your order in the future, you will only have to pay the difference between $1 and $5.50 + $0.01, meaning if you want the games in the BTA tier, you will pay only $4.51, even if the current BTA price on the bundle page is $6, for example (the BTA price changes depending on the AVERAGE $$x that people are buying the bundle at. The BTA fluctuates, and usually increases over time as more people pay higher prices for the bundle).

Q4: What is "Pay more than the average vs. Pay $XX or more"?

Often for bundles, there are two additional tiers of content that you can access. The first is locked under a title of "Pay more than the average of $X.XX to unlock!" In this instance, you must beat the average listed. If the amount is $3.25, you must pay at least $3.26 to gain access to that content. It also never hurts to add an extra five or ten cents to be certain that you will unlock the content!

The highest tier of content often will say "Pay $XX or more to unlock!" In this case, you simply need to meet the specified amount in order to get the additional games.

Mid-Promotion additions

For the main page bundles, often extra games will be added to the beat the average tier half way through the duration of the bundle. If you have already purchased the bundle, you still have access to those games! As long as you had beaten the average at time of purchase, you will automatically gain access to those games. You simply have to open up the download page we originally emailed to you, and the new games will now be listed at the bottom.


P.S. - Want to know what other bundles are going on? Check out the MASTER LIST of ONGOING BUNDLES - w/ RaCharts™ (updated daily!) ❤


Wondering what games you already own from this bundle? There's an extension/ UserScript for that! It's called the RaChart™ Enhancer, created by my friend and fellow SG member Sighery!

This script enhances the charts by showing you which games you already own from the ones in it. If you own it, the row will be highlighted with a green color.

For more information and to Download, please click here for the RaChart™ Enhancer!


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Will you be buying this bundle? Which tier?

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Tier 1 please
Tier 2: BTA!
Tier 3: $15
Tier 0: I want 0 affiliation with this bundle
Eh .. idk... can't decide rn
C'mon HB... REPEATS?
"Now remember Pinocchio: be a good boy and always let your conscience be your guide." - The Blue Fairy in Pinocchio.

Tier 0 all the way >:D the way that you phrased it in the poll made me smile

Unless the BTA unlock really tempts me

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I take my eye off the ball for a bit, and suddenly there's a good humble bundle
Wonder what the extras are going to be

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Bioshock 1 and 2.

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wishful thinking

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Well, remaster is coming. So chances are like 99.5.

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good point

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You get free copies for Remaster for owning those. If they want to sell those Remasters, then it's not good idea to give them away for free...

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For free? Plus, there wouldn't be many people buying remasters anyway.

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Yup, for free: And if you already own BioShock, BioShock 2, and/or Minerva’s Den on Steam, you will be able to upgrade to the remastered version of the respective title(s) for free after release.

there wouldn't be many people buying remasters anyway

Not many > zero. That's still some money to make, so no reason to give them away for free.

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"then it's not good idea to give them away for free..." That's what I referred to. Sounded like bundles are free imo.

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Ahh, ok. Well, in that case, I always consider 2nd week unlocks to be "free bonus".
Can't say there ever was Week1 I didn't bought then seen Week2 and said "OMG must have it".

But that's just my personal thingie. Sorry for confusion.

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I don't know since they will give the remastered at everyone who have them ... but they aren't Bethesda so who knows :)

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How many people do you think would just buy remasters for a full price, lol. Many bought B1/2 during last sale and now they want to gain some more from it by bundling original games.

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Probably Borderlands something

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Most probably Bioshock Infinite without DLCs.
The only Bioshock that won't get a remaster on PC.

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If I already own Mafia II (standard edition), can I activate the deluxe version too for DLCs?

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You can.

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I don't believe the Deluxe version includes the DLC's...?

http://store.steampowered.com/app/50130/

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It's in the store page: Made Man Pack, Digital Art Book (Free access to in-game downloadable pack that lets players get behind the wheel of two different luxury automobiles) , Orchestral Soundtrack, Digital Map of Empire Bay,

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No.

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It's in the store page: Made Man Pack, Digital Art Book (Free access to in-game downloadable pack that lets players get behind the wheel of two different luxury automobiles) , Orchestral Soundtrack, Digital Map of Empire Bay.

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For Mafia II Delux Edition I got following dlcs:
Greaser DLC
Jimmy's Vendetta DLC
Joe's Adventures DLC
Renegade DLC
The Betrayal of Jimmy DLC
Vegas DLC
War Hero DLC

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Wha? From the HB?

Can other people confirm this? :o

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Can confirm. You can check my library if you want to be sure.

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screenshots below

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Weird.. I wonder if this is on purpose or an error on HB's part?

HB would have said "Included all DLC" if it was on purpose.

I wonder if this will be fixed.

I am tempted to buy it.

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Maybe HB gave a wrong key of Mafia II: Director's Cut - 2016. (https://steamdb.info/sub/108590/apps/)
Someone also got the same key. He bought Tier 3 ($15).
http://steamcn.com/forum.php?mod=redirect&goto=findpost&ptid=204835&pid=2987732&fromuid=205538

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Weird... you don't even seem have Mafia II in your libary or did you mean something else ?

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Strange. I really wonder if there is any single edition now that gives the Made Man DLCs. I have no idea why they made it into such an impossible-to-get pack.

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Cool :D You'd think they would advertise that properly since it makes an already good deal even better.

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Interesting, they are giving keys for the Director's cut edition instead of Deluxe.

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Psst, the first screenshot shows your Steam login name. It's never a good idea to do that, because there were exploits in the past that allowed someone to compromise your account just by knowing that information.

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Wasn't that finally 100% eliminated around the time the authenticator hit?

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Should be, but new exploits are found all the time in all kinds of software (sometimes even when using 2FA), so as a rule of thumb, you should always include only the minimum required information to have the smallest attack surface.

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Yeah I didn't crop it out because in mobile authen we trust

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Wasn't long ago i bought Duke Nukem forever... Fuck me >>

Edit: And Mafia 2... :P

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I traded 4 games for Mafia 2 standard last week, damn. Now Iv'e got 2 spare copies of the deluxe edition :D

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I have everything I want from this bundle except for Borderlands The Pre-Sequel but not gonna pay 15$ for it. Pass.

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Next week Battleborn f2p :P

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source? lol

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I'm grabbing tier 1. I'm note interested on the rest and I've always wanted to try The Darkness II

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Tier 3 has two games that are better than the early unlocks for the last two monthly bundles. I might as well get tier 3 for once, BTA will be stupid high anyway.

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Why do I have neither money or points available... help me god

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Tier 2 for Mafia II, the rest I have (minus the NBA game) so some nice giveaways as a bonus.

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Duke Nukem Forever was not actually previously bundled btw.

That "1" was just a 'Get Loaded' pick & mix promo from Get Games. Basically just a store sale and not even a great discount at that. I have no idea why ITAD lists those as 'bundles' in the sense that we think of them.

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hmm let me change that! thanks!

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Nice bundle, too bad Civilization 5 is only as basic, if that would be Complete Edition I would probably go for Tier 2, so at current state I'll probably fetch Duke only, still lowest I've seen so far. Thank you for info.

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Have most of the games but bought tier 1 to give away :)

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$15 for Battleborn? If I had a good enough computer to run it, then I'd buy it... sadly I don't ;_;

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Thanks, Rachel.
I guess it's time for me to get Duke Nukem Forever... and give away another copy of The Darkness II - it was my very first GA :D Ah, the memories!

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Bought 1x tier 3 and 1x tier 2

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So much NOPE it's not even funny. -.- I always wish for a great bundle and it never is.

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Out of all of them, the only ones I would get are Civ V, Darkness 2, and Duke Nukem Forever (Loved that game on Xbox 360).

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If they wil ladd WWE 2K16 im buying

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if they add wwe 2k16 i'm gonna kill them , i bought it for 15 euros and it landed on the offers for the free 10$ amazon prime (making it 5$) and if now it goes in the bta i'll kill myself probably.

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Well there is already NBA 2K16, maybe they will not at WWE 2K16 but just 2K15, who knows, but i think its a chance since the game is often on sale.

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Well that was a quick 300 points. I had just used them all and poof HB gives me 300 more.

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Awesome hb =] Afert the BundleStar... my heart balances tier2 or tier3 ^_^

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It seems like German buyers get region-restricted keys for The Darkness II. Even though ROW keys and gifts of the same game should activate just fine in Germany. Proof from a reliable source.

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Doesn't matter since the "low violence version" is just a DLC that you can turn off or on.
Edit: Never mind. Maybe it does matter. Though no one should worry about activating a low violence version, as there is none per se.

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thanks! added and credited in OP

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According to YodelXLii and bloudeuedd all non-German The Darkness II keys from the current humblebundle cannot be redeemed in Germany. Could you add/clarify this information to the opening post, please?

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Sure. Thanks

Edit: added as note 6 ^^. Thanks again my dear for the info

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I'm not in Germany (so I suppose I got the ROW version), and I got a message saying the key can't be redeemed in Germany (don't have a snapshot).

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Normal keys (non-humblebundle) should activate just fine according to ForUNCUT.. It seems like 2K supplied them with reverse region-restricted keys. I'll clarify with Rachel.

Thank you for the information.

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So this is where it comes from. The ROW keys should have no region lock according to steamdb and for UNCUT! curation. Humble's notice probably just states that they do not sell the keys to Germans, although Germans can redeem them without problems. Since there's no special Humble SubID, the situation should not have changed.

I've wondered why so many giveaways state explicitly that the key cannot be redeemed in Germany, although it quite obviously should. Looks like disinformation on Humble's side.

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It's not disinformation. According to German law they are not allowed to advertise these games in Germany. But these games themselves are not prohibited in Germany, so they activate.
There are a few games that don't activate in Germany, but these are really few.

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Actually, Germans can't even see Humble's claim that ROW keys won't activate in Germany, since we only get censored keys from them anyway. So while your advertisement argument is true, the false notice to ROW users concerning a non-existing region lock makes little sense. This only leads to giveaways copying this false warning, from gifters who don't know better.
(Side note: this whole matter is confusing and complicated, especially for the lucky ones not living in Germany, Australia, Japan and other censorship contries. While ROW keys for Saints Row 2 activate in Germany, Saints Row 3 keys have a region lock and only activate as a Steam gift. I really recommend the for Uncut! group and curator for more information concerning region locks and censorship.)

I will try to obtain a ROW key and post if it works.

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I just obtained and redeemed a key for The Darkness II, bought in the US, redeemed in Germany.

] licenses_for_app 67370
License packageID 13165:

  • State : Active( flags 0 ) - Purchased : Mon Jul 25 11:35:04 2016 in "DE", CD Key
  • Apps : 67370, (1 in total)
  • Depots : 67371, 67372, 67373, 67374, 67375, 67376, 67377, 67378, 67380, 67381, 67382, 67383, 67384, 67385, (14 in total)

13165 is the uncensored version, DE is Germany (activation country, "Purchased:" is misleading here).

So The Darkness II has no region lock (as expected).

HOWEVER, I do not know what happens if a German user redeems a non-German Humble gift link. It is possible that it generates a ROW key, but it is just as possible that the German IP infects the purchase with censorship, generating a German key. (And no matter what Humble does now, they might start in the future; there was a time when they didn't have payment lock.)

In cases like these, it's safer to use keys, not Gift links.

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The funny thing is I wrote the same thing here about ROW keys.^^

Thanks for the update. Just to clarify any misunderstanding, this was a humblebundle key you bought, right?

Also what kind of irks me is that Humblebundle only generates those messages for gift-links but not for their keys. So they are either different keys (doubtful), Humblebundle just being lazy (probably) or not being up front with the customer (most probable, but also not intentionally, I guess ).

And a big thank you to Rachel for the quick update in OP.

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It was a key from the current Humble 2K bundle, but it's a standard ROW retail key. (Sometimes there are extra subs for Humble, like the Sonic or Borderlands bundles.)
In your post, you mentioned the other direction (activating a DE key in ROW), from what I understand. According to SteamDB, this should work as well, although I can't imagine why someone should try that. (Sure, the censorship DLC can be turned off in this case, but at least for me, this whole censorship thing is a matter of principle...)

https://steamdb.info/app/67379/subs/
These are the subs with the censorship DLC. The "Store" licenses do not matter, they only control in which regions the game can be purchased via the Steam store page. And none of the relevant "CD key" licenses has any region lock (I guess the German key activates sub 13166). So German keys should also redeem outside of Germany, no matter what Humble says.

Big thanks to Rachel for the fast update!

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It looks like we're referring to different posts. I meant this post It seems like German buyers get region-restricted keys for The Darkness II. Even though ROW keys and gifts of the same game should activate just fine in Germany. Proof from a reliable source.

I just regret that some users may have refrained from entering giveaways, which had 'do not enter, if from Germany' or 'does not redeem in [country]' in their description thanks to my overzealous information gathering based on false information provided by humblebundle.

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It's not your (or anyone's) fault, and I even believe Humble prefers to show false information rather to be held responsible for (and refunding) non-redeemable keys.
They'd have to check for every game: which sub does this activate? Are there region locks?
Easier to say that everything's region locked, even if it isn't.

(Stuff we have to check before buying a game that is censored or blocked here. Every. Single. Time.)

And if a giveaway creator is not directly (or knowingly) affected by censorship, it's only human to believe that false information. Lucky for us that we have reliable information sources!

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This convoluted mess could easily have been avoided, if the publisher gave them correct information. This also isn't the first time humblebundle deals poorly with things like region-lock and providing half-baked or entirely wrong information regarding restrictions.

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Sorry for the bump, but that game was originally banned from activation in Germany when it came out. It's normal for one hand at a publisher not to know what another did several years ago.

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