The countdown timer on the Natural Selection 2 Website is now set to expire in just about 24 hours, as Unknown Worlds announces the action/strategy sequel will be released at 8:00 pm EDT (5:00 pm PDT) tomorrow, instead of at the stroke of midnight Halloween, as was previously planned:

I wanted to let you know that Natural Selection 2 will be releasing a bit early! It should go live at 5pm PST tomorrow, instead of our original plan of 12:01am PST on Halloween (7 hours early). This means our UK brethren will be able to play at the stroke of Halloween, for them.