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Following some harsh criticisms for their post-launch embargo time for Assassin's Creed Unity, Ubisoft is going to re-evaluate how they handle reviews in the future.

A spokesperson from Ubisoft issued a statement to the BBC about these post-release embargo times and how embargoes will be handled going forward.
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Following some harsh criticisms for their post-launch embargo time for Assassin's Creed Unity, Ubisoft is going to re-evaluate how they handle...

A few different website have voiced their concern over a growing trend in publishers issuing embargo dates and times that are after the game being reviewed is already released. The latest offender is Assassin's Creed Unity which had an embargo time of noon (EST), a solid 12 hours after the game was released in North America.

Some of the sites bringing attention to this issue are Polygon, Giant Bomb, and Kotaku to name a few. Kotaku is going the extra mile with their disa...

A few different website have voiced their concern over a growing trend in publishers issuing embargo dates and times that are after the game being...