6 Months Ago, gametrailers.com says (in My response to Gamespot firing) So it is now clear that Eidos did in fact put pressure on Gamespot for its 6.0 review and in some degree, this played a part in Jeff being fired ...

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13 Months Ago, Lee Bradley from That VideoGame says (in Eidos attempts to fix Tomb Raider Metacritic scores) This one makes me feel grubby just typing it. It seems Eidos UK’s PR firm are attempting to control the Metacritic score of Tomb Raider: Underworld. The news originated when Gamespot UK journalist Guy Cocker revealed (via twitter) that Eidos was requesting reviews of less than 8.0 for the ga...

15 Months Ago, Mabie A. from qj/mmo (Feedburner) says (in On the other side: why devs pressure journalists for good game reviews - and why it's right for them to do so) When Jeff Gerstmann was fired from GameSpot for giving a less than raving review (to put it lightly) of Eidos Interactive's Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, PC), the gaming industry went abuzz. A lot of speculation came out that he was fired because his re...

25 Months Ago, Mark Wilson from Kotaku says (in GameSpot Q&A, A Response to "Gerstmanngate" [Gamespot]) Q: Did Eidos' disappointment cause Jeff to be terminated?

A: Absolutely not.

Q: Did Eidos' disappointment cause the alteration of the review text?

A: Absolutely not.

Q: Did Eidos' disappointment lead to the video review being pulled down?