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I really don't like Ubisoft, but I absolutely hate leaks so in this case I sympathize with them. A huge amount of time, money, and effort goes advertising/announcing a game yet alone development of the game. It rushes them and Ubisoft really doesn't need to be rushed.
I remember the Smash bros. leak came out of nowhere and almost all the sites just had to put on blast.
What Kotaku is doing isn't validated by any means. Companies don't have to invite you or give you early copies, they do so under mutual understanding. Nothing corrupt about it, nothing unfair about it. They can argue "journalism" all they want, but at the end you were aware of the mutual understanding and thus the consequences.