Different studios will have different processes and therefore different times when they feel they can share information on upcoming patches so I can’t really comment on what other studios do.
Just before launch we were in a very different position, and were able to answer more questions on what/when - such as Helldivers is doing now- and we had two full time CMs working mainly on Darktide.
They probably have a different amount of full time CMs/ comms/streaming staff - sometimes having less staff and no IP (or your own IP) means you are likely to have shorter lead times on updates etc as well.
I do intend for us have a focus on dev blogs, streams and other ways of interacting with the community this year with the strategy I am building, but as the only full time CM currently I am a little limited!
And this isn’t even including the Versus CAT test around the corner…