What time will the game unlock?

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stumason

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Time will tell I suppose. I'll be putting my money on a 18:00 GMT unlock. But if you are right I won't complain. Getting the game earlier than expected is always a nice touch.

If you read my earlier posts, you'll see I actually said Paradox games, without exception as far as I know, have all appeared to release in the evening (ie, 1800GMT/1900 BST).

It is why I asked you to clarify if you meant ALL Steam games or Paradox ones. As I also said, it entirely depends on when the developer wants to release it, with times varying wildly - examples provided.
 

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The 9th just happens to be my birthday. (Best. Birthday. Present. Ever.)

Unfortunately I have the late shift so the exact release time doesn't really change anything for me. By the time I get home at 10pm, it'll have autoinstalled and I can play deep into the night!
 

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Yes, "late evening in Oceania" is ambiguous as the 1900 CEST that folks mentioned earlier isn't late in the evening - it's the next day. :-(

*sigh* so I guess I should prepare myself for not getting to play on the 9th after all which means I won't get to play the game on the one day of the week that I actually have free time! :(
 

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I don't understand why they have to be so cryptic about this.