Well... I think Stardock's shooting for a simultaneous release in retail and online.

well the main reason that i can think of is that if they electronic distribution before retail so many ppl would just get the electronic distribution that noone would buy it in retail which would make for bad publicity and make the companies that agreed to sell it in there stores kinda mad that the stuff there trying to sell isnt selling because most of the ppl have already bought it online

also if you could get it download before you get it before retail there will be tons more ppl getting it download and i dont think that the distribution service can handle all those ppl coming on at once (though i could be wrong)

Ah ... NOW I understand - thanks for the info

Good luck in your crunch mode

PS - How DID you get the nick name frogboy?

The other question is when will hardcopy pre-orders ship from Stardock directly (in anticipation of retail availability or only after retail arrival)???

Do you have a date for when it will be in stores yet?

I remember the strain on the servers for the GC1 release Here's to wishing you a smooth launch.

They go to temple, or to a bar OR in a catholic bar ,get drunk and hunt some nuns

Well, I sure hope you get the timing stuff cleaned up by then, or I'll have yet another game that doesn't run properly, and I'll be forced to pester the forums about it. Luckily, I'll have quite some stuff to cut&paste from the Serious Sam 2 forums (just gotta remember to replace the game name).