So Amazon sent me a PC game meant for Europe.

[ToyfareMark]

I recently ordered Star Wars The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition from Amazon. I ordered on Prime, and it was only like $12.80.

However when it arrived, I noticed instead of a ESRB rating on the front, it has a yellow box with a 16 in it, and a website of pegi.info. PEGI stands for Pan European Game Information, so obviously this game is meant for Europe.

Now the only language on the package is English, so I assume this version is for the UK. My question is... If I tried to install this game on my new laptop, would it actually run?

This isn't a used game or anything, its still in the shrink wrap. I'm just wanting to know if there is the same kind of region lockout for PC games as there are for consoles. This is just a situation I've never dealt with before so any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks guys.

[Bam Neeley]

I don't think I've ever seen a PC game that's region locked.

[willywonka666]

Didn't something like his happen to someone else here the other day?

[ToyfareMark]

Jan 6, 2012 9:57:01 GMT -5 willywonka666 said:

Didn't something like his happen to someone else here the other day?

Yeah, it was with a DVD set, but it was region free so it wasn't much of an issue.

[Turd Ferguson]

One time I ordered a bunch of PC games off of Amazon and they sent it UPS but didn't require a signature. They left it at the front door....OF MY APARTMENT BUILDING. So they left it right outside, and when I got home from work expecting to find my package (the website said it was delivered) it was nowhere to be found.

THEN!

The next day I was walking to work and found the UPS shipping label two blocks away with my name and addy on it. And a block further...

A ripped part of the box, but enough for me to see, "Star Trek: Bridge Commander"

I was furious.

[Jiren]

Jan 6, 2012 10:04:31 GMT -5 Turd Ferguson said:

One time I ordered a bunch of PC games off of Amazon and they sent it UPS but didn't require a signature. They left it at the front door....OF MY APARTMENT BUILDING. So they left it right outside, and when I got home from work expecting to find my package (the website said it was delivered) it was nowhere to be found.

THEN!

The next day I was walking to work and found the UPS shipping label two blocks away with my name and addy on it. And a block further...

A ripped part of the box, but enough for me to see, "Star Trek: Bridge Commander"

I was furious.

f*** sake

did you get it sorted?

[Turd Ferguson]

Jan 6, 2012 10:49:53 GMT -5 Jiren said:

Jan 6, 2012 10:04:31 GMT -5 Turd Ferguson said:

One time I ordered a bunch of PC games off of Amazon and they sent it UPS but didn't require a signature. They left it at the front door....OF MY APARTMENT BUILDING. So they left it right outside, and when I got home from work expecting to find my package (the website said it was delivered) it was nowhere to be found.

THEN!

The next day I was walking to work and found the UPS shipping label two blocks away with my name and addy on it. And a block further...

A ripped part of the box, but enough for me to see, "Star Trek: Bridge Commander"

I was furious.

f*** sake

did you get it sorted?

No, and I've been loathe to order off of any place where I can't demand that it be signed for.

[Cyno]

I'm pretty sure PC games are region free. I have a few Japanese Falcom games on this box and they work fine, even before applying English fan translation patches.

[Zombie Mod]

only issue i can see is that you'll be on the european servers which could cause lag during game play. not sure on the region locking.

and if it was an english copy it'd have the bbfc rating of 15 on it.

[ToyfareMark]

Thanks guys. I just didn't wanna open it and try to install it and get some region lock message.

[Zombie Mod]

best advice contact amazon and get a replacement copy sent out and return the european copy to them