hmmm ... you'll likely have to pay about $20 for postage.

EDIT: On topic, I don't see how they could make a PC game region specific other than restricting sales here. They can't account for them multitudes of different PC hardware that's out there. Sure it's easily locked on things that are built all to one standard, like consoles, tv's, but I don't see how they can lock my DVD drive bought from Hong Kong that's going to play on my made in China monitor. Someone with a bit more knowledge can probably better answer.

I'd be all fine paying an extra to help local jobs. I can do a step in this direction, but retailers need to do a step in our direction instead of hoping that some sort of nationalism is going to fill their pockets - not going to happen as far as I'm concerned.

I'm more than fed up paying $90 in retail here when you can get the same thing from overseas for half the price

The staff of my nearest EB Games are helpful, cool and likeable young blokes. I'll happily spend my CoD dollars locally to support their jobs if I can (thnx Nick10). Sure, its a personal choice, but I'll gladly pay a voluntary 'tax' to help employment in my own community. Its good to get a bargain, but is saving 20 or so bucks really so critical for a game which we run on computer and controller rigs worth thousands? Where else will those nice young game nerds get work anyhow?

Steam in Aus won't help either. They'll just do the same price as retail over here. Case in point check out DOW2: Retribution. Steam it's $60, everywhere else it's $30.
It's pretty ridiculous that we Aussies have to pay that much for a digital distribution. The old arguments of us being so remote just doesn't stack up and this just shows it's pure price gouging by the local distributors.

It doesn't really affect me as I get everything from overseas now but even if it's $20 postage I'd still pay that and get it from overseas and screw the local distributors just as they're blatantly screwing us.

EDIT: On topic, I don't see how they could make a PC game region specific other than restricting sales here. They can't account for them multitudes of different PC hardware that's out there. Sure it's easily locked on things that are built all to one standard, like consoles, tv's, but I don't see how they can lock my DVD drive bought from Hong Kong that's going to play on my made in China monitor. Someone with a bit more knowledge can probably better answer.

Mate you can now pre order both eds in oz through EB Games.

$89 for normal edition and I think $109 for collectors

Peops are being banned from Steam for 'gifting' games.