Midnight release tonight!

First releases started in SE Asia and have worked their way around the globe. England is next up.

Release photos from Taiwan, Korea, Sweden, Germany & France.

I downloaded the online version, not knowing that you can't actually start playing the game until noon today, when Blizzard starts digital purchases. UUUUGH

I'll probably pick it up today. I'm not a big online RTS player.
Between SC1, AoE2, WC3, etc. I've played maybe 20 online matches and won a total of 0 of them lol
Maybe I can get into this one more.

I'd be more than willing to show you how to play AOE or AOE2... :evil::evil:

Blankey, you and I both.

I'm not very good, but it sure is fun.

Nineteen minutes. Ugh.

you had me snowed on this for a minute.... then i caught myself thinking "10 minutes ugh" and the lightbulb went on...

Just like I can probably show you how to play TF2. It's like the only game I've played since 2007. :)
http://steamcommunity.com/id/blankey/stats/TF2

Figures.. I get a constant "billing error" on the purchase screen. Nothing wrong with my finances, so I guess it's server overload time.

Thats a fair amount of hours played.

I played AOE alot when i was in HS, then i moved on to AOE2, then Diablo 2 where i stayed for a LONG time.

Anyone that has this already...how is it looking?

It's playing very well so far.. I'm only a short amount in, but it feels like an updated version of StarCraft I.. which is exactly what I was hoping. Don't mess too much with a good thing. I'm just getting to weapon upgrades, and you can hire mercenaries for in-battle perks. Seems like this is shaping up to be a really good sequel.

One minor qualm: it's 2010, and I think the cutscenes must've been programmed five years ago. I'm playing on a 27" screen, so maybe I'm nitpicking, but the cutscene graphics are not at a 2010 level.

That's unfortunate. I like a good cutscene.

Yeah, and Blizzard usually has the best cut scenes of anybody. I guess all their cut scene resources went into the endless WoW expansions.

The cutscenes, from a storyline perspective, are great. I guess they're not terrible, but I just got this computer and would love to see some heavy graphics in action.. the lines are sharper and the movement stiffer than what you should expect anymore.