The Truth About Embargoes
Jon Denton writes: As a preface to this article, I should probably give a bit of info on my own background. I’ve been a professional games critic/journalist/whatever for close to 7 years now, having started as staff writer on gamesTM magazine, then games editor on the same publication, before moving across to take charge of 360 mag and then leaving a couple of years later to pursue a career in the freelance game.
In that time, the concept of embargoes has become a prevalent part of how the games industry is covered in the media. It’s a term that’s now common parlance among readers as well as writers and editors, and waiting for an embargo drop for a review is all part of the dance for both sides of the fence.
