After being named in a Norwegian newspaper report about attempts by EA to screen reviewers for Battlefield 3, two games publications have denied any publisher influence.
The original article from NRK included Gamereactor and Gamer.no in a list of publications that had received an EA reviewer checklist (pictured below) featuring questions like “What’s his present view on [Battlefield 3]?”
EA Norway’s marketing manager issued an apology, stating that the checklist “should not have been sent out” (and confirming that it was, indeed, sent to certain publications).
However, Gamer.no has issued a statement which claims that an early review copy of Battlefield 3 has already been secured from EA and that “we did not need to answer any leading questions from EA to obtain i
We would like to have our name removed from the article, we have received a preview code and have not had any problems with EA”.
Source: bluesnews.com
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Published: Oct 20, 2011 08:52 pm