Giveaways on tems that are region restricted

Unsure, there was a time when it wasn't ok, but then it was ok for Left 4 dead to be gifted to german players so they could get the bloody version. I think if it's region restricted and you try to redeem it may not let you. Ask steam support. and ask them hypothetically.

Short answer: yes, you will be able to activate it and play it unrestrictedly.

Long answer:
I have a bit of experience on that matter. No matter who gifts who, the version of the game you get always depends on where the gift is actually purchased. Which means you will get the gifter's version of the game.
Example: the German version of Titan Quest forces you to use German text/voice language, unlike other European versions. If I buy a copy of TQ and gift it to someone, they're stuck with German. If someone from the US or from Europe other than Germany gifts ME the game, I get the uncut copy.
I actually did that with quite a couple of games. I also had a talk with steam support about it. This sort of "uncut game importing" represents a law that states that the import of uncensored/uncut games is allowed for private use. Which means it is perfectly legal and safe to do so.

Yes. During the steam sale a region restricted friend wanted Bioshock 2, and I bought it and sent it to him.

Just out of curiosity any games restricted in the USA that can be purchased else where?

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I don't think there's many Steam games, but other digital download services like Impulse I've seen a few restricted items. Mostly pretty obscure stuff. But Steam related, I don't believe there are any.

A lot of that depends on where you live right now. For example all games, that need a GFWL account can be activated in countries, where GFWL isn't available, but can't be played!

Well, I guess you live in Germany, then GFWL is available and you can activate and play almost all uncut games, the only exception I know of, are CoD Blops and Saints Row 2, which will both activate as the cut version, if the activation is done in Germany. Some other games can't be activated at all, are games bought in some Asian countries (Thailand, Malaysia and Russia are some of them), which include, for example, the Orange Box and CoD Blops.

Lost Planet 2, Dirt 3, Operation Flaskpoint Red River is not in my region but I can aceppt gift from friend and even can activate Code from these promational vouchers.

Yes, and it also works fine with packs. An Australian friend of mine wanted the Valve pack, which is unavailable for purchase in Australia because L4D2 (at least the uncensored version) is banned there - so I bought the pack and gifted it to her, and she was able to both receive the full pack with no games missing and to access the uncensored/American version of L4D2.

I've heard they will allow it, but if you a habit out of it, and send a lot of games in a short time to places in other regions where it's restricted, you will get an e-mail from Steam telling you not to do that, and that they will monitor your account from time to time.

It is illegal to buy/sell/trade games in order to get around region restrictions and tariffs. It is not illegal to accept a gift though. Steam wants people to be able to buy gifts for their online friends that's how they make money. As long as there isn't several games being gifted by someone (i mean like a 100 or something profitable) steam wont bat an eye at it. I remember reading that somewhere but i cant find the url now. I know it was on steams website cant remember if it was just forums or an actual steam page.

Ok, thanks everyone! I added the game and all titles added to my account (I hope... not sure about the dlc's as they don't show up in library)... I will delete the thread in a day or so for other people with similar issues can discuss similar issues