In a move highly reminicent of last December’s “Gerstmann-gate” fiasco, sources are reporting that publisher Eidos has yet again determined that an average Metacritic review score is simply unacceptable — and taken steps to ensure that such scores for Tomb Raider: Underworld fail to sway would-be buyers. Wednesday, GameSpot UK journalist Guy Cocker twittered the following [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Contrived? Perhaps. Favorable? Almost certainly. But whether Capcom is experimenting with a new public relations tool, a community-building attempt or an actual journalistic endeavor, their new series of developer interviews debut today on the Capcom investor relations website. For fans longing for a inside look at the creative processes and corporate philosophies behind Capcom’s hottest new [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 8, 2008
It is said that you should never look a gift horse in the mouth — but if you choose to get your news from the same equine orifice, you might want to check the animal’s pedigree. That’s what GameSetWatch did in November 2006, when it noticed that PlayStation-friendly blog ThreeSpeech was a “semi-official” media outlet, and [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 3, 2008
Aside from the occasional, unintentional leak, publicists basically control games journalism as we know it today. They can’t tell us how to think or stop us from criticizing their games, but to a large degree, they determine who gets what and goes where when they please. How?
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Not to be outdone by Nintendo’s Wii Fit fundraiser in Central Park, Microsoft has gone one better and invented a new holiday. That’s correct, the first-ever National Family Fitness Day, sponsored by Microsoft and held at Boys & Girls Clubs of America in most major metropolitan areas of the US, will take place on May [...]
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Friday, November 21, 2008
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