I'm making this a separate thread as it'll just get lost if I post it in the other official thread.
A couple of points.
1: The official release date for the UK is tomorrow, March 25th. This is the date that we wanted to make the expansion available for the UK.
2: We are investigating the situation regarding UK retailers not taking deliveries. According to the information that we have recieved, our distributors have been shipping stocks in the UK from earlier this week.
3: Related to the above point, we are working on a contingency plan to allow us to keep our promise to you whereby the expansion will be available for the 25th. The final details are still being worked out however there will be news about this on our official website tomorrow morning. As things stand we are trying our very hardest to make sure that English players are able to get hold of the expansion on the date that we advertised in the news.
We do understand that players are concerned about unexpected delays, these issues are all due to circumstances that have developed over the past few weeks and at every point I have given you the all the information relating to the problems we have faced. All the information I have given you has been completely true and accurate at the point that I was given it. Due to the nature of the problem and the different companies involved, the situation has changed more than once, however I have endeavoured to find out and pass on what information I can. As things stand, it is unlikely that any retail outlets in the UK will be offering the game before the 1st April, this is for legal reasons and not due to any distribution issues. I appreciate that this is far from ideal, and is a change to the information that I posted earlier this week. This is something that has become apparent very recently (since today in fact) and was not the situation that we were facing yesterday. However as noted above, we are finalising an arrangement that will overcome this problem for the majority of our English customers.
**EDIT** Check the News for details of our online partner where you can purchase an online licence key for Catacombs ans well as download the client.
A couple of points.
1: The official release date for the UK is tomorrow, March 25th. This is the date that we wanted to make the expansion available for the UK.
2: We are investigating the situation regarding UK retailers not taking deliveries. According to the information that we have recieved, our distributors have been shipping stocks in the UK from earlier this week.
3: Related to the above point, we are working on a contingency plan to allow us to keep our promise to you whereby the expansion will be available for the 25th. The final details are still being worked out however there will be news about this on our official website tomorrow morning. As things stand we are trying our very hardest to make sure that English players are able to get hold of the expansion on the date that we advertised in the news.
We do understand that players are concerned about unexpected delays, these issues are all due to circumstances that have developed over the past few weeks and at every point I have given you the all the information relating to the problems we have faced. All the information I have given you has been completely true and accurate at the point that I was given it. Due to the nature of the problem and the different companies involved, the situation has changed more than once, however I have endeavoured to find out and pass on what information I can. As things stand, it is unlikely that any retail outlets in the UK will be offering the game before the 1st April, this is for legal reasons and not due to any distribution issues. I appreciate that this is far from ideal, and is a change to the information that I posted earlier this week. This is something that has become apparent very recently (since today in fact) and was not the situation that we were facing yesterday. However as noted above, we are finalising an arrangement that will overcome this problem for the majority of our English customers.
**EDIT** Check the News for details of our online partner where you can purchase an online licence key for Catacombs ans well as download the client.