If you're in a zone that's enter a new day among the earliest, congratulations! You can play the game earlier than others though the game is released the same day worldwild. But for other players, the game platforms won't let you access to the game unless your timezone enters to the release day. If you don't have the patience to wait, there is a easy way to unblock Steam or Origin games early. Fortunately, Steam and Origin won't ban users who bypassing regional restrictions via VPN. The article is about how to trick Origin/Steam into thinking we live where we don't.
How to get a free VPN
It's no need to buy VPNs, free VPNs are enough for the release. We usually use FlyVPN, it offers free VPN servers located in different regions and has no traffic limit. You can get their free accounts through the 4 options:
Use their free VPN trail accounts. You can use these accounts 3 times per day. Online time for each free trial VPN connection is limited to 20 minutes.
Register a VPN account. The register accounts have the same time limit as above.
Login your register account on their Android VPN app. New users will get 14 days free VPN trial. No time limit during the 14 days.
Use this invitation code: 277 954 66 to get 5 days free VPN service. It has no time limit as well, but it can only be applied in their Android VPN app as well.
How to use the VPN
First, go to download VPN page, grab FlyVPN, install it.
Run the program, use the VPN account enter into it.
You are leading to a list of servers, which are organised by location. Choose the New Zealand VPN server. New Zealand is one of the first territories to enter into a new day. So if New Zealand is among the launch countries, go ahead to change your IP to NewZealand.
Don't forget to click the "connect" button.
Now that you have connected to the New Zealand server. Visit Steam, you will now see the correct timer for the release. If Steam still have the same countdown timer like before, head over to google, type the game, and access the store page via your browser.
After unlocking the game, disconnect the VPN and play the game!
Don't worry about the download speed. It's no need to connect to VPN during the whole downloading process. Start download and wait for the main menu to load up, let it download somewhere between 10 to 20 MB when VPN connected. Make sure keep VPN on when at the beginning and at the end of the downloading.
The Steam Christmas sale will come hot on its heels, starting on December 22nd at 10 am and ending on January 4th at 10am. Some newer and hot games will come to Steam at lower price. Besides, we tested and find a China VPN will give even cheaper price for Steam items.
Steam Christmas Sales
Top games will still be highlighted on Steam's front page for 24 - 48 hour spans, but those that are highlighted will stay at their most competitive discount, before and after its featured. Just as important as what's on the front page are the games with huge discounts on holiday: talking in the realm of 70%, 80%, even 90% off. You can go through for hours and find plenty of games at knock-down prices. Below is the first round of Steam sales for the holiday sales - Exploration Sales. Darkest Dungeon: $16.53 Ori and the Blind Forest: $16.53 Life is Strange Complete Season $16.53 Cities: Skylines: $20.67 Fallout, Fallout, lots of Fallout — except Fallout 4 The Talos Principle: $16.53 ARK: Survival Evolved: $24.80 RUSH: $0.68 Antichamber: $2.74 Shadow Warrior (2013): $5.50 The Evil Within: $16.53 I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream: $2.05 Surgeon Simulator 2013: $2.74 Hard Reset: $3.09 Grim Fandango Remastered: $3.74 Jade Empire Special Edition: $5.16
Change your country IP to get lower prices
Besides the holiday discount for Steam games, we can also get cheaper price via using a VPN. Take the new game Rainbow Six Siege for example, by switching my IP address via VPN service, I checked the price set for different regions on Steam, and find I can get a lower price - ￥248($38.39). Compare to the price $59.99 (get with an American IP), it saves about $21. Player who ever buy games on Origin with VPN must be familiar to this method.
How to buy region-locked games on Steam
But some games are region-locked, such as a new item - LIGHTNING RETURNS: FINAL FANTASY XIII. Final Fantasy games are region-locked and run-time locked, meaning you'll have to be in the country of purchase to play them. It's unavailable in China, so you are unable to lower its price through a China VPN. What's more, if it's blocked in your region, you need to change your IP to unblock it. If you want to buy a VPN, don't miss the Xmas VPN discount.
Dirt Rally is a racing video game developed and published by Codemasters. It will be released on December 8 in North America, Australia and Europe. Besides the Microsoft Windows version, it seems like DiRT Rally is coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One as the game has been rated in Taiwan. Either play on PS4/Xbox one or play the PC version earlier, you need to use VPN service.
DiRT Rally marks the return to a more authentic and dangerous off-road racing experience. An early access version of the game was launched on Steam on 27 April 2015. On release, the game features 17 cars, 36 stages from three real world locations (Baumholder, Powys and Argolis), and asynchronous multiplayer. Dirt Rally features a large amount of vehicles in a wide variety of classes. Players compete in timed stage events on tarmac and off-road terrain in varying weather conditions. DiRT Rally appeared both a PlayStation 4 and Xbox One version on the Taiwanese rating board, which listed Codemasters as the publisher. The release date haven't been revealed yet, but it may release in Taiwan first for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. To play the Taiwan version, you need a Taiwan IP address. Now DiRT Rally will come to PC next week, we can use a NewZealand VPN to play it among the earliest. To get a NewZealand IP address we recommend that you use the services of FlyVPN. It has sophisticated VPN servers strategically located all around the world, including NewZealand and Taiwan servers. FlyVPN is quite simply the best possible way to get IP changed. Subscribe to the VPN service at their website, you can get their free membership initially to get familiar with the service via log your account on Android device or use invitation code: 277 954 66 on Android device. After getting the free accounts, download the VPN Client on Windows PC. Connect to NewZealand or Taiwan servers, then you will be able to play the game in New Zealand or Taiwan IP.
Age of Survival is survival simulation crafting game from Seattletek. The multiplayer survival horror crafting game is a new 3D survival game, will be launched on August 25. You can get it on Steam. Although released in the same day, New Zealanders would play it several hours earlier due to the different time zones.
Age of Survival is a truly immersive survival experience, which brings you to a new level of survivalism and creates a rich experience unlike any other! Your player has been stranded on an island not far off of the coast of Africa where you will encounter creatures like boar, elephant, lions, hippos, crocs, rhinos, and tons of sea life. Explore a beautiful environment based on real life heightmap and satellite image data. Interact with trees, ores, creatures, structures, explore the ocean, and travel to new environments. The VPN service can change your IP to a New Zealand IP address, and make it possible to unlock this game at an earlier time, getting some 'time saving' from this. Here's how to unlock the Steam version early using a free VPN. Step 1 - Go to the FlyVPN (VPN software) download page: http://www.flyvpn.com/download and grab their client, I recommend the 'Lite' download as you don't need any special features. Step 2 - Go to their free VPN trial page and note down the free trial account username/password (NB: The trial account would changes, so if the log-in details don't work, the account has probably changed - go to the trial page again for the new password). Step 3 - Put the trial username/password into the FlyVPN program client and hit connect. Step 4 - Connect to the New Zealand node, the ip will be changed to NewZealand ip. This causes your connection to appear to Steam like you are in New Zealand, allowing you to unlock the game at the same time they do. Step 5 - Open Steam, log in and run the game in your game library whilst still connected to the trial VPN. Step 6 - The game will unlock, exit it once it has done so, set Steam to offline mode and then restart Steam. Please make sure connect to VPN server at the beginning and at the end of downloading game. Enjoy the game!
PC players will be able to get Ark: Survival Evolved on Steam and become part of the development process by playing the ‘Early Access Game’ from 2 June 2015. The game is created by independent developer Studio Wildcard.
Even though the final release will be on June, 2016, a year away, the developers, alongside Steam, are offering early access game version: http://store.steampowered.com/app/346110/. You’ll be playing the game while developers continue to develop and improve various aspects of the game. An open-world dinosaur survival game where players fight for every breath amongst the most ferocious creatures to ever walk the earth. Speaking of building things, according to Jesse there is a lot of freedom to build where you wish, and despite a rather simple building mechanic, structures are quite complex once assembled, gaining properties related to load-bearing supports that can compromise your building if destroyed, among other intricacies. The world of ARK is designed to be player-oriented and ever-expanding! Use skill and cunning to kill or tame the Dinosaurs, primeval creatures roaming the land!
