NickSCFC
07-27-2004, 12:06 PM
:lol:
Source - www.spong.com (I Highlighted the funny bit)
As you may be aware, the uproar surrounding the emergence of Atari’s DRIV3R into the UK press kicked up one of the biggest controversies in the recent history of the games industry, with a finger of direct accusation pointed at an alleged collusion between certain Future Publishing magazines and the French games giant.
And over the weekend, Driv3rgate has taken something of a twist, with Future’s own GamesRadar forums being stripped of any mention of the scandal. This seems something of a strange move, given that various Future staff writers had used threads in those forums to respond to criticism over the escalating issue. But the weight of opinion was so heavily weighted against the company that in the end they must have felt that they had no option but to dramatically opress free speech in this way.
As regular SPOnG readers will be aware, the entire row exploded following a posting on our forums, which cited a source claiming to be from Future who alleged that a deal between both Xbox World and PSM2 had been reached with Atari for a 90% or 9/10 review score, in exchange for the exclusive review rights.
Interestingly, a source at Future told us in the run-up to the game getting its ‘review’ score that “…the game is in the office. People are standing around and laughing at how bad it is. And the review is being carried out using non-final code…”
Hardly sounds like a near-flawless game reaction…
Although both parties frantically denied any such antics, the game and both magazines have lost some credibility in the wider gaming conscious.
Source - www.spong.com (I Highlighted the funny bit)
As you may be aware, the uproar surrounding the emergence of Atari’s DRIV3R into the UK press kicked up one of the biggest controversies in the recent history of the games industry, with a finger of direct accusation pointed at an alleged collusion between certain Future Publishing magazines and the French games giant.
And over the weekend, Driv3rgate has taken something of a twist, with Future’s own GamesRadar forums being stripped of any mention of the scandal. This seems something of a strange move, given that various Future staff writers had used threads in those forums to respond to criticism over the escalating issue. But the weight of opinion was so heavily weighted against the company that in the end they must have felt that they had no option but to dramatically opress free speech in this way.
As regular SPOnG readers will be aware, the entire row exploded following a posting on our forums, which cited a source claiming to be from Future who alleged that a deal between both Xbox World and PSM2 had been reached with Atari for a 90% or 9/10 review score, in exchange for the exclusive review rights.
Interestingly, a source at Future told us in the run-up to the game getting its ‘review’ score that “…the game is in the office. People are standing around and laughing at how bad it is. And the review is being carried out using non-final code…”
Hardly sounds like a near-flawless game reaction…
Although both parties frantically denied any such antics, the game and both magazines have lost some credibility in the wider gaming conscious.