This only applies to streamers who got the game for free. I think this is a bad practice, but it's an already well established practice with 'review outlets'.

This only applies to streamers who got the game for free. I think this is a bad practice, but it's an already well established practice with 'review outlets'. I remember seeing a yt video a while ago where a reviewer talked about the review embargo they received for some tech gadget(phone?) and how ridiculous it was. But in the end if they wanted to publish a video on lauch day the only option they had was to play ball with these rules.