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EmylV

Hi all!

Ok, so there have been threads similar to this one, but I will ask this question again.

If, for example, I have bought a cd-key (Batman: Arkham City) which is region locked (Latvia) for me. Logically I wouldn't be able to activate this key, right? So, my question is could it work in a trick like this, that a friend of mine, who lives in a country in which this game is not region locked, would be able to activate it for me and afterwards I could play the game in my country?

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EmylV

edited the thread.

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EmylV

I haven't bought it yet, that is why I'm trying to figure this out if it's worth to do so.

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EmylV

There were a couple of deals when I tried figuring out if I should risk buying it or not. There were deals on GMG, Amazon and on SteamBlackMarket. GMG and Amazon were 100% Steam keys, but about the latter one, I don't really know. Can't remember the prices, but they were really cheap.

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Jonex

Region locked games are exactly what they say, region locked. Steam is smart enough to know which region you're trying to play the game in.

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Jonex

That's news to me.

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EmylV

The thing is that a friend of mine who lives in Latvia as well received the same game via Steam trade, by winning in a contest and she played it without problems. I just thought that this applies only to giftable copies and not the cd-key ones.

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Jonex

Arkham City is a strange game because it has two sets of DRM attached to it. I wouldn't take the chance if it's a key.

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EmylV

bump

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CHTonRage

The main reason why Batman: Arkham City is region locked is because it has GFWL as a DRM. So I would not recommend that course of action because you wouldn't be able to play it.

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CHTonRage

There's actually a second activation that you need to do in-game with GFWL to play it, and since you can't use GFWL, naturally you can't play the game.

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EmylV

But it still puzzles me how my friend was able to add it to her Steam library and play it? I mean, won't I be able to do so as well?

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CHTonRage

You clearly said she lives in a country that isn't region locked, meaning she has GFWL. You won't be able to do the same thing as her.

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EmylV

No no, that's not what I meant. :D I have a friend who lives abroad and could activate it, but another friend from my country received it via Steam trade and played it. That's the puzzle. :D

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CHTonRage

What country is that?

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EmylV

Latvia

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CHTonRage

I think all she did is put a fake address for her GFWL account.

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CHTonRage

No you're not getting updates from GFWL if you bought it on Steam. And I hope your GFWL account doesn't get banned for going against the TOS.

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CHTonRage

Isn't Steam the one updating your game instead?

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