20-25 dollars is equal to 140-160NOK, yeah it is more exspensive, but it does depend on where you live. If you live in a city and it is easy to get to the store no problem, but i have to spend 200 nok(50 nok by train) driveing just to get to a games store. So it depends on how much money you have, and how  much you want to beta test the game.

Typical differences from a retail game and a beta is that a beta has lots of bugs, and are terribly balanced.(just think of retail EA rts games v1.0(balance), or sacred 2 v1.0(bugs)).

Ps the last game of stardock took ages before it reached the stores  in europe, it took such a long time that i forgot about it. But you do know that preordering that PC game is still no more exspensive then it would be to buy a console game.

hm maybe i will preorder the game, so i do not forget about it.

I'd say it's worth just getting the digitial download only. When galciv 2 came out I bought digital download + box, and I have still never opened the box. It's packed away somewhere in storage still in the plastic wrap. Since then every time I've bought a game online I've gone for the digital download only. And with Impulse I don't feel like I'm just being allowed to borrow it. I feel like I own it, but the installation files are being safekept against loss and damage for me. I can download it on any computer I want, anywhere at any time. And the installation is kept up to date with all the patches. If you've never done digital download only, I suggest you try it - you might be surprised. If you have, and have already made up your mind, then ignore this post

GC2 came and went back around its initial release. However, there is a new Kalypso release of DA+TA and of DL+DA+TA now at retail in Europe.

Well, usually games from StarDock come very late to Europe. It could change for Elemental, but I wouldn't wager a krone on it.

And afaik digital download + box is always a global release, but somebody official should verify that.

Direct-order boxes ship as soon as we get them made, yes (though international shipping can take a week or two). Downloads are available immediately at launch, regardless where you're at.

I'm not sure what we've got planned with Elemental as far as international retail distribution goes, at this point. AFAIK we're going through Atari this time for Demigod in Europe and Asia, which should give us more control and flexibility than distributors past. If that goes well then I'd expect to see the same thing for Elemental, which would probably make it a lot more likely for localized versions to come out close to or alongside the native English version.

Awsome. If the downloadable version is available immediately then things are looking up up up!

But please no "Norwegian version" I hate that crap  . It's like you are so used to everything being in english that when something suddenly is in Norwegian it totally ruins the mood. 

I had actually misset that  Oh, but I should have remembered it was you gave me that swedish message, that time, for that thing *wink* *wink* "Ditt namn äger! "

Just you remember, Norway liberated itself from the evil grip of you Swedes over a hundred years ago! And if you try anything our royal family will kick your royal families royal asses.

Yeah, so tired that you stopped thinking and gave them all that worthless land sitting on top of all that worthless oil

According to shitty companies (aka, not stardock), it wouldn't be available worldwide for the same reason they have region locking...

For example sony says "the sale of Japanese PSPs to the UK could hurt their ability to exploit the "excitement and anticipation of the market.""