Since the forums cross post, the  Home>Misc section may not have been the best place to ask that question. You might try a game specific forum for best results.

And speaking of specific,it may help to mention what game you are talking about.

Im guessing the game is elemental and you should be able to download it off impulse when it is available. (sunday or monday last i heard)

Well, that explains it, it's an elemental problem.

Dam sorry, I just choose create post. I was talking about elemental.  My problem is that it will probably have key on it. how would I be able to download it?

If you ordered a boxed copy from Stardock, your account should get credited with the digital copy on the 24th. So yes, you should be able to download and play using Impulse before your disk gets there.

If you ordered from say Amazon, then no. You'll need to wait for the disk to arrive in order to register the serial number.