i try to access my game through steam it says preparing to launch elder scrolls skyrim and than says steam error game unavailable

standard message for steam servers being too busy to handle the request to run the game. chances are its a steam issue rarher than anything else. UK is waking up to Skyrim this morning so chances are their servers will be being hammered!

I got a message saying servers where not available when I tried to install. I exited steam then tried again, and it worked.

so i just gotta be patient? i'm in canada i'm pretty sure the game is loaded, um i tried playing it offline that didn't work either? do i have to start playing it online once before i try to play it with steam set to offline?