DKII on 02 June 2008
Why is it legal? Are you serious? Why wouldn't it be legal? Being legal has nothing to do with being ethical. Media have no right to be able to access an early review copy, so the publisher is free to impose whatever restrictions they please just as the media is free to accept those restrictions or decline them and not get/use the review copy.
I've never heard of publishers actually trying to censor the review content before (usually it's "You can only post your review early if it's above a 9.0" or something similar) but it's not really surprising. What's rather disturbing is all the lemming media who went along with it.
And IGN UK is a far cry from the main site, who at least hasn't gone through with this stunt.
