Critical timing
The concept of an exclusive review seems quaint these days – a relic of a time before embargo dates and downloadable game code, when videogame magazines were far more numerous on newsagents’ shelves. Still, we take the opportunity when it arises, and if you’re reading this issue on publication date, it will be your first chance to dig into reviews of Citizen Sleeper 2 and Eternal Strands. Exclusives such as these, when they happen, are generally a matter of publishers accepting the vagaries of our print schedule, with the only alternative to a slightly early review being a late one, four more weeks down the line.