Our awesome IT group was able to quickly get everyone setup and working remotely. Happy to report that we're all staying safe and healthy (and productive!)
We also appreciate you taking it in the good humor as it was intended. We couldn't agree more about how important this game is to both the franchise and the studio.
That's really a publisher/marketing question, but generally speaking these kind of things are planned far in advance with retailers, and pretty difficult to shift unless absolutely necessary.