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A freelance writer, Rich Stanton, whom has done work for various publications, went on Twitter last night and in a drunken fit went on about how Future Publishing has altered review scores and taken bribes from publishers for better review scores. Notably, he says that Future Publishing (owners of PC Gamer, Edge, OXM, and numerous other online and physical publications) have been taking bribes for quite some time from publishers for better review scores.
Neogaf outlines some of the more choice selections from Stanton's impromptu Q&A session from last night.
Edge gave GTA IV [10] but the review didn’t “@CiaranMac90: @RichStanton Just give us the worst story on Future you have and get some rest!”
I’m genuinely amazed that nobody has picked up on the fact that GTA4 got a 9 which became Rockstar’s much sought-after [10] in Edge.
They control everything “@theubermod: @RichStanton Do publishers/platform holders 'pay' for covers? In either ad spend or access.”
Neogaf outlines some of the more choice selections from Stanton's impromptu Q&A session from last night.
Edge gave GTA IV [10] but the review didn’t “@CiaranMac90: @RichStanton Just give us the worst story on Future you have and get some rest!”
I’m genuinely amazed that nobody has picked up on the fact that GTA4 got a 9 which became Rockstar’s much sought-after [10] in Edge.
They control everything “@theubermod: @RichStanton Do publishers/platform holders 'pay' for covers? In either ad spend or access.”
Those are some very damning accusations there from Stanton. It remains to be seen, however, if any of these accusations are true or not.
Thanks to TotalGamingNetwork
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