Direct2Drive – MMO Fallout

Not Massive: Direct2Drive’s “Trigger Warning” Sale Week

Direct2Drive is running a sale this week dubbed the “Trigger Warning Week,” guaranteed to save between 50% and 80% on all titles. The library of games promises to be the “most inclusive, diverse, & empowering titles” available on PC. Among the list of games on sale, gamers can find Psychonauts, several Bioshock titles, Metro, Saint’s Row the Third, Borderlands, Deus Ex, among others.

While there are plenty of great games to grab, Duke Nukem Forever at its 75% off, $4.99 price tag should be considered armed and still overpriced for its quality.

(Source: Direct2Drive)

Earthrise/Star Trek Online On Sale

Direct2Drive is on a month long set of summer sales, and today’s sale is Earthrise and Star Trek Online. If you haven’t picked up either title, now is the time to do so.

Earthrise is available for $11.95 (60% off) and is available for purchase worldwide. Star Trek Online is available for $5.95 (from $14.95) and is also available for purchase worldwide. Both packs come with promotional items exclusive to their purchase area. The sale only lasts for a short while, so get it while the getting is good.

Earthrise Is On Sale. Get It On Direct2Drive

Earthrise is relaunching today with the release of Territorial Warfare, bringing in a slew up content as well as doubling the size of the game world and bringing in territory control (go figure).

More importantly, you can find Earthrise at a lower price. Now, on the official website the price has dropped to $29.99 USD, or €29.90 (about $43 USD), OR you can head over to Direct2Drive and get the game for $29.99 USD universally.

Earthrise has released on Direct2Drive now, so those of you who preordered can now download.

Wait, Earthrise Is Back On Preorder? Off Shelves?

Dear Internet,

Perhaps I’m missing something obvious here. To the best of my memory, Earthrise has been launched and is still running live, at least a quick trip to the official website would lead me to believe so. According to the website, there is a plan to drop the price of Earthrise to $29.99 USD on June 1st, which may coincide with this oddity over at Direct2Drive. At MMO Fallout’s #2 favorite distributor, the game is strangely back on pre-order for a June 1st release date, but is listed at $20.99, with a regular price of $29.99, which fits the development plan.

Meanwhile, I also noticed that Earthrise dropped off the face of the earth from my local Target, as well as Target in general (you’ll remember Final Fantasy XIV was still being sold through the website). Not even the computers had the game still in the system.

I’ve contacted Direct2Drive in regards to the listing, but I’m not expecting an answer soon (it is a Saturday after all). I might actually pick up Earthrise tomorrow morning (I never make a purchase after midnight, it is not in my best financial interest), if it’s going for $20.

[Update]: I got a response back from Direct2Drive:

The preorder status would be at the publisher’s request. I can only guess that it is to do a special “re-release”. For more info on that you may want to ask the publisher, we follow their instructions on selling their game.

Rift: Flash Sale, 50% Off Both Digital Versions

Good news, potential Rifters! For the next 24 hours, you can get Rift standard and digital editions for 50% off. This sale ends soon, so if you’re going to buy, do it now. Amazon is also having this sale for the standard and digital collector’s editions.

Head over to http://www.direct2drive.com/promos/rift/ and you’ll also receive a package with a 10 slot bag, scrolls, potions, and more.

If you make use of the Ascend-a-Friend program, you can also obtain 7 free days, and an exclusive title. So if you’re planning on buying Rift, you can always buy the code before the sale expires tomorrow, then sign up with the above link, and use your code at the end of the seven days.

DC Universe: Hey, My D2D Code Ain’t Working!

dc_scr_icnAct_Superman_BrainiacShip_004 — Accept my key before I flatten your face!

DC Universe Online launches today, and like any decent MMO the launch day issues are becoming too numerous to bore you with here on MMO Fallout. Among the problems I can actually help you with comes players who are having issues with their preorder keys from Direct2Drive. According to a few comments in my email box, players are having problems with their keys being accepted, with the majority of them facing the dreaded “this key is already in use” response. So, what is the issue? Hackers with key generators? Superman?

Nope. A little bit of research on my end has come up with a couple of solutions. According to a number of users on the MMORPG.com forums, you should go to SOE.com and set up your account from there. Following that, enter in your key and submit, which should still give you an error, but the key should still apply to the account. If the key was accepted, you will have the option to subscribe without buying the game. The subscription portion apparently can also be set up via the launcher, but don’t quote me on that.

A thank you to all of you who submitted this, and foremost a big thank you to Redcor, and a few others, on the MMORPG.com forums for figuring out a solution. Sony is apparently aware of the issue and is working on a fix, but this will have to do for the time being. If you’re having this issue and the fix above doesn’t work, I suggest using SOE’s customer support line.

DC Universe: Hey, My D2D Code Ain't Working!

Direct2Drive: Promo Code "Joker"

Is there an MMO you’ve been waiting to go on sale on Direct2Drive, but it just doesn’t seem to budge? Then boy do I have good news for you! For just this weekend, you can take 20% off of any MMO on Direct2Drive. All you have to do is take a $100 bill and send it to MMO Fallout, PO Box…

On second thought, my legal department is telling me that the above sale isn’t exactly legal. If you go to Direct2Drive’s website, add any MMO to your cart, and use the promo code “Joker” any time this weekend, you’ll save 20% off of the purchase price. This will work with items on sale, so your 50% off item now becomes 60% off (It’s 20% off of the sale price, not the original).

The sale lasts this weekend only.

Direct2Drive Says They Are Sales, Not Permanent

I’ve gotten a bit of feedback on the fact that many of the sales listed on the sales page, those listed through Direct2Drive, have been there since June, putting them at four months on sale at least. A few asked me why I don’t remove them and just consider them permanent price cuts. Back in July I emailed Direct2Drive over whether or not the price cuts were permanent or temporary, and received this answer:

Hi Connor,

Prices can fluctuate depending on pricing offered by the developers and publishers. Some MMO’s are currently on sale and that would be a temporary discount. You can see those games at http://www.direct2drive.com/buy-mmo-pc-games-download The sale items are listed with the original price and the discount price in yellow.

Kind regards,
Rich Metcalfe
Lead Technical Specialist
Digital Distribution

So this is why I still have the games listed. Until Direct2Drive lists them as such, they are a temporary price cut. Hopefully this calms some questions.

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