MS staggering review embargos, DR3 Mon, Xbox Tues, Ryse Thur

Kotaku link

Dead Rising 3 and Crimson Dragon reviews due Monday, the console itself Tuesday midnight EST, 9pm PST, Ryse review due Thursday???

MS prepping for as little time for bad press about Ryse as possible before launch? Or saving 9.0 megaton as last minute booster?

Sony allowed everything to be reviewed at the same time, interesting that MS is taking this strategy.

Nothing is mentioned about other games(Killer Instinct, Forza 5, etc) but I'd assume they are coming either Monday or Tuesday, possibly Wednesday.

Look forward to hearing about Dead Rising 3 and Crimson Dragon the most, hope they have a good launch and aren't plagued with hardware issues like the PS4.

Not a bad strat if they doing damage control.

Not a bad strat if they doing damage control.

yeah I dont really know whats going on with the review embargo thing... surely they cant be that bad... they look like good games so here is to hoping everything turns out good! The only thing I am worried about is the launch itself. I am picking mine up at midnight (Australia) and hoping to get online to download the update so im hoping we dont see the same as whats happened to Sony and have connection issues.

Ryse is going to bomb so hard, so i can understand why they put it back so far, it's got 6.0 written all over it.

Didn't Killzone and Knack got reviewed just 2 days before launch?

fm5 ign Wednesday apparently

2 games I'm most interested in aren't listed..sigh

fvck reviews judge for yourself killzone sf is that sh*t great game but got poor reviews

I gave Ryse a 7. Same thing with KI. I don't think any of the big name exclusives will get anything lower then a 6. The Indie games like Lococycle, Powerstar Golf, etc.. will probably get a 6 or lower though. That's expected here on GS.

lol, dat damage control

OH NO! IT's ALL 4.0's AND 3.0's BECAUSE TC IS TEH PROOF THAT TEH EMBARGO SEALS ARE ARTIFICIAL TO PROTECT MICROSOFT FROM MASSIVE FLOPPAGE FROM WAY INFLATABLE TUB MAN OH NOEZ!!!!11!!

Really?

Coverage spreadage, maximum exposition duration and long talky internets. I'm sure there's a marketing term for it.

That seems to be the outline for everyone - http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/11/15/where-are-igns-xbox-one-reviews

Spread out coverage for additional affect. I fully expect Ryse being the Knack of the XONE.

Kind of what I was thinking as well.

Sounds like you nailed it

Ryse better be more than 3-5 hours long or you are getting ripped off for $60

I predict a launch similar to PS4

xbox720P

@Jakandsigz: lol what are you on about?

Ooo tc and everyone else. The systen comes out next friday. Reviews comes out next monday. 5 days before release ...

Apparently Jim Sterling of destructoid got blacklisted by MS.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=717131

@ReadingRainbow4 said:

Apparently Jim Sterling of destructoid got blacklisted by MS.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=717131

They're afraid he'll say penisy things.

@McStrongfast said:

@ReadingRainbow4 said:

Apparently Jim Sterling of destructoid got blacklisted by MS.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=717131

They're afraid he'll say penisy things.

I bet the Ryse review is filled with jokes about short skirts.

lol microsoft having to cover up the imminent disaster

Cows praying these games flop. MS has more megatons coming launch day.

At this point it just seems to be a very small amount of units affected. Not quite a "plague," we'll see if it gets worse.

Wow lems think ryse and forza are megatons. They really have been deprived of games.

I didn't say these games. No brah bigger than what you know. Sit back and wait for it.