The last act of Zero Company's messy street-date week is playing out on Twitch. Owners of early-shipped physical copies have been going live with the game all evening, and the streams keep ending the same way: the channel's content replaced by Twitch's copyright-removal notice, "content from this channel has been removed at the request of the copyright holder." We've watched it happen repeatedly tonight; the pattern matches the takedowns that already hit Monday's two-hour gameplay video and, per Bespin Bulletin, the game's entire Xbox sharing club.
Why it matters
Mostly as a heads-up in both directions. If you have an early copy: streaming it before release is handing your channel a copyright strike for content that will be completely unremarkable in less than a day. Disney and EA have enforced faster on Zero Company than on any recent Star Wars release, and a strike outlives the launch window. And if you're hunting for gray-market streams to watch: the legitimate version of what you want now exists. The review embargo has lifted and verdicts are landing, Game Informer's review is already live, with more arriving through the evening.
The details
- Launch is tomorrow, Thursday August 27, at 3pm UTC, one worldwide unlock, no early access on any edition. The full timing, preload, and edition rundown is in everything to know before Thursday.
- Every takedown this week traces to the same root: retail discs that shipped days early with, apparently, no capture lock switched on. The street date broke Sunday; the enforcement has been chasing it since.
- We'll be streaming it legitimately from launch: Twin Suns Gaming goes live at unlock at twitch.tv/twinsunsgaming, first hours, character creator and all, no strikes required.
Our review will follow when we've actually played enough to have one. Tomorrow, the interesting question stops being how the leaks happened and becomes whether the game was worth the wait. Set an alarm for 3pm UTC; we'll see you there.
