Video Game Disc Replacement (Activision)

Posted by Ironspike on Sep 30, 2011 in General | 0 comments

Video Game Disc Replacement

Ever break a game disc?

Pissed you have to go buy a new one?

Read this before you go blow your money on a new copy.

I have a XBOX360 and when Modern Warfare 2 came out – I was playing that game night and day. However, when I wasn’t around my kids would play other games. After about three months of ejecting, loading, inserting the CD – it became unreadable.

I went to the store to looking for a used copy. A gently used copy was $10 bucks cheaper than a brand new copy (around $55 bucks!). Almost two years later a used copy of MW2 is still running almost $30 bucks.

I did some digging around and found out that Activision has a disc replacement program.

However, it’s not widely advertised and just a little cryptic.

Here’s the scoop for an Activision Disc Replacement:

Call 1800-225-6588 (Activision support line between 7:00am and 7:00pm (Pacific Time)

You will need to request a RMA (incident number). They will quiz you to figure out if it’s really the disc or the console. I’m under the impression that any child past the age of five can determine that. So, pretty much you already know the answer when you call the number.

If your disc is messed up with-in 90 days of purchase

You’ll have to have the RMA #, receipt, and explain why the disc isn’t working. If it has scratches or anything like that on it – then it will be treated like the “After 90 Day warranty period”.

After 90 Day Warranty Period

No receipt is needed. You will still need an RMA # and send a brief description of why the disc isn’t working – plus check depending on the game type. For the XBOX 360 it’s $20 bucks.

Here’s the list:

Game replacement prices are as follows:
$10.00 USD – PC/MAC CD ROM game ($10.00 per disc replacement)
$15.00 USD – PC/DVD ROM game ($15.00 per disc replacement)
$20.00 USD – Sony PlayStation 2 /PlayStation 3
$20.00 USD – Sony PSP
$20.00 USD – Microsoft XBox 360
$20.00 USD – Nintendo Wii
$15.00 USD – Nintendo DS

Systems no longer supported:
Microsoft XBox
Nintendo GameCube
Nintendo Game Boy Color
Nintendo Game Boy Advance
Nintendo 64
Sony PlayStation (PS One)
Sega Dreamcast

When you call and get the RMA you will get an email with a link to a form to fill out.

Here’s an example form.

Mail the form, the disc, and (since the instructions are little ambiguous) a note with your name, address, and brief explanation of why you’re mailing all this in the first place to the address below:

ATTN: Replacements

100 N. Sepulveda Blvd. Suite 900

El Segundo, CA 90245

Microsoft has a Disc replacement program also. I’ll post it on here in the next few days.

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TitanQuest (PC) – Part 1

Posted by Ironspike on Jun 13, 2008 in Video Games | 0 comments

 

For years I’ve played Diablo & Diablo 2. By far the best hack and slash game around. Its 3^rd person view and ever changing (random) layouts kept the game fresh and fun to play. The game play was not designed around finishing the game on different levels of difficulty. You could complete the game in normal mode but you would never find the kick ass equipment you’d fine on hard or hell mode.

 

(I’ll get the Titan Quest in just a second)

However, after spending hours creating your character and completing normal mode, you soon discovered on hard mode, your character was a pussy and you died all the time. So, now you had to think about and research how to create a character build that would last through those hard levels up to hell mode. After a while it all just got old.

 

Enter Titan Quest. Now, it’s not a Diablo replacement or Diablo killer, however, it does have its place among the hack and slash.

 

You still build character classes and you still have to manage inventory. However, Titan Quest comes with a level builder tool that allows you create your own levels and have friends or family play them. This keeps the burn out of always pressing the left mouse button to a minimum.

 

I really like Titan Quest. It’s set in the mythical age of titans and gods and where you have to make your way to stop a titan from being released. Along the way you find weapons and equipment to help you develop your character.

 

Like Diablo you get a skill tree that allows you create a class of warrior. Be it an archer, mage, fighter, they all have different names but do the same function. However, unlike Diablo; for the right about of money you can move skill points from one skill to another if you don’t like how your character is turning out.

 

This allows you some forgiveness if you pump a lot of points into a skill that turns out to suck.

 

Now, the game has the difficultly level normal, hard, and super hard (not the right names but you get my drift). And like always if you want to play the game past normal you better put some research in to building your character. I’ve made it with several builds to the super hard difficulty level but just can’t complete it.

 

The graphics are far superior to most other hack and lashers I’ve played. You can zoom way out or all the way in. However, you will tend to play all the way out since you can see monsters a long ways before they see you.

 

There is alot more I’d like to talk about. I’ll write a few more articals on this game that will deal with character builds and relics and such. Over all, the game is great and I suggest anyone should try it.

 

 

 

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