What is the specific Release Time?

[Kruelgor]

Whenever the UPS guy arrives; usually around 11AM or so

I hate your situation. I've been screwed in the past because of that. While I'm waiting for UPS to deliver my pre-order other punks are already playing from buying it at the local store.

 

[Niptium]

That's very good to know, I never thought about that.

Yeah, no need to accommodate. The Anglos can follow the rest of the world on the 24 hour clock. No need to dumb down for them either.

 

[mattigus]

It doesn't matter if you buy the game at a midnight release or get it early from UPS, you still need to activate it through Steam. You aren't playing it unless Steam tells you its time.

 

[Churchdown Yank]

It doesn't matter if you buy the game at a midnight release or get it early from UPS, you still need to activate it through Steam. You aren't playing it unless Steam tells you its time.

Which avoids one of the funny stories from Civ IV where a guy here in the UK was playing it a week early because his brother-in-law or something worked for the trucking company that was delivering the games to the stores and nicked a copy for him off the back of the truck.

 

[Jmyrm]

in the latest economic news, North america's productivity took a drastic drop this week when millions of bankers, shop workers, and other sector employees failed to show up for work. The CDC is speculating a new bug might be responsible for the sudden drop off, which caused the DOW to plunge 400 points on lack of volatility, however games experts claim that two-punch release of Civilization V, and halo reach were responsible.

I can totally see that report coming friday.

 

[jaldaen]

According to this post by Greg... it is 10am EDT (7am PDT) for everyone!

http://forums.2kgames.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1114646&postcount=10

Should I make this it's own thread? Or will someone update one of the earlier posts?