 Rather than give a vague time frame or simply say, "When its done,"  when asked about the release date, Epic said that the game would be  released on "Emergence Day". Emergence Day is an important event in  the game as the day the Locusts emerged and attacked. However, the  developers did not tell the press exactly what calendar date  Emergence Day fell on until September 2006 when it was finally  announced to be 7 November 2006.