what i did is ... i bought an other game.
this mystery about the release date is boring and i dont preorder something, when i dont know what time i will get, what i paid or will pay for.
maye some or many people like this "release date hide games" and they pay maybe also many days before they get something ....... everyone can do what he likes or prefers, i now wont buy this game.
btw. beleave it or not, i have some friends who liked to buy this game, so that we can play it together maybe online, but ne we all decided not to purchase.
play your release date game with yourself, we will switch to an other game.
p.s. i bought only one game of this series before, called "theatre of war and tehere is also a forum with technical support section, but you can ask there what you want, also the maybe easiest questions, noone official answered.