Wow a paper mag getting a review scoop on the web press. That's a first.
Pretty much everyone has had cards since around Editor's Day (or whatever the nV event was called). If they were there they got one and had ample time to test. Since printed tends to go out on fixed dates, they had the choice of either coming out now or waiting another month in order to follow the 16th NDA lifting date. They might've been cut some slack by nV too.