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[Thecla]

I suspect that this is the main reason for its release at this time. Consider that this is effectively a start up company and that they have been bleeding and hemoraging red on the finacial side with effectively almost nothing (possibly some advertising revenue) on their income side of thing for the last 2 years.

Yup, I suspect so too --- but I'm still a bit surprised. I'd guess FSS was better funded than most startups, even if they didn't have the deep pockets of a Blizzard, and I'd guess that the impact on their reputation (whether or not one buys into the Blizzard mythology of putting out games only when they're done) will cost them more in the long run than a further delay of a few months. But who knows what was really going on behind the scenes...