major gaming mags were seemingly afraid to mark down major games from major studios because they didn't want to be denied review codes in the future
Wasn't it more/also they were worried about ongoing advertising deals? Like it wasn't even necessarily the review staff themselves being in on it so much as the execs leaning on them to not threaten the revenue stream.
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Wasn't it more/also they were worried about ongoing advertising deals? Like it wasn't even necessarily the review staff themselves being in on it so much as the execs leaning on them to not threaten the revenue stream.
Yeah, I remember Kane and Lynch 2, a huge stinker, had a full banner ad on
IGNGameSpot that caused a lot of controversy with it's review.Edit: corrected publication, thanks to comrade AernaLingus
Wasn't it Jeff Gerstmann's review on GameSpot which led to him being fired and creating Giant Bomb
You're right, it was GameSpot!