Dear Customer,
Thank you very much for preordering Football Manager 2009 from GAME.co.uk.
You'll be pleased to hear we are currently preparing your order to ship out for release. (Erm, you sent me an e-mail saying it had been shipped

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We have been informed by SEGA that as part of their new anti-piracy measures the game will NOT install until Midnight on the 14th of November, which is the game's release date.
(Midnight between the Thursday 13/11 and Friday 14/11)
This unfortunately means that any copies which arrive prior to this date will not be playable until then.
This software relies on an internet connection to verify the release date, however players without an internet connection can call 0-808-120-3655 at midnight in order to unlock the game.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause, and hope you realise the matter is entirely out of our control, and affects every copy of the game.
Kind Regards,
The Team
GAME.co.uk
Bit of a strange thing to do with regards to the unlocking of the game, I fail to see how it is going to help combat piracy.
So looks like I won't be able to play it tomorrow
