Is it possible to gift Steam games to a locale in which they are not (yet) offered?

Is it possible to gift a Steam game to a user who is in a locale where the game is not being offered?

For instance, this game has a different release date in different countries. Could I get this game on the 1st day of its release by having someone from an "early" country gift it to me?

This question is similar to (How) Is it possible to get the full version of a game if I can only buy its low violence version?, and indeed I hope there is a similar answer.

Solution 1:

General:

The one who is getting the present, is always getting the version of the country the buyer lives in.

Censorship:

So yes, it is possible to circumvent low violence with trading AND gifting. However, a Publisher might have decided to prevent someone from installing the game when the IP is in a country where the game is blocked. So far this is only true for 1 game from Capcom so far, where I know about. The Game was Dead Rising 2 : Off the Record. That one for example is not installable in Germany, even if you get it gifted or traded, but the store gives me a warning if I visit it via cc=us.

It is also possible to gift it to someone where it is not available in the store at all. For example, I gave Space Marine to a British friend on Steam, because it was not available in his country on Steam store before release and a while after. ( wave @ Game )

Release Date:

That is still governed where you live at. For example, a friend gifted me Deus Ex HR Preorder. While the game was already out in the US where he lives, I had to wait the 3 extra days to play it.