Please don`t pre-order.

[wgene]

Thanks for the suggestions. However, I will pass unless I get a financial windfall. Steam has me stitched up due to dual Mac/PC play (I tend to play on the BootCamp side of my Mac). I think it's a combination of 2K and Steam marketing departments. As much as I want to try this new version of SMAC/X, this gouging is ridiculous.

Steam UK have it for $53.00AU. This just plain ridiculous.

 

[wgene]

If i get a friend to buy me the game say from the UK and he sends me the key. If i activate it on Steam through VPN will they banned me. I have heard if you buy the game through Steam you will get banned but if you buy it outside of Steam they wont banned you. Any thoughts on this.

I know a lot of people do use VPN to activate games.

 

[Lord Shadow]

If i get a friend to buy me the game say from the UK and he sends me the key. If i activate it on Steam through VPN will they banned me. I have heard if you buy the game through Steam you will get banned but if you buy it outside of Steam they wont banned you. Any thoughts on this.

I know a lot of people do use VPN to activate games.

Have you tried the alternatives I pointed out? No need for VPNs nor convoluted workarounds.

 

[bhavv]

If i get a friend to buy me the game say from the UK and he sends me the key. If i activate it on Steam through VPN will they banned me. I have heard if you buy the game through Steam you will get banned but if you buy it outside of Steam they wont banned you. Any thoughts on this.

I know a lot of people do use VPN to activate games.

Nothing wrong with that, as long as you don't buy the game yourself from a different steam region.

Alternatively, get him to gift it to you instead.