Apparently gamers aren't very pleased with Gamespot's removal of Editorial Director Jeff Gerstmann.
Although GameSpot and publisher Eidos have not yet made public statements over what led to the firing of GameSpot's Editorial Director Jeff Gertsmann, the accusation of publisher pressure is exploding all over the companies' forums. GameSpot currently has numerous threads on the incident, with one thread in particular having thousands of posts. Eidos has taken a different approach, locking down all threads on their site after apparently purging derogatory posts from thousands of angry gamers reacting to the rumor yesterday night.
Rumors have been swirling today that Jeff Gerstmann, executive editor at CNET-owned major video game site GameSpot, was fired after giving a generally unimpressed review of Io Interactive's Kane & Lynch: Dead Men. Gerstmann awarded the game a 6.0. (Though Shacknews does not score its reviews, our own Kane & Lynch review was similar in its verdict.)
SCi's latest interim management statement states that the company remains in talks over a possible buy-out, while outlining its latest quarterly sales results.
The latest Xbox 360 community newsletter reveals that a demo for Kane & Lynch: Dead Men is coming to Xbox LIVE Marketplace.
Pro-G's writes:
Have you got some questions you'd like to ask IO Interactive about Kane & Lynch: Dead Men? If so, this is your chance to have your questions answered...