I'm in the same boat, having pre-ordered it couple of days ago, before the Steam announcement. How are updates, etc, handled on a Steam game not purchased through Steam? I just have to find the patches myself, or does Steam allow "official" updates to be d/l'd through their system?

Hard drive cleaned, defraged..drivers updated and ready for Ironfront 1944 ;)

If you don't buy it through steam, you download and manually install updates as in the patches, and Im sure they will be found on the official game site. Typicially I would rather buy the stand alone game...than through steam, but I'm having problems finding an hard copy at the moment. I'll probably get it through steam for now, then buy a hard copy when the price drops, just to make sure I have one.

I would even say that everything looks better than the I44 mod! That and I have been reading about some of the new stuff this adds to the base ARMAII engine.. Like taking into account the armor slop, thickness.. and what is behind it should you penetrate the armor. All in all this could be the WWII tank sim I have been waiting a very long time for!! ;)

I would have rather had it the other way around, preferred Steam, just for the ease of patching, or replacing upon computer change.

@ace: I wonder how much of a tank sim it will be, doubt there will be gears/transmissions, real engine management, but at least looks better than anything currently out there (WWII wise).

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/9649/ironfront1.jpg

http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/5...nfront9.th.jpg http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/7...nfront8.th.jpg http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/6113/ironfront7.th.jpg http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/2...nfront6.th.jpg http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/4...nfront4.th.jpg http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/2...nfront3.th.jpg http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/1...nfront2.th.jpg

Some of my screenies from RC candidate :) .
Fans of ArmA will be at Home.

I think the tank play/graphics look very good, and I have a good feeling this game will work right out of the box, unlike some. The official game site says available now..but not yet on steam...this should be very entertaining! I still like CLOD, but would rather spend my time on something that works well.:-P

Blitzkrieg Multiplayer Game Mode Trailer :

http://www.videogamer.com/videos/iro...y_trailer.html

Air battle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...v=GKHZTzzosfk#!

i couldn't help think watching that, thinking a FW190 with the bloody bar again!!!!!!!

will be buying though, thats for sure.