Clarification of Release Date Please

I am very excited about the upcoming release of Napoleon: Total War. But, I am confused. Now I live in the United States and on Steam it says the release date is February 23, 2010. But as I go through the forums I'm seeing dates like the 26th, the 19th, the 27th, etc. If someone could give me a simple release date for the United States that would be wonderful. Thanks.

Should be the 23rd around this time of the day, apparently.

Nobody but Gods knows the answer to that question

Originally Posted by klok

Nobody but Gods knows the answer to that question

En CA .

Originally Posted by klok

Nobody but Gods knows the answer to that question

wrong-not even God knows what happens at CA-otherwise fire and brimstone would have already leveled the British Isles

Originally Posted by TheJohan

United States 23rd. Why won't you trust steam?

best joke ever-trusting Steam

It's unfair that even though some get the game earlier that they still have to wait for steam to activate it.
By the way, what if steam ever gets broke or goes bankrupt? Will we still be able to play the game?

Originally Posted by Oggie

By the way, what if steam ever gets broke or goes bankrupt? Will we still be able to play the game?

Wont happen, the demand for digital distribution channels is only increasing, so expect to be "stuck" with Steam for a looong time.

On the other hand, should it go belly up, they would release patches to let people access their games without having to access Steam.

Originally Posted by Oggie

It's unfair that even though some get the game earlier that they still have to wait for steam to activate it.
By the way, what if steam ever gets broke or goes bankrupt? Will we still be able to play the game?

Waiting for Steam gives everyone a level playing ground and stops people from benefiting from shops shipping and selling early. I think it's very fair!

Originally Posted by Soveriegn

wrong-not even God knows what happens at CA-otherwise fire and brimstone would have already leveled the British Isles





best joke ever-trusting Steam

exept Ireland that is
ha ha ha on that joke, it was so funny....

United States 23rd. Why won't you trust steam?

Ok thank you. I'll check on the 23rd on Steam if it is released. Thanks guys.

And in Europe?
I live in Portugal, and I have seen in stores that is coming in the 19th! Help?!

listen here. NO MATTER when you get the game you can't play it until steam says so, ok got it?

Anyone know what time of day it will be released? Can I go to bed and leave Steam running and wake up ready to play?

Originally Posted by theglenlivet12

Anyone know what time of day it will be released? Can I go to bed and leave Steam running and wake up ready to play?

Im not what you'd call a Steam "veteran", but i did buy Mass Effect 2, and they allowed pre-loading at least a day before it actually released.

Not quite sure how it works if you buy a boxed version, i did with ETW, but cant remember how the install procedure went

Beautiful. Thank you.

The Steam release date changed from February 26th, 2010 to simply February, 2010. Or was it like this for a while?

Originally Posted by Grave

The Steam release date changed from February 26th, 2010 to simply February, 2010. Or was it like this for a while?

Reads :

Available: 26 February 2010
This game will unlock in approximately 1 week, and 14 hours


For me.

So you can buy it retail on the 23rd, preload it, and play it on the 26th.

Originally Posted by Jenuensis

So you can buy it retail on the 23rd, preload it, and play it on the 26th.

Pre-load is for digital purchases i believe.

I know that i bought ETW before Steam unlocked it, but cannot remember how the installation procedure was. I think i was allowed to install it, but not play it (but then it was the huge 0-day patch, along with weeks of serious Steam crashing and allround problems, so my memory is a tad fuzzy on what happened where).