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    Free game when you purchase through Uplay

    I don't know if there's a topic for this already, but if you buy Trials Gold Edition from the UPlay store, you can get one of these games for free:
    World in Conflict: Complete Edition
    Driver: San Francisco
    From Dust
    Might & Magic Heroes® VI Gold Edition
    Rayman Origins
    The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom- Deluxe Gold Edition

    The deal either runs through March 4th or March 10th. Both dates are listed on different parts of the site.
    It works in the US, but I'm not sure where else the deal is available.
    http://shop.ubi.com/store/ubina/en_U...19pgm=84021200
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    Re: Free game when you purchase through Uplay

    Yeah, it's been mentioned in one of the preorder threads. But the international store excludes preorders, says so on the offer page too. Someone posted a trick to bypass this, but i would call it an abuse, so i don't know if it's wise to use it, if Ubi haven't blocked it by now.
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    Re: Free game when you purchase through Uplay

    well i ordered it thru uplay before this came around so i think im screwed on the free game...
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    Re: Free game when you purchase through Uplay

    Originally Posted by Regulator30
    well i ordered it thru uplay before this came around so i think im screwed on the free game...
    Most likely, yeah. Sometimes support for some companies will give you the extra if you mail them, but that's rare and honestly, Ubi-Support isn't exactly the best.
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    Re: Free game when you purchase through Uplay

    It excludes pre-order. I'm not too mad, I would have chosen Rayman, and I'm pretty sure it will be on steam sales at some point. I hope the game pops up in my game soon though.
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    Re: Free game when you purchase through Uplay

    Originally Posted by Dazu
    It excludes pre-order. I'm not too mad, I would have chosen Rayman, and I'm pretty sure it will be on steam sales at some point. I hope the game pops up in my game soon though.
    I pre-ordered, and got Driver: San Francisco for free. I already had Rayman.
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    Re: Free game when you purchase through Uplay

    Originally Posted by nannerdw
    Originally Posted by Dazu
    It excludes pre-order. I'm not too mad, I would have chosen Rayman, and I'm pretty sure it will be on steam sales at some point. I hope the game pops up in my game soon though.
    I pre-ordered, and got Driver: San Francisco for free. I already had Rayman.
    I used the French store and it says the offer is not compatible with pre-order games. BTW when do we get access to the beta? Tomorrow?
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    Re: Free game when you purchase through Uplay

    Originally Posted by Dazu
    Originally Posted by nannerdw
    Originally Posted by Dazu
    It excludes pre-order. I'm not too mad, I would have chosen Rayman, and I'm pretty sure it will be on steam sales at some point. I hope the game pops up in my game soon though.
    I pre-ordered, and got Driver: San Francisco for free. I already had Rayman.
    I used the French store and it says the offer is not compatible with pre-order games. BTW when do we get access to the beta? Tomorrow?
    There's apparently some trick around it. Up to you if you feel like it's exploiting the system or not.

    Beta access should be from Feb 28th (not sure if EU time or US time).
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    Re: Free game when you purchase through Uplay

    Originally Posted by EdenB
    Originally Posted by Dazu
    Originally Posted by nannerdw
    Originally Posted by Dazu
    It excludes pre-order. I'm not too mad, I would have chosen Rayman, and I'm pretty sure it will be on steam sales at some point. I hope the game pops up in my game soon though.
    I pre-ordered, and got Driver: San Francisco for free. I already had Rayman.
    I used the French store and it says the offer is not compatible with pre-order games. BTW when do we get access to the beta? Tomorrow?
    There's apparently some trick around it. Up to you if you feel like it's exploiting the system or not.

    Beta access should be from Feb 28th (not sure if EU time or US time).
    Since Ubi clearly excludes preorders (at least for some regions) and you trick the system to bypass this, it is exploiting. I believe it's better to say that it's up to Ubi how to react in such occasion.
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    Re: Free game when you purchase through Uplay

    Originally Posted by soad667
    Since Ubi clearly excludes preorders (at least for some regions) and you trick the system to bypass this, it is exploiting. I believe it's better to say that it's up to Ubi how to react in such occasion.
    This is true.

    On one hand it's an exploit which is generally bad to do. There's a chance Ubi may cancel orders/ban accounts/etc too. That said, it seems less likely as the US region gets the offer. It's still dangerous to do and a dubious moral situation.

    On the other hand, some people may feel it balances the regional pricing issue a bit as the EU store is selling Trials alone for about $27, while US store is selling Trials + one extra game for $20.

    Personally I'm hoping to bypass the whole issue and go for the Steam version (just to keep my games together without worrying about if the overlay will work while adding it as a non-steam game/adding it for any reinstall). If not Steam, see if a friend in the U.S. can order it for my UPlay account.
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