Total War: ROME II Preload Starts Today, Activation Times Announced for Release Day

[Joey CA]

Hello Guys,

Just to let you all know CA today announced the Activation Time for ROME II on its release day next week as a single worldwide unlock time of zero hours US Pacific Time on the 3rd Sept, equivalent of 00:00 PDT / 03:00 EDT / 08:00 BST / 09:00 CET / 17:00 AEST.

From that point game activation will be live and Total War: ROME II will be playable.

Digital customers can begin preloading via Steam from 10:00 PDT / 18:00 BST today (28^th Aug) in order to be as ready as possible to begin their conquest of the ancient world on launch day, with only the day one content patch including Pontus, an additional playable faction, needing to be downloaded once the game is live.

Please note that ROME II will be region-locked in some territories, if you are buying a copy from overseas please check with your retailer if you will be able to activate it your home country. Further details on the regions this effects are here: http://wiki.totalwar.com/w/Total_War...l_Restrictions

Total War: ROME II Launches next week on the 3^rd September.

Exciting stuff, go and get your pre-load on


So there's been some confusion about pre-loading and the size so just to clear some things up for you.

9.9gb is correct, it will uncompress to a larger size at launch. The game will not be the full 35gb noted in the recommended specs at launch because that includes an estimate of additional space for future content updates, temporary disc space needed at install and so on. The actual size of the game on your hard drive at launch once you’ve finished installing will be around 18gb.

No need to panic

If you have any concerns I will get the answers if you give me a bit of time find them out.

[Swe_gamer]

WOW!

[eLus1on]

Pre-load today?! Wooooooooooooooh, I'll be watching those percentages go with awe

[StealthFox]

Great! I know a lot of people were anxious about this.

[SteamPunk]

Good news. Look forward to starting my download later.

[GussieFinkNottle]

[Lavrentivs]

[[N2]Kami]

Hell yeah

[DarrenTotalWar]

Epic news for people like me with crap connections. Bit annoyed I booked off work from 4th - 7th because steam reckoned it was launching 6pm in UK

[-Concrete-]

[TotalWarker]

[Clock]

But...but...it will be there. On my computer. All ready to go...watching me. Waiting. I won't be able to take it! Why so early CA? Why now? Now I must wait for days with Rome 2 locked on my HDD! Oh the woe! The terrible woe!

[DarrenTotalWar]

Any word on how big the day 1 patch will be?

[DavidtheDuke]

I think I just pre-unloaded in my underpants. Engage maximum irrational fanboyism!

[Derkon]

EXCELLENT!!!!

Also Folks, check out the time. It's about 10 hours earlier than originally anticipated.

I live in Dublin, Ireland and my timezone is GMT/UTC. The original expectation was that the game would unlock at 18:00 my local time.

Instead, it is unlocking 10 hours earlier, at 8am!!!!

As such, if you're living in Ireland, the UK or Europe, it has now just become worthwhile to take the day off on September 3rd!!!!

ONLY 5 FULL DAYS TO WAIT!

[[N2]Kami]

I live in Vietnam so its mean my copy can't be active? Can someone from CA confirm this to me?
My friend in Rus give me this copy and now I can't play it?

[Hattori]

Yes it's Happening!!
Dont forget to give your keys to the non steam sites so we can pre load too CA!!

[BalrogOfMorgoth]

[Aegean]

If I converted the time correctly, is it about 1 hour and 40 minutes left til preload?

[smoke]

O gawd. You will see the icon. For the next 5 days. And you will click it. And it won't work for another 5 days. O gawd.