Publications Might Not Receive No Man’s Sky Advanced Copies Prior to Launch

Update: OpenCritic has taken to Twitter again to elaborate further and correct some details from their original tweet.

Clarifying three points: 1) There will be review copies for No Man's Sky. Previous tweet specifically about advanced copies (pre-launch)

— OpenCritic (@Open_Critic) August 1, 2016

2) There is no statistical basis for this being a bad sign. DOOM and other titles also didn't issue advanced copies.

— OpenCritic (@Open_Critic) August 1, 2016

3) There COULD be advanced copies… Just many of our sources reported they weren't getting them. None have reported to us they have.

— OpenCritic (@Open_Critic) August 1, 2016

Lesson for us: don't try to use Twitter to convey nuanced info. Please read original tweet carefully before rushing to "no review copies"

— OpenCritic (@Open_Critic) August 1, 2016

We don't yet have a report of a received advanced copy, but that doesn't mean there won't be. Just some outlets told they won't get them.

— OpenCritic (@Open_Critic) August 1, 2016

Matt: personally, I would expect advanced copies barring some sort of technical fiasco. Very out-of-character for Sony.

— OpenCritic (@Open_Critic) August 1, 2016

But we don't believe any advanced copies are YET in critics hands, and we expect a low number.

— OpenCritic (@Open_Critic) August 1, 2016

This breaking news comes from a tweet recently posted by OpenCritic. The review aggregator tweeted that they had contacted several publications and that they’ve heard back that they won’t be receiving review codes for No Man’s Sky prior to launch. You can make of this what you will; some might see it as a cause for concern but 2016’s DOOM stands as a game that adopted such a method and still came out with largely positive reviews, despite similar doubts over the lack of pre-launch reviews.

PSA: Several publications, incl some large ones, have reported to us that they won’t be receiving No Man’s Sky review copies prior to launch

— OpenCritic (@Open_Critic) August 1, 2016

This is a rumour for now but OpenCritic is a trusted site and we’ll update you when and if we get more information on this developing story.