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Gamespot Executive Editor Fired for Bad Kane & Lynch ReviewGerstmann said what was on his mind and Eidos threatened to pull their ad contract |
By Filip Truta, Games Editor
30th of November 2007, 16:12 GMT
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Sad day over at Gamespot as Jeff Gerstmann, executive editor at the CNET-owned website, has been laid off on the count of issuing a rather negative review of Kane & Lynch: Dead Men. Eidos of course has an ad contract with the renowned video games publication - the website's current Kane & Lynch: Dead Men skin. Need
more pointers to make the connections?
Well if you do that's not going to happen. Not on our behalf anyway. Check out the image to the left (click to enlarge). As reported by Shacknews.com today, "popular webcomic Penny Arcade posted a strip about the alleged incident tonight, outside of its normal publishing schedule." Yup, there's your answer right there.
It was only a rumor when the news first hit the web, but, as it turns out, it's more than a reality. An update provided by Kotaku.com reveals the following: "Update: We did get confirmation that Mr. Gerstmann is no longer with Gamespot. The circumstances in which he was terminated or left of his own accord, however, were not disclosed."
You can imagine that a hot shot publisher, such as Eidos, threatening to pull its considerable ad contract, is reason enough to fire those who had something to do with it and while we're not glad that something like this has happened (the man did say what was on his mind, period), it's just life. Honestly now, you'd expect a company like Eidos to want a little respect for their game, using the website's platform to lay out their ads and stuff.
It seems that another Gamespot employee is leaving, voluntarily this time, in light of... something. The blog entry doesn't say, but you can check it out for yourselves right here. Not wanting to take any sides here, this is all we're going to reveal about this story (for the time being). As such, here's a small description of the Io Interactive-developed Kane & Lynch: Dead Men video game:
The game revolves around two men bound by circumstance as they wait on death row for their final sentence. One is a flawed mercenary, while the other is a medicated psychopath. As the game's plot says, the two are forced to embark on a violent and chaotic journey, hating each other every step of the way. "Tense" and "unpredictable" are the two words characterizing the game experience, which features a wide variety of intense 3rd person gameplay, intuitive combat and a two-player co-op mode.
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Fair (2.8/5) |
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| Comment #1 by: KodrutZ on 30 Nov 2007, 18:55 GMT |  reply to this comment | It's nice to see people that really care about the quality of their work...thumbs up for Mr. Gerstmann! |
| Comment #2 by: hairbautt on 30 Nov 2007, 23:47 GMT | reply to this comment | Yea, this is real good publicity for Eidos. Jerks. |
| Comment #3 by: Appzalien on 01 Dec 2007, 04:38 GMT | reply to this comment | Ever since I bought the Game "SnowBlind" (a piece of crap Eidos game) Eidos has held the number 5 position on my sh*t list. Its posted right next to my workstation and they took up residence along side Sony, Plextor and PNY to name a few. The game never did run right and there was never a single patch to help out us poor consumers who got hornswagled into buying the thing.
I even contacted them about it and they were nice enough to answer me and pass the buck on to some other group they said did the actual work. But who made the actual money? If you guess Eidos then you get the cigar!
I have to admit, I have loaded Eidos games on my system since then, but I didn't buy them. Good companies get my money, bad ones get the shaft. |
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