So...I contacted Kotaku via their "tips" email. This is beyond ridiculous and the larger media outlets need to know about it, at the very least (and the game is a reality and launches) it would make an interesting story and hopefully take them to task for the TERRIBLE way they've treated their consumer base. Worse case scenario they get their balls hammered to the wall and exposed.
Letter:
"To whom it may concern,
I'm contacting you out of a growing concern that the Italian based "splatter horror" movie/game studio Necrostorm might be engaging in unethical and illegal practices related to the release of their game "Death Cargo". During it's long and tenuous development, developers of the studio quickly established a reputation for deleting / censoring responses that question specific details and timetables on their
official website, their
facebook, as well as their youtube channel. Physical copies are reported by the company to "have been shipped" but there's
vague confirmation on that actually transpiring. There's also been a complete media coverage embargo despite the physical release of the game with an explanation
citing ambiguous Italian law and that "all will be revealed once the official trailer is released." The launch date for that trailer was 5/5/2014 and still nothing from the company. As a consumer, I felt compelled to contact and inform media outlets that Necrostorm can't directly censor in the event that this is indeed a scam as well as shine a light on their questionable business practices.
Thank you for your time and interest"