3 Companies Bar EGM From Coverage Following Poor Reviews

[xdarkyrex]

http://kotaku.com/342519/3-companies-bar-egm-from-coverage-following-poor-reviews

In his editorial column in the latest issue of EGM, editor Dan Hsu has named three companies that, thanks to negative reviews coverage, have stopped submitting products to the magazine. Those he names are Ubisoft, Sony's sports game division and Midway's Mortal Kombat team. While there's always been a healthy dose of scepticism surrounding advertiser and publisher pressure on gaming press (particularly in light of recent events), I can't remember the last time a major commercial publication came out and publicly named names like this. Bravo, Dan.
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UPDATE: Dan's posted the whole editorial over on his 1UP blog, so you can go there if you'd like to read the whole thing.

More of the same, but it seems to be less and less a secret that gaming magazines are not really honest any more.

 

[SuAside]

well, it's their right to stop submitting free copies for review/preview. but nothing keeps the guy from buying the game at release and reviewing it anyway.

of course, other people will have the scoop since they got the game earlier, BUT a lot of people also prefer a SERIOUS and HONNEST review over a quick and dirty one, so in itself it doesn't mean that he'd loose readers due to being late.

hell, you could possibly carve yourself a niche...

 

[generalissimofurioso]

So now there's going to be someone to stand against the immortal tide of corruption and shillery?

Somehow this strikes me as facecious...

 

[PlanHex]

I didn't expect something like this from 1UP/EGM. I had written them off as the biggest whores next to Gamespot a while ago.
Let's see how this develops...