adneate wrote...
naughty99 wrote...
(Hopefully the Steam version unlocks at 9pm PST on November 10)
I wouldn't hope for that, Steam usually has a strict and uniform time table for unlocks. I hope there is a pre-load though, when I does finally unlock I want to be ready to roll.
Preload has been confirmed.
Unlock time of 12:01am EST confirmed by Pete Hines on Oct 28.RAGE (Bethesda's last game), unlocked on Steam at 12:01am EST (Oct 4) / 9:01pm PST (Oct 3), so it seems within reason that Skyrim could unlock at the same time as RAGE.
The only reason why I'm not sure is that Pete subsequently issued
a separate tweet on Oct 29 indicating Skyrim would be unlocking at 12:01am in every individual time zone.
I have never seen Valve allow for dozens of different unlock times for any other game, so it seems most likely that they will follow the pattern of RAGE and Pete's tweet dated Oct 28, in other words 12:01am EST / 9:01pm PST.
On the other hand, perhaps Valve never did that simply because no publisher had asked them before. Maybe they want to make a big deal out of 11-11-11 worldwide or something.
So there is still a possibility of dozens of different unlock times, but worst case scenario for me would be 12:01am PST and best case scenario would be 9:01pm PST.