The email I got from LDW last week said it would be a few weeks. I just figured that mid-February meant somewhere around the middle of next month.

That's another thing. I signed up for the newsletter but don't get any info regarding release dates for things, am I doing something wrong here???

When did you sign up? The email went out on 1/25. It's also possible that your email provider blocks email from LDW or puts it in bulk or junk folders - there are several that do.

I registered with 2 email addresses originally in september to cover the 'if it doesn't get through to 1 scenario' and have checked both spam and junk folders and nothing there. I have now registered all 3 of my email addresses (all with different providers) in the hope that something will get through! Whilst I'm not worried about missing the launch of VV2 as I've been checking the forums every day since the beginning of December. It does say register for the newsletter and get discounts of up to 25% for the games, which obviously I'll miss out on

Have you also signed up for notification specifically about the release of Virtual Villagers: The Lost Children? I believe that the discount offers and notifications are sent to that list of people, rather than the newsletter mailing list, based on Arthur's comment in this post.

I checked all of my spam and still don't get the newsletter. Now what should I do?

There is a difference between signing up for the newsletter, and signing up for specific game notifications on the Previews Page. If you want to make sure that you're notified of the release of the new Virtual Villagers game, you should sign up on the Previews Page. If you already have done that and didn't receive the email that was sent out, you should sign up again. Something may have gone wrong in processing your previous request.

Barbara:

I just reread Arthur's post; when the game becomes available, I will purchase from you. I don't want to wait until later because I bought it from Big Fish.

Are you still looking at Valentine's for release? Ha ha, I think I'll get someone to give it to me for a B-day gift.

I tried to resign up for the newsletter again, so we will see what happens but thanks for letting me know LadyCFII. I also saw that people who bought the first game may be able to get a discount but I, like Quickstorm bought my game through Big Fish games so will I still be able to get a discount of some sort??

You should look at my last few posts about the signups. There are two different lists. Also, check out Arthur's post that I linked to earlier in this thread (about 5 posts up from here). It answers your question about discounts.