The Steam specials thread

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Crzwaco said:
Can't find it anywhere on absa website but my dad tole me its on his statement at the end of the month. Like if you under R100 you pay someting like R14 fee on it.

Good question on the Midweek special. Maybe they gearing up for one of those Whole week valve specials.
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Maybe that is just ABSA? FNB does not seem to charge for this. I'm sure my dad would have moaned at me by now if R14 came off every time I perchased a game of under R100.

Anyways, anyone going to get one of the Bond games? I am eyeing out Blood Stone - I might just give it a skip considering it isn't the end of the month yet... and the fact that I am agreeing on the "meh" factor.

I also bought that Time Gentlemen Please thing, haven't played it yet. For 10 bucks I couldn't resist
 
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That time gentlemen thing... I can't see a single reason to grab that? Anyone want to give me one? Beside.. its under R10 :P
 
James Bond Bloodstone isn't too bad actually. The gameplay is okayish, could have been better, but for me the lure was that the story continued where it was left off in the last movies. Still need to finish it, though. At worst, it plays something like Alpha Protocol, but just with better fighting and stealth mechanics and it's scripted.
 
Graal said:
James Bond Bloodstone isn't too bad actually. The gameplay is okayish, could have been better, but for me the lure was that the story continued where it was left off in the last movies. Still need to finish it, though. At worst, it plays something like Alpha Protocol, but just with better fighting and stealth mechanics and it's scripted.
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Noo! Don't encourage the mere mortal impulsive Steam buyers. Sounds ok to me.

/Goes off and ponders
 
Midweek Sale (Additional to James Bond it seems)

Homefront
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Link - 50% off $24.99 or R171
The year is 2027. The world as we know it is unraveling after fifteen years of economic meltdown and widespread global conflict over dwindling natural resources.

A once proud America has fallen, her infrastructure shattered and military in disarray. Crippled by a devastating EMP strike, the USA is powerless to resist the ever expanding occupation of a savage, nuclear armed Greater Korean Republic.
Abandoned by her former allies, the United States is a bleak landscape of walled towns and abandoned suburbs. This is a police state where high school stadiums have become detention centers, and shopping malls shelter armored attack vehicles. A once-free people are now prisoners… or collaborators… or revolutionaries.
Join the Resistance, stand united and fight for freedom against an overwhelming military force in Homefront’s gripping single player campaign penned by John Milius (Apocalypse Now, Red Dawn). Stand alongside a cast of memorable characters as an emotional plot unfolds in this terrifyingly plausible near-future world. Experience visceral, cinematic first-person shooter action as you fight your way across Occupied USA using guerrilla tactics, and commandeer military vehicles and advanced drone technology to defeat the enemy.
Multiplayer brings epic warfare to the online arena as infantry, tanks, attack helicopters and combat drones battle across huge, open battlefields. A rich feature set offering layers of tactical depth combined with a game-changing innovation in the multiplayer space will set a new benchmark in online warfare.
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Not a bad special, especially for a game that is four months old.
 
Since no-one complained; lets leave the updating OP all the time with the specials and go with free-for-all to post specials here :)

My thanks to all that's been linking specials
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found this link of another page:

Steam Diagnostic tool:
Open your steam client and open this link (steam://support/?Issues=*) to get the page
 
Daily Deal

Star Ruler

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Take command of a vast interstellar empire and safeguard your species from total extinction in a procedurally generated 3D galaxy (with the option to flatten it) from 1 System to 10,000+! Prove your species' ingenuity through a deep and intricate combat system where anything (from individual components on ships to the stars themselves) is a target of opportunity.

Twist other Empires into submitting to your galaxy-class wit with diplomacy and wheel-and-deal your way to supremacy.

Research new kinds of weapons, engines, shields, and more, all of which retain their unique benefits as the game progresses, with a research web whose contents are shuffled every game at your option.

Exploit interstellar phenomena such as asteroid belts and stars and exploit them for yourself or destroy them to deny your foes. Create and destroy new worlds through advanced technological research.

Match your strategy against up to 10 other opponents (online or LAN-linked). Save the game when dawn breaks and boot it back up at dusk. It isn't over until you say it is! Drop in and drop out at any point; disconnecting players will not disrupt the game!

Your weapons, your ships, your rules: Almost the entire game can be modified through Notepad! Easily add new models and particle effects to the game with “out-of-the-box” developer tools. Create new weapons in seconds; create new AIs through scripts! The Galaxy is yours!

A Masterpiece in Progress: As time wears on, new gameplay features, art, and GUI improvements will be added into the game through patches as time and money allows. Race Creation; Non-Player Factions; Terraforming; more Ship Sets; Deeper Diplomacy; Deep Planetary Invasion; these features and much, much more to come!

Key features:

Vast, Procedurally Generated Galaxies
Intricate Ship Design and Exciting Combat
Unique Research System
Easy to use interface, complex gameplay
Engaging AI opponents
Extensive modding support
Multiplayer
Original Soundtrack
Much more to come!

-75%
$19.99
$5.00 USD ~ R34
 
Pr⊕phet said:
found this link of another page:

Steam Diagnostic tool:
Open your steam client and open this link (steam://support/?Issues=*) to get the page
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Background Processes: Failed

The following background processes were found on your system. Please try exiting or uninstalling them, and see if that resolves your issue
Process: taskhost.exe
kontiki spyware / adware.
Severity: Low

Returns that... what is that?
 
MrG said:
Background Processes: Failed

The following background processes were found on your system. Please try exiting or uninstalling them, and see if that resolves your issue
Process: taskhost.exe
kontiki spyware / adware.
Severity: Low

Returns that... what is that?
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Not sure yet. Just discovered that " diagnostic link " :)
 
More things to try if having problems...

If you continue to have problems updating Steam, please exit from Steam, and then delete the following files from your Steam directory.

C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.dll
C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamUI.dll
C:\Program Files\Steam\ClientRegistry.Blob

If you continue to have problems finding any servers, please exit from Steam, and then delete the following files from your Steam\config directory.

C:\Program Files\Steam\config\serverbrowser.vdf
C:\Program Files\Steam\config\masterservers.vdf

If you continue to have problems with your performance in game, try forcing a lower level DirectX version. Start at the lowest level and go up from there till you find a good level of FPS.

-dxlevel 70
-dxlevel 80
-dxlevel 81
-dxlevel 90

-Open Steam, then Play games
-Right click the Source game, click properties, then Launch options
-add -dxlevel XX, click ok, then close
 
MrG said:
Background Processes: Failed

The following background processes were found on your system. Please try exiting or uninstalling them, and see if that resolves your issue
Process: taskhost.exe
kontiki spyware / adware.
Severity: Low

Returns that... what is that?
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With regards to Kontiki

In addition, the Kontiki software allows Gamespot or other customers to monitor the actions of users, down to the individual PC. “A Kontiki customer has the ability to track distribution of its content via the publisher and through the downloader: if it was used, if it was opened, et cetera,” Szelenyi said.
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http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/51530-gamespots-download-manager-hides-spyware-drm
 
czc said:
With regards to Kontiki
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hmm, interesting. Thanks.

How do I get rid of this?

Re: FEAR3 said:
Re: FEAR3
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Running FEAR 3 now...

Settings wise everything is 100% except Shadow and Anti-aliasing.

The moment Shadow goes above Standard or I switch on AA it drops my frames from 60 (vsync - I assume) to 28 - 32.

So I am going to go ahead and guess that is not my card not performing but simply bad coding there.
 
Daily Deal:

GTA: San Andreas

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About the Game

Five years ago Carl Johnson escaped from the pressures of life in Los Santos, San Andreas... a city tearing itself apart with gang trouble, drugs and corruption. Where filmstars and millionaires do their best to avoid the dealers and gangbangers.

Now, it's the early 90s. Carl's got to go home. His mother has been murdered, his family has fallen apart and his childhood friends are all heading towards disaster.

On his return to the neighborhood, a couple of corrupt cops frame him for homicide. CJ is forced on a journey that takes him across the entire state of San Andreas, to save his family and to take control of the streets.
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-75% $3.75 ± R26

http://store.steampowered.com/app/12120/
 
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Midweek Deal:

Hydrophobia: Prophecy

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Offer ends Thursday at 10am Pacific time.
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About the Game

Hydrophobia: Prophecy is the ultimate version of this jaw-dropping action-adventure set onboard a floating city, where terrorists take control and heroine Kate has to overcome her haunting childhood memories to fight back using all her skills and expertise as a systems engineer.
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-75% $3.00 ± R21

http://store.steampowered.com/app/92000/
 
My image linking wont work so none of that fanciness...

Daily deal:

Frontlinesâ„¢: Fuel of Warâ„¢

Frontlinesâ„¢: Fuel of Warâ„¢ is an open-world First Person Shooter set on the frontlines of tomorrow. In a world ravaged by a global energy crisis, environmental decay, and economic depression, players assume the role of an elite soldier in the Western Coalition Army on an epic crusade against the Red Star Alliance to control the last of the world's oil reserves. Frontlines: Fuel of War combines cinematic, non-linear game play with next generation firepower and a revolutionary Frontline Combat Systemâ„¢ to deliver the most thrilling and intense FPS to date.

$5 +/- R34 75% Saving
 
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