so, wait, I don't understand... The game is already being sold, but it isn't ready for general release? Does that mean we are beta testing?

i was also coming here to make the same thread - since it is apparently already up to version 4, but i wouldn't have known that if not for seeing it in passing in ONE thread i read. I mean, we paid for a product - shouldn't we be alerted in some fashion {in this case, via the forums} when said product is updated to remove glitches that may or may hinder our gameplay?