Atari sues to remove bad "Alone in the Dark" reviews:
- From: Jordan <lundj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:12:55 -0700 (PDT)
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/53249
Atari Sues over Negative Alone in the Dark Review, Accuses Reviewer of
Piracy (Updated)
by Aaron Linde Jun 20, 2008 5:03pm CST tags: Alone in the Dark, Atari,
Piracy
Update: Gamer.nl staffer Erwin Bergervoet has informed Shacknews that
Atari also asked the Dutch gaming site to pull its 5/10 review of
Alone in the Dark posted Thursday, a day before the game's official
European street date.
"Within an hour [after posting], Atari called to have the review
pulled off, claiming there was an embargo till Friday," Bergervoet
said in a comment to Shacknews. "Our review copy was sent directly to
us by Atari and [was] not a pirated copy. They explicitly told
[Gamer.nl] that they only let high scoring reviews break the post-
release embargo date."
Original Story: Atari has filed suit against German gaming website
4Players for publishing a negative pre-release review of Alone in the
Dark, alleging that it was written based on an illegally obtained copy
of the game.
According to a 4Players editorial spotted by Game|Life, Atari's
lawsuit claims that the publication date of the review—which scored
Xbox 360 version of the game at 68%—implies that it was written based
upon a pirated or preview version of the title. Consequently, Atari
seeks an undisclosed amount in restitution.
The Xbox 360 version of Alone in the Dark began appearing on file
sharing websites earlier this week, prior to the publication of any
online reviews. However, 4Players argued in its editorial that it
procured a copy through a retail connection who sold them a copy of
Eden Games' horror shooter before the game's European June 20 street
date.
Though Atari's suit against 4Players marks the company's first legal
action regarding early reviews of the game, the company has also
leveled complaints at several other European gaming sites.
Going by a Kotaku report, a 3/10 review of the game on Scandinavian
games site GameReactor was pulled shortly after it hit the website.
Atari accused the site of pirating the game, stating that press copies
had only been sent out a day previously.
Norwegian gaming site Gamer.no also claims that it was asked to remove
its 3/10 review of the title based on a copy purchased at a retailer
earlier this week.
"Atari contacted us just minutes after it was published, claiming that
our review is probably based on a preview or pirated copy, and
requested it to be removed," said Gamer.no's Tor-Steinar Nastad
Tangedal. "We never removed it, of course."
The PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360 and Wii editions of Alone in the Dark
hit North American retailers on June 24. A PlayStation 3 version is
expected this fall.
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