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A post on
The RAM Raider alleges more review score shenanigans from Eidos, already
notorious for the GameSpot/Kane & Lynch Fiasco and
attemting to delay negative Tomb Raider reviews. According
to their report, Eidos UK has embargoed reviews of Batman: Arkham Asylum
until the end of the month, and while there is nothing unusual about that, the
problem comes in their offer of how to get around this, as they have allegedly
offered to allow magazines to print their reviews early, provided they feature
the game on their cover and guarantee a review score of at least 90%. The site
concludes with a guide to spotting questionable (they use a stronger term)
reviews: "This means that if you see a mag turn up within the next few weeks
(ding!) that features Arkham Asylum on its cover (ding!) and gives it at least
90% (ding ding ding!), you have a winner." Update:
Kotaku has comment from Jon Brooke, Head of UK Marketing, Eidos, denying any
wrongdoing: "With regards an article posted on RamRaider alleging that Eidos has
fixed review scores for Batman: Arkham Asylum, we want to state that no
discussions have been held about review scores with any magazines. In short
there is simply not one shred of truth in this article, except for the title of
the game."
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