It looks like VGC sadly won’t be publishing a Forspoken review on Monday, since Square Enix has decided not to supply us with code. That’s an extremely rare occurrence for us, so read into it how you like.
—Andy Robinson (@AndyPlaytonic) January 20, 2023
If we are to believe the tweets of several editors from the specialized press around the world, many editors have still not received the game. The VGC and The Escapist sites, the Skill Up channel publicly indicate that they have not been selected by Square Enix to receive the game on time. With an embargo set for this Monday at 3 p.m. French time, you might as well say that the Japanese publisher does not really feel confident in the face of player feedback. On our side, the editorial staff did not receive the game either and it seems that this is also the case for other French media. You will therefore have to be patient so that we can give you our final opinion on the game. In your opinion, big surprise from Forspoken or planned sinking?
Yup, no code here either.
—Nick Calandra (@nickjcal) January 20, 2023