Release - what time of day?
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Kazimierz Wielk
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According to 2k on Amazon, 12:00 AM PST.
Taé Shala
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Will we be able to preload it?
Tomice
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That would be 9 in the morning for Central Europe, right?
Hajee
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Where u see that on the website?
Thank you, couldn't find it myself there.
Yes, it will be 9 in the morning in central europe. Luckily I can hope for some gaming the first day!
Stauffenberg
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Usually releases are at 12:00am local time at the release date. This means Asia will be able to play a new game first, then Europe then USA.
However, some game companies want to have a common global release and then it's a time equal for all. Not sure if Firaxis and 2K use this method.
Normally you can preload a game on Steam about 2 days ahead of the release date. When I bought Civ 5 if was preloaded and ready to go the second the release was available. I think that was 12:01am CET for me. I could try to start the game before, but Steam would tell me the game wasn't released yet.
However, some game companies want to have a common global release and then it's a time equal for all. Not sure if Firaxis and 2K use this method.
Normally you can preload a game on Steam about 2 days ahead of the release date. When I bought Civ 5 if was preloaded and ready to go the second the release was available. I think that was 12:01am CET for me. I could try to start the game before, but Steam would tell me the game wasn't released yet.
Acken
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It really varies from compaany to company. Your best bet is to see how the releases of their latest ganes went.
Xcom2 seems to have been released at 2 different times 12am cet in europe and 12 am est in americas.
Xcom2 seems to have been released at 2 different times 12am cet in europe and 12 am est in americas.
Hajee
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I hope not, just make a one global release time of 12pm CET
I believe with both Civ V expansions, both Beyond Earth and both xcoms it was released, at least in the USA, at midnight eastern time.
anandus
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I believe they did something similar with Civ 5, if my memory serves me well.
I hope they do that with Civ 6 as well instead of a set (US) time for global launch.
An Asian, European and American launch time or something like that. It is the fairest approach.
Civ 5 released in mid morning, something like 10am ET. Everything after that I think has been midnight ET.
Again, this is for USA. They have been staggering the release world wide for some games.
eso12por8
Warlord
This is really important for me to know as well. I'm on EST & I recall getting midnight releases as opposed to 3AM. In America we're typically the first to get everything & it makes strange sense that it would be otherwise for game releases. Anyhow, I requested the afternoon off for a "doctor appointment" & we were short staffed at the time but now we just hired two & after a month of training them I can def afford the day 
MistyRonin
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Usually Steam world-wide releases are during midnight GMT.
Kazimierz Wielk
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anandus
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If it's either a local release or global release, it wouldn't make a difference in America, it'd still be the same time.
The only difference is that with global release times is that the rest of the world gets it later in the day or the next day if you're in Australia for instance.
