Hey Meta. How’s it work for someone like me who bought keys to give to my friends. One of my buddies doesn’t have a gaming pc and probably won’t until Christmas. When I give it to him will he be able to access the EA? These keys were pre ordered before the CA.
The CA is anticipated to run until some time early next year at the very least, possibly longer due to the delay in launching the CA. So, any CA keys you have should allow your friends to play around Christmas. This is all subject to change, but for the time being that's the way things stand.
I'm guessing it's a typo, but just in case it isn't - any keys you would've purchased (assuming you purchased from a third-party source,) are for the Closed Alpha (CA,) not the Early Access (EA,) release of the game, and are only good for that period of the game's development.