They have to process the pre-order first, and apparantly there is a lot of them, so if u buy now, you MIGHT get to play before release, i have no idea because i only just bought mine a few hours ago, i still cant play and have no idea on average time it takes to process.

From what I understand, if you didn't buy it before they started the processing earlier tonight you won't be able to get it until release time now.

After all, an early release was essentially stardock's pre-order bonus. One day before release barely counts as pre-order. But you never know, they might let later preorders get it. Maybe they'll do it again tonight *shrug*

Iv'e been testing via the beta for a months, a few I know bought it yesterday and have been downloading the full game... I still havent had my version re-activated it's sod's law....

but alas, there are other things to do whilst I wait