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Impulse in Germany

August 12, 2010 4:13:57 PM from Elemental ForumsElemental Forums

Im moving to Germany from the US, so now I'm wondering if I will still be able to download Region specific games that I already bought.

E.g. Sim City 4 is region specific to North America. Can I download that in Germany, since I already bought it?

What about buying new games? Can I buy North American games with my U.S. credit card while in Germany?

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Reply #1 August 12, 2010 4:28:37 PM
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I believe the region check is only done in the store. Once you buy something you can download it from anywhere.

That said, I do believe that once you move, you won't be able to buy NA-only games.

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Reply #2 August 12, 2010 4:31:40 PM
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you can try to use the tor network for that. it masks where you really come from and you can chose an american proxy.

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Reply #3 August 12, 2010 4:41:33 PM
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Unless the store just filters for billing address, which will be in Germany.

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Reply #4 August 13, 2010 1:39:47 PM
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Nah, billing address is still the U.S - so thx, I'll check out the Tor thing with some cheap game once I'm there.

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Reply #5 August 23, 2010 7:12:23 AM
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What is the Tor thing, if you please? I live in Germany and am continually bugged that I cannot purchase games via impulse et al. that are, for often idiotic reasons, not available to me in English (in other words: I MUST purchase a German localization). THank you

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Reply #6 August 23, 2010 7:35:58 AM
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Quick google gives you this: http://www.torproject.org/

It's an anonymizer - not sure if that works for us, but worth a try I think.

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