| Bad Review + Advertiser Pressure = Editor Firing? It May at Gamespot.
An intriguing story popped up all over the gaming world last night broken by Shack News. It appears that Gamespot executive editor Jeff Gerstmann was fired after handing Kane & Lynch a 6.0 score. Apparently the language was pretty stark but the review has been pulled as of this writing.
Gerstmann awarded the game a 6.0. [Edit: Gerstmann had particularly negative words in his video review, which was removed from the site by GameSpot today.] (Though Shacknews does not score its reviews, our own Kane & Lynch review was similar in its verdict.)
According to the reports, the layoff came after Kane & Lynch publisher Eidos took issue with the review and threatened to pull its considerable ad contract. GameSpot's front page is currently almost entirely re-skinned with Kane & Lynch imagery.
The rumor began bouncing around various industry circles over the past day, and this evening was reported by Kotaku. Popular webcomic Penny Arcade posted a strip about the alleged incident tonight, outside of its normal publishing schedule.
It is distressing to read such things since the general impression of major gaming sites and their reviews is not a positive one. Read the rest of the article at Shack News.
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| Trust is hard to gain and easy to loose.Gamespot took a large step in the wrong direction. |
| This move will prove to be a disaster for GameSpot and Eidos. Just check the Abysmal reviews piled upon the Kane & Lynch player review:
Disgruntled Player:
This game actually makes the TV adverts look good. However, the TV advert is the nearest I will ever get to this POS...
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| Sigoya:
This move will prove to be a disaster for GameSpot and Eidos. Just check the Abysmal reviews piled upon the Kane & Lynch player review:
Disgruntled Player:
This game actually makes the TV adverts look good. However, the TV advert is the nearest I will ever get to this POS...
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if i am reading this correctly, the editor is getting fired cause he gave a game a deservingly so bad review and the game company for the game he reviewed threatened to pull it's advertising for future games if they did not renig the review?? i'd tell that game company to go EFF themselves. |
Bad Review + Advertiser Pressure = Editor Firing? It May at Gamespot.
An intriguing story popped up all over the gaming world last night broken by Shack News. It appears that Gamespot executive editor Jeff Gerstmann was fired after handing Kane & Lynch a 6.0 score. Apparently the language was pretty stark but the review has been pulled as of this writing.
It is distressing to read such things since the general impression of major gaming sites and their reviews is not a positive one. Read the rest of the article at Shack News.
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