After the termination of established GameSpot reviewer and editorial director Jeff Gerstmann, we heard from employees of the site who spoke of the threat of "mass resignations." Today it would seem we have at least one confirmed casualty from the CNet/Gerstmann fallout, longtime freelance reviewer Frank Provo.
"I believe CNet management let Jeff go for all the wrong reasons," wrote the reviewer "I believe CNet intends to soften the site's tone and push for higher scores to make advertisers happy."
Charging for early access has started to become a regular practice in several AAA games, and the gaming community should not tolerate this.
Toyohashi, Japan is set to host a large-scale Monster Hunter event to celebrate the franchise's 20th anniversary, complete with themed hotel accommodations.
Game industry working conditions are improving, but occupational burnout still runs amok. Studios and workers have the power to slow it down.
Quite being abusive to the workers and hold management accountable.
Gamespot is (and has been) crumbling.
Indeed
Interesting.
I have stopped going there daily. Now its just once in a while.
I'm sure they see the hit they have taken.
Yeah thats nice, but whats hot right now is the blu-ray and HD DVD battle. Good to know what Gamespot is up to nonetheless.
"I feel sad about the whole thing, but I can't write for a site that could one day punish me for honesty." - More evidence which proves Gerstmann was tossed out because he gave Kane and Lynch and HONEST review (and the game also happens to suck as expected).