I have a theory on something...

[WafflesToo]

Why couldn't you just finish and start playing .23 when you're ready?

Steam users don't have that luxury.

I personally look forward to and simultaneously dread updates. On one hand, cool new features and modes to play with... on the other is the waiting for all of my favorite mods to get updated

[Superfluous J]

Steam users don't have that luxury.

I didn't buy the game on Steam but can't you disable auto-update on a per-game basis?

[annallia]

Steam users don't have that luxury.

I personally look forward to and simultaneously dread updates. On one hand, cool new features and modes to play with... on the other is the waiting for all of my favorite mods to get updated

You can disable auto update in steam. Though it sometimes re-enables which is why I dislike steam.

[FITorion]

Steam users don't have that luxury.

I personally look forward to and simultaneously dread updates. On one hand, cool new features and modes to play with... on the other is the waiting for all of my favorite mods to get updated

they most certainly do have that luxury. It just requires changing settings. or copying your game into a different directory so steam won't update it if you're really paranoid about it.

[kenbobo]

Well, it was 23 dollars USD! But, they have confirmed that it will be released Tuesday, December 17th.