Ripten reports it asked Gamespartisan.com, editor-in-chief, Jonny DeViney, to drop writer Ben Paddon's from the site. It follows a 6 month comedy of errors about Microsoft's inability to transfer staff writer Ben Paddon's gamertag from UK to US billing after he emigrated stateside.
Ben says:
"They have been evasive, rude, bigoted and downright offensive to me on the phone and by email. This was punctuated by a conversation yesterday between a Microsoft rep and our editor-in-chief, Jonny DeViney, where Microsoft effectively asked DeViney to drop me from the editorial team to 'remove any potential sources of contention' between GP and Microsoft."
Potential sources of contention? Bear in mind this comment has nothing to do with any of the site's game coverage, just Paddon's problems as a gamer. It seems now it doesn't matter how the publication treats a publisher's games, but what the journalist's overriding beliefs are as well.
A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.
Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.
15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.
New report from Skillsearch found that 22% of those surveyed had been laid off within the past 12 months.
It's a step forward for Stop Killing Games.
Why don't i own a 360? Cause of principle. I won't support a company who dosen't care about there customer just their money. Why do you think the 360 is green?????
I think this article just proves, all Big companies where there are millions of dollars involved, will use whatever influence and means they have to get the best possible view/news they can.
sucks!
sounds about right.
It just funny they asked to fire the dude, and it had nothing to due with reviews and such, but the possibility (Of how bad they handled the switch) of what he was going to write about it. lol