UK activation retail/steam

[Munro]

Oook. Am I right in understanding if you buy a UK retail copy of Bioshock now it will install/activate and play now? What time does the Steam version unlock?

 

[CombineHarvester]

Oook. Am I right in understanding if you buy a UK retail copy of Bioshock now it will install/activate and play now? What time does the Steam version unlock?

Steam unlocks 9pm tomorrow night Munro. I mean 9pm!!! I'll have to take my lappy down the pub! :cheese:

I'm so annoyed it isn't a 12am unlock, hence me asking whether I can buy it in London tonight.

Incidentally, I've seen a few posts from Play.com buyers who got it today, so I suppose it can be activated immediately.

 

[Munro]

If the retail copy can be activated after midnight tonight I'll pop down to Tesco to buy it.

 

[CombineHarvester]

Good luck. I just phoned my local Tesco (large store, does games, 24 hours) and when I made it clear than the game is released tomorrow I was told that the person who deals with games wouldn't be in until 7am, and they wouldn't be able to tell me if they had the title until then.

 

[Munro]

They're just lazy on the phone. Go down there, they'll have a non-food manager on duty who'll just nip out back. They're all still boxed but they should open it up for you and let you buy one after midnight.

 

[CombineHarvester]

I've just noticed the clock has changed - It is now 5pm tomorrow I think. Most odd.

 

[Munro]

Bollocks. Went down to Tesco as was promised a PC copy and found there to be only Xbox 360. Joy. I guess I have to wait until 5pm.

 

[Gorgon]

Bollocks. Went down to Tesco as was promised a PC copy and found there to be only Xbox 360. Joy. I guess I have to wait until 5pm.

no you don't have to, www.Game.co.uk

my local shop is just 5mins away. going to buy it in few mins after my launch hehehe

 

[Shippi]

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[CombineHarvester]

Well, it is now released and at 5.01pm I started steam, and it subsequently crashed! lol

The game is now available according to the store, but it still says unavailable in my list of games.

EDIT: Just crashed 3 times in a row, something about x-trees