Algon

Is it actually called "Kickstarter Champion Edition" on GOG? Mine is simply called "Champion Edition" (I was a kickstarter backer.)

Man, I wish I could upgrade my wombat to a kangaroo. Just after 6pm in Queensland so we'll get it an hour later than you.

That's an unknown for now. It would be daft for Paradox to impose DRM on their physical release when DRM-free digital versions are available - but Namco Bandai did exactly that with Witcher 2 and Paradox's "DRM-free to Steam-exclusive" shift doesn't give cause for optimism. However in the worst case (of DRM on the Paradox physical release) you could give your friends a GOG code also so they'd have a DRM-free version along with the physical goodies, though that does mean paying twice. Well, let's take Warner Bros who took over physical distribution and publishing for Witcher 2 (and the upcoming Witcher 3) in North America. The box copy sold by Warner Bros is completely DRM-free and customers additionally get a GoG backup of the Enhanced Version. So it's definitely possible to make a deal with a "traditional publisher" without sacrificing a DRM-free approach. Of course the first deal with Namco was different but CDPR learnt from their mistakes... The best solution imo for Pillars would be DRM-free physical box version with a serial which also could be activated on Steam. That way both customer "trends" would be satisfied, the Steam lovers and the DRM-free lovers. Holy... Didn't know about WB distributing Witcher 2 in NA, but knowing the stance on DRM that the big studios have, I wouldn't have given it a snowball's chance in hell that they would agree to distribute it without wrapping it in 7 layers of DRM. I'm guessing that the part of WB which dealt with it was a long way removed from the area which deals with movie distribution (and is slightly more customer friendly...)