Im so glad i live in australia, where the release date here is being toted as the 10th of sept and there is almost 0 options as far as pre-orders go. Even if its on track for release it will still be behind.

Looks like digital distrubtion is the only hope not that ill miss another box but it does feel somewhat cheated either using gamestop or steam to get the game just to be on it around the same time, cryptic kinda dropped the ball with a good global launch but playing in the closed beta i wont hold it against them.

sadly the only MMO ive seen with excellent prelaunch release has been warhammer online.