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In a bad-vibes moment, they're denying a huge outlet like IGN a review code. No matter what I think of IGN in particular (nothing good tbh), that's not something I can find a real explanation for other than "We made DC's Gollum and want to avoid bad press as long as we can".

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[–] caseofthematts 25 points 11 months ago (2 children)

That's just an excuse. WB choose when to activate the servers. They could have easily put them online for reviewers.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

So they could be in a game world with like 50 other people?

*turns out it's just a 1 to 4 person game.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Reviewers getting copies a week before launch are generally netting like 40-50 hours of game time in a short timeframe. Combine that with the fact that it’d be more like hundreds of reviewers and you might actually have a decently active community.

[–] JJROKCZ 3 points 11 months ago

Unless they’re having trouble getting them working, which isn’t encouraging for launch.

They at least have some working, they flew a bunch of streamers to LA for an event and had them stream the game a few weeks back.

Looked like a crackdown-ish game with DC character running around. Think like the Spider-Man games of the last few years but without the beloved characters