Same problem here with the french-released copy I have just bought. Thus, I guess I'll have to wait just like you ...

Anyway, 1.040 seems already quite playable.

<r> Downloading works just fine for me ; the problem is that I can't install the patch I've just downloaded ! [&:]<br/>
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The installation programme keeps telling me my registration number is wrong, althought that's the very same number I have used to install the main game and to register it ...