Oh just for the record, it was announced a few days ago that....
After the insane backlash against CK2 being Steam only but Steam accounting for 95% of revenues from CK2 in the end, Paradox Interactive is cutting GamersGate and regular hard copy sales. Paradox is now Steam only with all their future releases.
I don't know what this means for people here who pirate their games as I've never bothered to torrent a Steam game since Steam is so convenient. I'm sure it will be possible but likely some features, like multiplayer, won't work.