CoD Black Ops not playable until 11am ET tomorrow?

[Smartazz]

I'm planning to go to the midnight release tonight for Black Ops and I noticed that Steam says the game isn't playable for another 13 hours. Since the game need to be run through Steam, will it be playable at midnight tonight if I buy a retail copy? Thanks for any clarification.

 

[PuppettMaster001]

You will probably have to wait until it unlocks via Steam since it uses Steamworks and cannot be installed without activating through Steam.

 

[erikistired]

same thing happened with MoH on steam. it wasn't playable till the afternoon of release day.

 

[Smartazz]

That's unfortunate. I guess I'll just buy it on Steam and save myself the gas.

 

[Docnasty]

Hunh, I remember playing MW2 at 1am when it came out, hopefully this is the same thing.

 

[Rezident]

Previously, the retailers kicked up about Steam releasing first so it was lagged by a day. Sounds like more of the same.

 

[duragezic]

Well Steam stats show BO multiplayer being the 2nd most popular game being played right now. Are these only from people who bought the retail package which I assume connects to steam like MW2?

 

[Spoooon]

Holy hell, 9:00 can't get here soon enough.

 

[tweakboy]

Interesting but 13 hours means Nov 9th still so its all good. Is there any place you all found it for cheaper then 60 dollars ,, free shipping, I want to buy the BOX cuz I aint paying 60 dollars just for the steam version. I want a nice box with it and manual and nice DVD.. heheh

 

[TheUnk]

Interesting but 13 hours means Nov 9th still so its all good. Is there any place you all found it for cheaper then 60 dollars ,, free shipping, I want to buy the BOX cuz I aint paying 60 dollars just for the steam version. I want a nice box with it and manual and nice DVD.. heheh

Well bad news. You don't get a nice box, it's a boring DVD case. You don't get a manual, it's only a few pages and doesn't cover anything interesting or useful, and the DVD is probably eventually gonna get scratched.

I got the "box", but only because I can register it with Steam, free shipping and $20 preorder points.

 

[GullyFoyle]

Interesting but 13 hours means Nov 9th still so its all good. Is there any place you all found it for cheaper then 60 dollars ,, free shipping, I want to buy the BOX cuz I aint paying 60 dollars just for the steam version. I want a nice box with it and manual and nice DVD.. heheh

Newegg with E-blast code. $50 FS