Wat? Never heard about an specific release date and TBH, I don't think that they'll release it without any indication.
Reviews have been good from what I've seen. http://www.gamezebo.com/2014/12/23/exiles-far-colony-review-shiny/ And 4 stars on Google play. Here's to hoping we see it next week.
I take Pocket Gamer reviews not so seriously, if anything add 2 to every score as they post such ridiculous review scores over and over, specially one of the writers. If another website gave it a low review i might take it seriously but i knew PG would give it a crazy low score Crescent Moon did a great job with both Ravenswords and Aralon, i've got every faith/trust in them with this game (plus they'll do updates)
I think Pocket Gamer reviews the games as console or PC experience games. Saw some games that I liked that ended up with a 3 or 2.
Normal turnaround time for a game this size means likely next week or so? I know there's no set time for the review process.