Also I will say that regarding free copies. I have never been told by a publisher that they expected a certain score in exchange for their game and I have given games a poor score and still maintained a relationship with the publisher. I personally have heard of publishers trying to bribe reviewers thought. It has yet to happen to me and if it did happen to me I would make sure it was something I would report. Gamers have the right to know if a company is trying to bribe companies to get bett...
I was really trying to point out is that we owe the publisher nothing and they owe us nothing its a mutual relationship. If they blacklist you that is their prerogative just like I don't have to report on one of their games. Also if you want to run a juicy story like Kotaku did which drives hits and honestly is what all of our sites are looking for then you take the risk that you will damage a relationship. I am not saying Kotaku shouldn't have ran the articles but the bigger issue wa...
Its tough for me the top 3 games this year would be Fallout 4 Bloodborn and Witcher 3. I don't know which I would place in what order though.
If your a fan of Snoopy you will fall in love with the game.
Yeah I agree I thought it would be a fun break from games like Call of duty and Fallout 4 this holiday but at the same time it makes sense to delay the game past the holiday season. Its going to be hard to compete against fallout
It is a tight rope to walk. Honestly breaking the news first generates a ton of hits which then generates revenue for sites. I can see Kotaku's reasons for it but to be surprised and upset when a publisher doesn't want to continue a relationship with you is what kind of caught me off guard. I understand wanting to inform your readers why you didn't give a release day review or what not but that could have been easily summarized up in a quick paragraph. Instead I feel like Kotaku w...