"On November 3rd at 10am PST RPG fans will be able to start playing the highly-anticipated new game from BioWare, Dragon Age: Origins. Those that pre-order the game from Direct2Drive, however, will be able to start pre-loading the game file on Sunday, 11/1 at 10am PST. By pre-ordering and pre-loading Dragon Age, players will be able to skip the download process on launch day and leap into game play," announces Direct2Drive.

They've also added that "The Direct2Drive pre-order of Dragon Age: Origins or Dragon Age: Origins Digital Deluxe Edition also includes an exclusive in-game bonus item - the Dalish Promise Ring - as well as other great items!"

Okay, this would be great news but for one "minor" hindrance. The Dragon Age digital download is just over 20GB.

Holy shite!

Multiply that with at 3 at least, taking into account the necessary space for extracting the files and for the installation itself (that amounts to a total of 60GB of space required for the pre-load).