EGM refuses to review Metal Gear Solid 4

Tycho of Penny Arcade said that if you run a publication that reviews videogames, you need to have a review of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. This is a need that Konami is well aware of, and if you haven’t heard by now, the publisher has been imposing strict limitations on those reviewing Kojima’s latest opus. Why? Because it knows those publications need their game, and will jump through hoops for their precious review. Or will they?
Rather than crook the knee to Konami, EGM has actually refused to review Metal Gear Solid 4 thanks to Konami’s demands that nobody mention the game’s 90 minute cutscenes and long install sizes. While IGN is perfectly fine with bowing to Konami, EGM has at least shown that its reviewers can’t be pushed around so easily. The magazine has instead compromised with a roundtable discussion of the game as opposed to […]

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