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[Spore]

We all know that The Ball, second place winner of Epic's Make Something Unreal contest was being turned into a full game (releasing mid-October), but now the grand champion of the contest, The Haunted, is making it's full fledged appearance. Think of it like a thirdperson, more ridiculous Killing Floor.

The Haunted: Hells Reach - Trailer

http://www.hells-reach.com/

Edit: The previously mentioned game, The Ball, has just launched its store page on Steam. Find out more here.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/35460/

[Spore]

Steam has just gotten an important new feature. If you join the Steam Beta by going to the Steam tab, Settings, Account, and then select to join the beta, you can make use of the new Steam Wallet. Yes, now you can add funds to your account for later purchases in dollar amounts of $5, $10, $25, $50, and $100 dollars. See it here.

http://store.steampowered.com/steamaccount/addfunds/

Or click here to open it right in Steam.

steam://storeurl/steamaccount/addfunds

Edit: At this point in time, funds can only be bought for your own account and are in no way transferable or refundable.

[Vandamguy]

put money in a beta status wallet with no refunds.

[backfire]

Steam has just gotten an important new feature. If you join the Steam Beta by going to the Steam tab, Settings, Account, and then select to join the beta, you can make use of the new Steam Wallet. Yes, now you can add funds to your account for later purchases in dollar amounts of $5, $10, $25, $50, and $100 dollars. See it here.

http://store.steampowered.com/steamaccount/addfunds/

Or click here to open it right in Steam.

steam://storeurl/steamaccount/addfunds

Edit: At this point in time, funds can only be bought for your own account and are in no way transferable or refundable.

That seems... umm...

useful?

[beep beep diglett]

put money in a beta status wallet with no refunds.

yeah thats what got me, no refunds + unstable beta. nty. but i'm guessing this is the precursor to steam gift cards

[Squishy3]

[quote author=Vandamguy link=topic=4314.msg173265#msg173265 date=1284173651]
put money in a beta status wallet with no refunds.

yeah thats what got me, no refunds + unstable beta. nty. but i'm guessing this is the precursor to steam gift cards
[/quote]I think it'll be more for something like "Hey, I have extra money I can spend on Steam, but there's nothing I want right now or there's no sales" that way you can use it for whatever sales pop up without worrying about not having money at the time

[Vandamguy]

[quote author=dagrett link=topic=4314.msg173277#msg173277 date=1284176076]
[quote author=Vandamguy link=topic=4314.msg173265#msg173265 date=1284173651]
put money in a beta status wallet with no refunds.

yeah thats what got me, no refunds + unstable beta. nty. but i'm guessing this is the precursor to steam gift cards
[/quote]I think it'll be more for something like "Hey, I have extra money I can spend on Steam, but there's nothing I want right now or there's no sales" that way you can use it for whatever sales pop up without worrying about not having money at the time
[/quote]
i don't understand why someone would execute a financial maneuver like that.

is their credit card is maxed out and they cant purchase new games when they're sporadically on sale? if so .. take the spare money and pay off CC

[Spore]

[quote author=Squishy link=topic=4314.msg173278#msg173278 date=1284176444]
[quote author=dagrett link=topic=4314.msg173277#msg173277 date=1284176076]
[quote author=Vandamguy link=topic=4314.msg173265#msg173265 date=1284173651]
put money in a beta status wallet with no refunds.

yeah thats what got me, no refunds + unstable beta. nty. but i'm guessing this is the precursor to steam gift cards
[/quote]I think it'll be more for something like "Hey, I have extra money I can spend on Steam, but there's nothing I want right now or there's no sales" that way you can use it for whatever sales pop up without worrying about not having money at the time
[/quote]
i don't understand why someone would execute a financial maneuver like that.

is their credit card is maxed out and they cant purchase new games when they're sporadically on sale? if so .. take the spare money and pay off CC
[/quote]

Younger people without credit cards. This is pretty much the same thing as Xbox Points, the PSN things, and Wii Points. In fact, aside from so far not having a physical card, it is the same thing.

[Vandamguy]

hmm we might be discussing different things then im talking about how the current system works. steamwallet takes money from your CC?

i understand how it could work after they get the cards involved

[Spore]

hmm we might be discussing different things then im talking about how the current system works. steamwallet takes money from your CC?

i understand how it could work after they get the cards involved

Well, people could use the card when they have access to them for adding funds so than in the future when they don't have access to a card they can still buy games. Will work better if physical cards come into existence. Bigger question though. What videogames retailer is seriously going to stock Steam cards?

[Squishy3]

[quote author=Vandamguy link=topic=4314.msg173345#msg173345 date=1284235514]
hmm we might be discussing different things then im talking about how the current system works. steamwallet takes money from your CC?

i understand how it could work after they get the cards involved

Well, people could use the card when they have access to them for adding funds so than in the future when they don't have access to a card they can still buy games. Will work better if physical cards come into existence. Bigger question though. What videogames retailer is seriously going to stock Steam cards?
[/quote]They stock PSN cards, which have dollar values on them. There's not much of a profit on them, but there's still profit to be made. Sony sells them to a wholesale price, and Sony doesn't lose money on them because they go right back into their wallets. Gamestop makes a small profit from it, and it allows people who don't have credit cards to buy stuff that's digital download only, thus increasing Sony's business by a small amount.

I guess it can technically increase their business in the future if they get a credit card that way Sony makes considerably more profit on it.

[Spore]

[quote author=Spore link=topic=4314.msg173346#msg173346 date=1284236207]
[quote author=Vandamguy link=topic=4314.msg173345#msg173345 date=1284235514]
hmm we might be discussing different things then im talking about how the current system works. steamwallet takes money from your CC?

i understand how it could work after they get the cards involved

Well, people could use the card when they have access to them for adding funds so than in the future when they don't have access to a card they can still buy games. Will work better if physical cards come into existence. Bigger question though. What videogames retailer is seriously going to stock Steam cards?
[/quote]They stock PSN cards, which have dollar values on them. There's not much of a profit on them, but there's still profit to be made. Sony sells them to a wholesale price, and Sony doesn't lose money on them because they go right back into their wallets. Gamestop makes a small profit from it, and it allows people who don't have credit cards to buy stuff that's digital download only, thus increasing Sony's business by a small amount.

I guess it can technically increase their business in the future if they get a credit card that way Sony makes considerably more profit on it.
[/quote]

The vast, vast majority of things on PSN couldn't be bought from Gamestop or another store. A huge portion of products on Steam, however, could be bought from these stores. Gamestop wouldn't like it if they had a Mass Effect 2 PC game box on their shelf, and somebody bought a Steam card for 30 dollars so they could get it from Steam.

Edit: And I guess there is also that stuff about Gamestop wanting to get into digital purchases. I don't really know how that works yet.

[Squishy3]

Gamestop sells digital download cards specifically for games that have a disc-based form, primarily PSP games.

[Spore]

Gamestop sells digital download cards specifically for games that have a disc-based form, primarily PSP games.

Yeah, but nobody buys PSP games.

Edit: I actually read a very plausible use for this in terms of games with microtransactions. If a game with use of microtransactions used Steamworks, it is very probable that one would be able to charge up their account with some money and then buy stuff in game. That's pretty much the only other use I can think of. No reason to be opposed to options though.

[MasterGH]

Hopefully this is just the first step towards being able to send people 'gift cards' on Steam, which would be pretty neat as presents.

[Maxon]

http://planetbattlefield.gamespy.com/ful...?id=163369

Gameplay footage of Bad Company 2: Vietnam...

    * 4 maps
    * Map in video - Phu Bai Valley. Spawns - A. Village, B. Camp, C. Crash Site, VC Deployment
    * North Vietnamese Army & US Army
    * New medic gadget - syringe
    * Coming on PC, Xbox 360, Playstation 3 "later this Winter"
    * 6 older vehicles including Huey helicopter
    * HUD now has compass
    * Tank gunner can aim much higher to take out helicopters

Should be entertaining.  Still BC2, just a new setting is all.  I might play the game alittle more when they release and the rumored BC1 remake maps and BC2 singleplayer ports.

[Maxon]

Just ignore what might've been here...It was all a dream...Just a dream...dream...woooOoooOooo...

[Spore]

http://www.destructoid.com/d3-announces-...4195.phtml

It's a giant metal spider that drops real giant spiders, while shooting lasers from it's eye, and you can play online co-op.  This is gonna be fun lol

Yo, dawg. Cool 360/PS3 game news.

[Maxon]

[quote author=Maxon link=topic=4314.msg174144#msg174144 date=1284759582]
http://www.destructoid.com/d3-announces-...4195.phtml

It's a giant metal spider that drops real giant spiders, while shooting lasers from it's eye, and you can play online co-op.  This is gonna be fun lol

Yo, dawg. Cool 360/PS3 game news.
[/quote]

My bad...I keep thinking this as a general game news thread XD I'm starting one over there lol

[Spore]

Portal 2 Steam page is up.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/620/