Originally Posted by skavenhorde
That's odd, but pretty cool if I was getting this through Steam. I'm waaayyyy ahead of most of you guys Except for the Australians here.

Well, you ARE getting it through Steam. If I understand correctly it's a Steamworks game, so even if you were getting the boxed game early, there's no way to play it.
For those of us getting a boxed copy, the disc is little more than a token.
I find this a bit frustrating.