Dragon Age II PC Digital Pre-loading Starts Today

BioWare’s Chris Priestly paid a visit to the official Dragon Age II forums to let us know the exact date and time that we can start pre-loading the game from our favorite digital download vendor. Those of us in the United States can already kick things off, but those of you in Europe are going to have to wait until next week:

Hi Dragon Age 2 PC gamers.

Many of you have been asking when you can pre-load Dragon Age 2 onto your machines. Pre-loading happens with digital versions of DA2 and is installing the game so it is ready to play once the unlock time arrives. Pre-loading is not available from all retailers. Check with your retailer to see if they offer pre-loading. You have also been asking when the game will unlock so you can start playing, which applies to digital and retail PC copies. These pertain to PC versions and not to console versions of Dragon Age 2.

Pre-Loading is based on the region you live in. Pre-loading of digital versions begins at the following times:

‘¢ Asia/Pacific region 18:00 GMT on March 4th

‘¢ Canada & United States 18:00 GMT on March 4th

‘¢ Russian Federation – 18:00 GMT on March 4th

‘¢ Western Europe 10:00 GMT March 7th

‘¢ Australia & New Zealand 09:00 GMT on March 8th

‘¢ Central and South America – 10:00 GMT on March 8th

‘¢ Eastern Europe  10:00 GMT March 8th

‘¢ Great Britain & Ireland 10:00 GMT on March 8th

Unlocking is based on the official game release date for the region you live in. The PC versions, both digital and retail, will unlock beginning at the following times:

‘¢ Asia/Pacific region 0000h on March 8th

‘¢ Canada & United States 0000h on March 8th

‘¢ Russian Federation – 0200h on March 8th

‘¢ Western Europe 0000h on March 10th

‘¢ Australia & New Zealand 0000h March 9th

‘¢ Central and South America – 1700h March 10th

‘¢ Eastern Europe  0000h March 11th

‘¢ Great Britain & Ireland 0000h March 11th

Get ready, Dragon Age 2 is almost here.