I rather felt it was implied I was emailed that it was the "Last Chance for Discounted Galactic Civilizations III Pre-order" that the game would not be discounted until release - which is why I bought it: I thought I'd be buying it on release anyway so I might get it while it was discounted and maybe poke about in the beta. So I was pretty surprised that it's currently half off on Steam. I feel kinda cheated - while I'm sure GC3 will be a fun game when it's done, there's not been a lot of fun to be had with the alpha for me, so if I hadn't been mislead about it being the "Last Chance for Discounted Galactic Civilizations III Pre-order" I could have happily have left it until now and paid $10 less.