There have been some mentions of this in the preview thread and I thought I create a separate thread for it.
I'm basing this off the information we have received from some of the previews.
Metro.co.uk
VG247
I don't know if this will apply to all outlets & content creators but wanted to generally hear peoples thoughts and why you think this is bad or a good thing. I know there are plenty of reviewers on this board and they can probably share some interesting information.
Sources: Metro | VG247
Update (March 16th)
Some reviewers have been playing the game.
I'm basing this off the information we have received from some of the previews.
Metro.co.uk
Before we attended the preview event for Sekiro we were warned that review copies would not be available before release at the end of this month. That's just about the worst warning sign you can get for a game, but we feel confident in saying that, in this case at least, it's just the publisher being weird – and not a comment on the game's quality. We suspected that would be the case after having played it briefly at Gamescom last year, but even without that experience knowing that this is by the creator of Dark Souls is guarantee enough of something interesting.
VG247
Activision, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice's publisher, has confirmed that it won't be sending out review code for the From Software game before the official release. In other words, press will be getting access around the same time as consumers.
The publisher confirmed this to VG247 at a recent preview event, and the same has been relayed to other publications. Interestingly, it seems Activision also won't be sending out early code to YouTubers.
I don't know if this will apply to all outlets & content creators but wanted to generally hear peoples thoughts and why you think this is bad or a good thing. I know there are plenty of reviewers on this board and they can probably share some interesting information.
Sources: Metro | VG247
Update (March 16th)
Some reviewers have been playing the game.
At least two of the people on PSNProfiles who have it are reviewers. One of them being Patrick Klepek. Evidently they sent them out to some people.
We are identifying them because a lot of reviewers list either their real name or their site in their bio if you click on them.
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