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Publisher calls out Metacritic after hit indie JRPG gets inexplicably review bombed

By Joshua Wolens published

News Metacritic has since fixed this particular issue, but there are still wider concerns.

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Metacritic promises stricter moderation to tackle 'abusive and disrespectful' user reviews

By Fraser Brown published

News Changes are expected in the coming months following a homophobic review-bombing campaign.

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Ichiban Kasuga - Yakuza: Like A Dragon

Sega is Metacritic's top-ranked publisher of 2020

By Jody Macgregor published

News Those Yakuza and Total War games are pretty good, hey.

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Metacritic implements a waiting period on user reviews for games

By Jonathan Bolding published

News "please spend some time playing the game"

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Kunai was review bombed by a single person in a 'state of anger,' claims developer

By Shaun Prescott published

News Studio TurtleBlaze draws attention to the ease of review bombing on Metacritic.

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Bethesda is Metacritic's top-ranked major publisher for 2017

By Andy Chalk published

news Nintendo, Sega, and Activision-Blizzard follow, while EA is relegated to the mid-sized publisher list.

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OpenCritic

OpenCritic review aggregator launches as a Metacritic alternative

By Ian Birnbaum published

OpenCritic weights scores equally, and allows users to pick trusted publications.

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Warren Spector's Deus Ex

Warren Spector takes on review aggregator Metacritic as a model that should be "irrelevant"

By Ian Birnbaum published

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Telltale employees genetically engineer Jurassic Park scores

By Henry Winchester published

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Elemental dev: "Metacritic score of 56 means it gives you cancer"

By Matt Purslow published

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