1) A mate told me it is released.. witch is why I am here.. but I can not see that in the news?! So is this game released yet? I know it is available to pre-order.. I mean released.
The official release date is today. Some stores broke street date over the weekend, so they rushed people in and worked through the weekend to give it an early release on Sunday night.
2) I know you have a digital download version... YAY... dvds and boxes and all the crap cluttering your shelves is so 1980!! Digital Download all the way!! Still how dose this work are you going to be using Steam? I ask this not as imo digital downloading only works when you know that the digital download will be available for ever. Like it is safe to get starcraft in digital form as you can expect blizzard to comfortably host the install pack for pretty much all time, same with a steam game. So my question is really... if you get the digital download version will there be any time limits or number of downloads on the install, and then we have to manual archive it.. or will the digital download be linked to an account with stardock or something and be available for as long as the company exists?
They're using Impulse as the platform, not Steam. There are no installation or activation limits, and you can always either manually make an archive or download one from http://anywhere.impulsedriven.com. The registration is linked to your SD account, so it'll be available as long as the company exists, yes. They've also promised to release patches to disable all forms of "activation" (really just an account check on install from Digital Download) if they ever go out of business. For Elemental, they also plan to create archival DVDs with the latest update every year, which you could get for paying shipping.
3) Well I have been following this game for a while and it seams massively focused on the single player experience... How dose multiplayer work, IS there multiplayer?
The game has Multiplayer (though it won't be enabled until next week due to the street-date-breaking-prerelease rush). At the moment, there's not much to it, the game is mainly intended as a single player experience. There are no mods, no random maps, no quests, and no tactical battles. SD's approach to this has been from a more competitive perspective, but they're coming around after realizing that the majority will play co-op with friends. Tactical battles and mods/custom servers will be enabled in an update, and the rest we're not sure about.
