RogueyWon (735973) writes
"The latest entry in the long-running Assassin's Creed game series, Assassin's Creed: Unity released this week. Those looking for pre-release reviews on whether to make a purchase were out of luck; the publisher, Ubisoft, had provided gaming sites with advance copies, but only on condition that their reviews be withheld until 17 hours after the game released in North America. Following the game's release, many players have reported finding it in a highly buggy state, with severe performance issues affecting all three release platforms (PC, Playstation 4 and Xbox One). Ubisoft has been forced onto the defensive, taking the unprecedented step of launching a live-blog covering their efforts at debugging the game, but the debacle has already had a large impact on the company's share value and the incident has drawn widespread attention to the increasingly common practice of review embargoes."
Re:But let's remember
By Mashiki
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2014-Nov-13 17:42
• Score: 5, Informative
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1) They weren't invented crimes. They did happen, she openly admitted to banging 5 guys while in a relationship. Using her own definition of rape, she raped her current partner that she was in a relationship with.
2) No, getting ads pulled because they lied about the movement in the first place. This then further followed by Nick Denton supporting one of his writers stating to "bring back bullying, that nerds should be bullied" and so on.
3) So, critique is harassment? By the way, how does one harass someone when they refuse to debate something.
4) No one in GG has "pushed or published" a gamers bill of rights. That was the anti-GG sides attempt. However, dozens of sites and youtubers have changed their ethics and disclosure policies since GG has started. Including Escapist+8 other affiliate sites, IGN is working on an updated ethics policy, and so on. Youtubers like Total biscuit have also been more open, you might remember him--he's the one who broke the story on the Shadows of Mordor stuff.
5) No one is defending #1 or #3. Though they correct people like you who are getting their information from very specific sources. But it sure makes for a tasty story doesn't it.
Re:THIS is the kind of thing that GamerGate is abo
By Anonymous Coward
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2014-Nov-13 17:44
• Score: 4, Informative
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It was outraged two days ago.
Here:
http://www.reddit.com/r/Kotaku...
Kudos to IGN for criticizing Assassins Creed despite having advertisement for it on their site
Is the gaming media trying to hide behind the newest Assassin's Creed?
Assassin's Creed Unity press Embargo was, as expected, hiding significant performance issues on all platforms
Ubisoft make the new Assassin's creed embargo almost a full day after release (twitter.com)
Assassin's Creed Unity review copies featured no microtransactions in them whatsoever like the real game does for the public.
"I've told Ubi & will inform other PR: we won't accept a post-release embargo tied to a review copy again" -Stephen Totilo on AC:Unity
Why Assassins Creed: Unity matters to #GamerGate
On Twitter:
https://twitter.com/search?q=u...
Three primary places on internet for pro gamergate info:
1. #gamergate
2. /gg/ on 8chan
3. /r/kotakuinaction on reddit.
A lot of this was discussed two days ago.
It's not Gamergate responsibility to go after Ubisoft, it's the game press's. And there are plenty of pro-GG that responded favorably to Stephen Totilo pushback against the embargo.
Re:Depends on Embargo Lift
By nitehawk214
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2014-Nov-13 18:08
• Score: 4, Interesting
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If a publisher starts withholding games due to the embargo, then why not make that a story and publish a review of "We were only allowed to see the trailer, but based on the bad faith of the publisher we suggest that NOBODY PREODER OR BUY THIS GAME, because obviously the game must be crap if they feel the need to have an embargo."
If people stopped preordering games and buying on release day... this stuff would stop pretty quick.
Re: THIS is the kind of thing that GamerGate is ab
By Anonymous Coward
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2014-Nov-13 18:13
• Score: 4, Insightful
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One side wants to address issues with the entire gaming industry. Yes that includes corruption, sex, bribes, etc.
The other side wants to scream sexist as loud as possible so no real conversation can happen.
Re:THIS is the kind of thing that GamerGate is abo
By poity
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2014-Nov-13 19:23
• Score: 4, Informative
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It's the JOB of the media to hold these companies accountable and to be transparent when they cooperate with these kinds of things. When the media does its job properly, as in this instance, you don't need Gamergate to do anything.
The fault in your reasoning lies in that you're expecting Gamergate to take over the job of these news outlets and to do their work for them. ABSOLUTELY NOT. Gamergate will continue to scrutinize the media for wrongdoing, and point them out when they abandon their responsibilities.