I got my order email today from Wal-mart, looks like they estimate the 11th. Once the tracking comes online, I'll have a better idea of when I'll get it.
On a related note:
I also got an email yesterday from Defiance, saying that I had a special Ark Hunter rewards to claim. The part that concerned me was seeing that I have 24 hours to claim them... so does anyone have any idea what this is about? Is the Beta client supposed to work for us, which I assumed no, because we don't have our retail codes or whatever, not sure how this works with PS3 and our accounts.
Anyway, here is the text of the email I'm talking about:
REDEEM YOUR ARK HUNTER REWARDS
You've earned special rewards for finding and redeeming Arkfall Codes during ark hunter training! Now follow the steps below to claim your in-game bonuses:
1. Launch Defiance™
2. Open your Settings menu and select "Account," then "Link Account" (note: when you first boot up the game, the screen to "link account" should appear automatically).
3. Copy your unique code* from the "Link Account" screen.
4. Visit www.Defiance.com/linked and log in with your Ark Hunter Profile credentials.
5. Enter the unique code from your console and click "Link to your console".
6. Next time you launch the game (and after completing the tutorial), claim your rewards from the DEFIANCE STORE in your EGO Menu.
7. Go to the "Claim Items" section and select the Ark Hunter Reward you want.
8. Hit the "Claim Item" button and that item will be placed in your inventory.
That's it! Stay tuned for further developments to the Ark Hunter Program, and check out the Ark Hunter Chronicles web series - who knows how many more codes it contains?
*The code will expire within 24 hours.