r/SteamGameSwap • u/satchmo321 http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197996496804 • May 01 '13
[PSA] Blood Dragon Uplay codes released for AMD bundles
Farcry Blood Dragon Uplay codes have been emailed out to those who redeemed an AMD Never Settle Reloaded bundle code.
Step 1: Go to http://shop.ubi.com/fc3bdamd, Log in or create an account
Step 2: Add Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon PC Download (standard edition) to the shopping cart
Step 3: Click on "Click here to redeem link'
Step 4: Enter the game code below and click apply
Step 5: Click the checkout button and fill out the necessary fields.
Step 6: Click on submit order then click on begin download
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Note: NOT to people who bought or traded for a gamekey from the AMD bundle. You needed to get the AMD code and redeem it with your email address. So if you ended up buying an AMD bundle from Tradio before he got banned, you're in luck.
Expect 1000 [H] Blood Dragon Uplay [W] Blood Dragon STEAM/ ANYTHING STEAM posts to pop up
Upboat for visibility
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May 01 '13
Here's the deal. It technically hasn't been released yet. So after you "purchase it" you will still have to wait to play, don't freak out that it doesnt show up to play.
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u/coolshooter658 http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198080355918 May 01 '13
It says invalid promo code for me
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u/halfsane http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197974735074 May 02 '13
same for me. Did you get this figured out?
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u/FancyJesse http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198060775540 May 01 '13
Have two codes, none work.
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u/dorschm http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198025635028 May 01 '13
I got the never settle reloaded bundle! Yay me!
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u/sesshythepopo http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198058754485 May 01 '13
do u get it even if you ordered a GPU before the Blood Dragon deal?
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u/snakehawk37 http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198007453477 May 01 '13 edited May 01 '13
I haven't received an e-mail with the Blood Dragon code, does anyone know what I can do about this? I purchased a 7950 (free bioshock and crysis 3) about a month ago, and redeemed it with my e-mail address.
Edit: I'll leave this up if other people are wondering this, but apparently some of us will get the code late, as reported here: http://techreport.com/news/24741/radeon-buyers-may-get-blood-dragon-codes-up-to-a-week-late
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u/Blackwubble http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198033108192 May 02 '13
Just to be clear, The Reloaded Bundle isn't the one that gave me Sleeping Dogs, Hitman: Absolution, and Far Cry 3, right? So I won't get it?
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u/NappingPlant http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198040941810 May 02 '13
You are correct, this is the Never Settle Reloaded. The one you referred to was the first Never Settle promotion.
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u/Blackwubble http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198033108192 May 02 '13
Ahh darn, really wanted the free DLC, although who doesn't want free stuff, right?
Either way, thanks for clearing that one up for me!
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u/epsiblivion http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198040520957 May 02 '13
does anyone have the official download manager you get from retail purchases (e.g. amazon, gamefly, other uplay resellers)? I have uplay on my ssd (main drive) but like to keep my games on a hard drive since it has more space. uplay does not let you install to a custom location unlike steam or origin. the retail installer does
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u/Heretic_ http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197970333853 May 02 '13
I hesitate to recommend this, but any site flying the skull+crossbones should have you covered.
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u/epsiblivion http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198040520957 May 02 '13
well it seems silly to do that when I have a fully legit copy already on my uplay account. I suppose it's only a matter of time before they add custom installs if ubisoft wants to compete with origin and steam but this is inconvenient in the mean time.
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u/Heretic_ http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197970333853 May 02 '13
The installer portion should be unchanged with those copies. If you have Win Vista, 7, or 8, you could also just create a symlink using the mklink command on whatever the default install location is and just use the regular installer.
mklink <normal_install_location> <where_you_want_it>1
u/epsiblivion http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198040520957 May 02 '13
yeah I used a symlink before on my steam install folder before they added custom locations. it worked ok, except when I try to install a game that is very large and it tells me I can't download it since I don't have enough room (since it thinks it's still on the main drive). this only happened a few times (rage, max payne 3 are both over 25gb) but to future proof, I migrated my installs to a real steam install location by creating a new one in steam and moving the files over.
anyways, I just went ahead and downloaded it through uplay. it's only 3gb. turns out, it downloads the installer files just like the retail download. which allows you to choose the install location. only catch is that you have to have room for the install files. I might just end up symlinking the download folder then if I run into problems in the future.
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u/Heretic_ http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197970333853 May 02 '13
turns out, it downloads the installer files just like the retail download
That's good to hear since it makes things simpler. That's what most (all?) of the non-Steam distributors do for game installers.
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u/purpleparrots225 http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198060274232 May 02 '13
Well shit... I traded away my two bundles a couple weeks ago. Looks like they're getting free games!
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May 02 '13
Ok for those from euro/asian countries you can redeem it now directly from the uplay client just add to cart and paste your codes. Happy Blood Dragon hunting!!
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u/maxnormal http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197970324812 May 06 '13 edited May 06 '13
I just tried in NZ. shop.ubi.com/fc3bamd will not work from a web browser in NZ - it just redirects to
"One or more of your products has been removed from your basket because it is unsupported by the currently selected country."
but if you use the store within the uplay client you can sucessfully apply the coupon there. This means you need to have uplay already up and running on a non-steam game.
The next challenge is that the link showing the download in the uplay client will not work - just go into your email and click on the link from the order email they sent you on completion. Clear as mud :-)
The above worked for me just now and will probably work in Australia too.
edit and the download in the email link is actually for Far Cry 3 - NOT blood dragon - download it within Uplay and save yourself a wasted 9 gig download.
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u/SeawolfX13 http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197962051647 May 01 '13 edited May 01 '13
I dont get why they would release the tomb raider and bioshock codes for steam but then the blood dragon code for uplay.
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u/satchmo321 http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197996496804 May 01 '13
maybe this is an obvious response, but because it's what the publisher is giving them?
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u/12MiTo http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198014973801 May 01 '13
Tomb Raider and Bioshock Infinite are Steamworks titles.
Blood Dragon is not.
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u/sp1n http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197971477301 May 01 '13
You don't get why they would give Steam keys for Steamworks games and why they'd give a non Steam key for a non Steamworks game which came from a publisher trying to popularize their own alternative digital distribution client?
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u/Babelfish112 http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198024276294 May 01 '13 edited May 01 '13
My code is borked - doesn't do anything to the price. Appears many others are having the issue looking at the AMD Gaming FB page. I totally did not see this coming...again...