The briefing
Published 13 November 2012. This archival report describes the announcement and offers of that period; temporary rewards do not remain active indefinitely.
The November 2012 preview round followed Game Informer’s major reveal. IGN scheduled a week of coverage, including impressions, a discussion among its editors and a close reading of Trailer 2. Other publications, including The Guardian, also reported on their demonstrations.
These articles are evidence of what journalists had been shown before the game shipped. They can illuminate the presentation of character switching and open-world freedom, but they are not equivalent to independently testing every feature in a retail build. Reading several previews helps separate a shared demonstrated mechanic from a writer’s expectation. The later gameplay presentation, release notes and mission records provide the next stages in that chronology, showing how the announced systems became part of the finished game.
Sources & further reading
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