Pre-load Doom Eternal?

https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/gaming/1257110/Doom-Eternal-release-time-PS4-Xbox-One-Steam-date

According to this the game can be pre-loaded cross-platforms now. Have any of you started doing it? It also shows when Doom Eternal loads depending on your region.

- In AU/NZ/Asia, DOOM Eternal unlocks at 7:01AM Pacific Time on March 19 (12:01AM JST March 20).

- In Europe and rest-of-world, DOOM Eternal unlocks at 4:01PM Pacific Time on March 19 (12:01AM GMT March 20).

- In North and South America, DOOM Eternal unlocks at 9:01PM Pacific Time on March 19 (12:01AM EDT March 20).

- Stadia: DOOM Eternal unlocks at unlocks at 12:01 AM Eastern Time on March 20.

Yeah I started a pre-load at 10:00 pm last night EDT, however it said my preload is gonna take 7 days and is stuck at 1% at 5:21 AM now.  May be futile to do so.

My PS4 finished preloading last night(UK) 

Already pre-loaded and ready to go, as of yesterday evening.

Anyone know exactly when people in the GMT timezone can start playing?

32 minutes ago, NoXion said:

Already pre-loaded and ready to go, as of yesterday evening.

Anyone know exactly when people in the GMT timezone can start playing?

Around until 12 hours from now. Both my PS4 and the countdown have the same time.

https://yourcountdown.to/doom-eternal

51 minutes ago, STILES said:

Yeah I started a pre-load at 10:00 pm last night EDT, however it said my preload is gonna take 7 days and is stuck at 1% at 5:21 AM now.  May be futile to do so.

Slow bandwidth, maybe?

Preloaded it on PC yesterday evening. Said it'd take 7 hours, was finished much quicker so countdown clock now in Bethesda Launcher (Collector's edition...).

30 minutes ago, SamuelMTEvander said:

Slow bandwidth, maybe?

The problem I was having was my connection was wired from upstairs.  I changed the connection to wireless and it's going really fast now...it's going to be a good midnight!

Last time I preloaded a game (I think it was MK11) on steam, it took much longer to decrypt (or whatever it's called that it does - unpack maybe?) afterwards than it did to load, and I could hear my hard drive's pleas for a swift death the whole time. Never preloading a game again. I'll just download it in the properly playable state when it's out...

I preloaded yesterday. It's not in it's designated directory yet, so I guess it's still encryphed and packed somewhere on my hard drive.

I pre-loaded on my XBox One.  I think the game was like 37 or 39 GBs in size.  

Pre-loaded here as well, Steam says it's released today but doesn't pop up for me.

Pre-loaded Tuesday night in Colorado (in the US of course).  Soon 12 more hours until unlock time!