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I am looking for a way to purchase Bioshock on Steam but I am currently in Japan. I am trying to use a U.S. credit card but I get denied every time because steam identifies my computer as being out of the U.S. Any suggestion on how to get around this? Any suggestions would be helpful.

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Use a US proxy (you need Socks5 proxy). Confirmed to work. Set the IE settings to use that proxy, then purchase it in Steam.

Great! Thanks! How do I set this up?

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Ok, I understand, but I can't find any proxies that seem to work. A lot of the proxies I have tried load pages in IE but in steam when accessing the store it can't connect to the store page. Any help with a proxie that will work?

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I have spent hours on this with no solution. There are no reliable socks5 proxies out there that I can find and these programs don't seem to work... grrrr.... Thanks for all the help eveyone, b ut no solutions yet.

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I have a solution that works. I tried it myself on Steam and also on a lot of other US-only applications and websites.

There is a program called Hotspot Shield. It's used to protect laptops, etc that are used outside (using wifi). This software also works on the PC. You need to install and enable it and after that it should work.

Your internet connection will slow down drastically when you enable this, because everything is being rerouted. But after closing it down, everything is back to normal.

http://anchorfree.com/hotspot-shield-download.php

If you need help with the software, post it here.

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the release time shifted to 5pm

it unlocked, there was no install process, now it says ready to play

starting the game results in "failed to contact key server"

anyone in the UK got this working yet?

another great steam purchase.. lol

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  • 2 years later...

Bugger. I hope I don't run into this problem with the Steam special today. Just purchased then from Japan. <fingers crossed>

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