Speculation- we will hear from Ilya and have a patch on 7/19
 

7/19 looks to still be the US release date, with no word otherwise.

I'm thinking the dev team is most likely trying to get a patch ready for that date to fix as much as possible for when the new users connect to Steam for the first time. The devs will not have time to Beta it.

Because of this deadline pressure, we have not heard from the team.

They are gonna release i think so, they will get more funds to continue work on fixing, so with that thought it seems a sound assumption.

Ask Carguy.

Wouldn't be surprised either...fingers cross.

Mine assumption aswell, apart from what is surely to be another deadline. It seems Ubi might just want to get their aimed funds (juices) out of this game and quit it like they did with IL2. They don`t care if it raises hell over here boards either.

But it still is way better than in 2001/2002. A big part of IL2 community not only didn`t know of IL2 surfacing. It wasn`t even available in any retail stores to get.
That is why I`m kinda prepaired for DLCs as a tool to keep it going.

I think DLC makes the most sense. It's a small development studio and the publisher isn't pushing the product at all. Niche market too.
Virtually all development studios release DLC these days, and I'm quite surprised that so far, we've gotten a lot of content for free* that could easily have been DLC.

*Aside from paying for the game of course.

I don't think they would have the cheek to ask for DLC.

If they go the DLC route, I hope they do it the Same way as Arma 2.

Everyone gets the DLC for free, but with low textures. You then pay money if you want high textured models/landscape.

That way, it puts everyone on the same page and doesn't create a divide in the online community.

Dlc?

If the DVD is to be on the store shelves on the 19th I suppose the game has gone gold and the duplicators have had it for a week.

I would expect a patch on Steam on the 19th to bring the North American DVD up to date.

My gut feeling is the DVD release date of July 19 will be push back again.