Originally Posted by Letum

Really?

Oleg is the only large budget games developer I have ever come across who
has given dev updates every week for such a long time. Also for such a long
period before release. Remember those pre-pre alpha shots?

With other developers you get a blog post from someone in the PR
department every few months and a promo video without any real content a
few weeks before release.

I think you have been spoilt!