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AAFES sells PC version of 'Black Ops' that doesn’t work overseas

By Warren Peace
Published: November 19, 2010

An oversight by AAFES has service members stationed overseas who purchased a Windows versions of “Call of Duty: Black Ops” confused and disgruntled.

Apparently the PC version of the game purchased at Army and Air Force Exchange Service stores will not register properly during the installation process outside military bases overseas.

When entering the registration key through an internet service provider outside of a U.S. installation, users get the following message;"Steam Error: Game not available in your territory.” This is caused by regional restrictions on U.S. versions of the game, which are sold at AAFES.

According to a sign next to the “Black Ops” display in the PX on Panzer Kaserne patrons can contact Ryan Hines via email at chines@eurpac.com to get a functioning registration key.

Games purchased and downloaded directly through the online game distributer Steam do not have the same restrictions.

 

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Brian Bowers is Stars and Stripes’ Assitant Managing Editor for Europe and Mideast and one of its video game reviewers. He joined the newspaper in 1992 in Germany, where he worked on the news desk and the city desk. He has a wife and three children, who are always eager to help him test games.

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