yes i did heard of it mostly because the games before this one (Earth2150, the moon project, lost souls)... tho it made a rather quiet release. too quiet.
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wait a minute... according to an preview here on gamershell itself it seems earth 2160 will be released mid-september. so it isn't released yet. but why are there
patches then? and some friends of mine reported seeing it on the *web*...
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ah, found.
These are the official Release-Dates:
GER/A/CH: released
Polish: released
Russian: released
UK/USA, French, Italian, Spanish, Czech: 13th Sept.
Japanese, Korean: Sept. 05
Trad./Simpl. Chinese: Oct. 05
Rest of World: unknown
why oh why don't they include the netherlands??