uk release, october the 30 to 35

[tishco]

all the magazines say november but if it is availiable from the 30th the shops will be desperate to get it in so a day or so later at max, or is it, is it allready here in uk by 30th, or is there a two week long shipping over the atlantic?, or will it be on the day, the 30th?
i'm confused.

[Haphazard]

OK, here is what we know. Civ3 comes out in the US on the 30th. It will also be available to UK retailers from that date too. However, tradition (or something) means games are released in the UK on Fridays. The next Friday after the 30th is 2nd Nov. So hopefully Civ3 will be out then.

However, it may take time to get enough/make enough copies for the UK for then, so most Shops/Game sites suggest 16th Nov as a likely release date.

So either the 2nd or 16th of Novemeber depending on distribution.

[GodSpawn]

I pessimistically think that it'll be the 16th in the UK.

[cyril25376]

Originally posted by

I am afraid you are right. I hope there are enough copies, ....

[Sabre2th]

Originally posted by cyril25376

I am afraid you are right. I hope there are enough copies, ....

You're afraid who's right? Something happened to your quote.....

[Crouchback]

Originally posted by GodSpawn
I pessimistically think that it'll be the 16th in the UK.

<a href="http://www.uk.infogrames.com/forums/topic.asp?lngThemeID=22&topic_id=5696&forum_id=23& Topic_Title=Civilization+III&forum_title=General+d iscussion&M=True&S=True">Infogrames UK</a>, who publish Civ 3, definitely say the 16th November and they are sticking to that date come what may. But they don't know when the online retailers will release the game, and they vary between the 30th October and 28th December right now.

Not very good is it.

David

[Faboba]

Well so long as I'm getting SOME kind of benifit from PREORDERING it online.

I'm saying PREORDERING like that because I always feel PREORDERING implies you getting it in advance.

Game (EB) was calling for November the 17th when I went in.

I want it before theeeeeeeeeeen!

Are infro saying RETAIL release or whan their ETA for stockists ( i.e certain online ordering bodies ) is?

[Crouchback]

Originally posted by Faboba
Well so long as I'm getting SOME kind of benifit from PREORDERING it online.

I'm saying PREORDERING like that because I always feel PREORDERING implies you getting it in advance.

Game (EB) was calling for November the 17th when I went in.

I want it before theeeeeeeeeeen!

Are infro saying RETAIL release or whan their ETA for stockists ( i.e certain online ordering bodies ) is?

They say for everyone, full stop. Actually, since the game is coming out on Friday 16th, I think pre-ordering may mean the game won't come till the middle of the week after while it'll be in the shops on Saturday. I've never got anything earlier from an online/mail order retailer faster than it was in the shops.

David

[Comrade Tribune]

Re: uk release, october the 30 to 35

Is 'october 35' a joke, or is CivIII slowly getting us insane?

[Sabre2th]

Who knows, but what I've seen of tishco implies that he's not entirely stable

[tishco]

weeeeel its not my folt, its thesehappy pills they have in this hopsital that do it, tralalala, fluffy man in the sky, i will viviosly poke out your eye!

project igi is cool, i got demo today working

i thought that the civ 3 site was believable and infrogrames and mags are old and wrong, after all, which has been updated first?
(probly infrogrames)

i said the 5 'cos they have to move it round the country, or su,mmint,

any way, i keep my threads alive
with useless smap and drive!

[tishco]

weeeeel its not my folt, its thesehappy pills they have in this hopsital that do it, tralalala, fluffy man in the sky, i will viviosly poke out your eye!

project igi is cool, i got demo today working

i thought that the civ 3 site was believable and infrogrames and mags are old and wrong, after all, which has been updated first?
(probly infrogrames)

i said the 5 'cos they have to move it round the country, or summint,

any way, i keep my threads alive
with useless smap and drive!

edit:smilies was rong

[Faboba]

lol I went to this thread cause I though that was what someone, either at Firaxis, a retailer or a certain online ordering site named after a tribal people had said.

It is rather like Amazon or Best Buy to turn round and tell you that they have recieved new information that it will be released some time between the 30 and the 35 of October isn't it

[Haphazard]

I hope it will be October 33rd, but I think October 47th is the most likely

[Sabre2th]

Really? I was thinking it would be closer to the 55th