gparcade.blogfaction.com - 7/8/2009
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I was sent a link to a rather disturbing thread created in the NeoGAF forums today. The subject line is GamePro PLAIGARIZES IGN's review of Water Warfare (Wii). Here is a link if you want to read the discussion. As you can imagine, the editors of GamePro and GamePro Arcade took these charges ...
nintendoeverything.com - 7/5/2009
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The August 2009 GamePro magazine review scores are
as follows: Red Faction: Guerrilla - 5 The Conduit...
- 3.5 Ghostbusters: The Video Game (360/PS3) - 4 inFamous - 4.5 Punch-Out!! - 4.5 Terminator Salvation - 2 Fuel - 4 Battlefield 1943 - 4.5 BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger - 4.5 Let’s Tap - ...
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gparcade.blogfaction.com - 7/3/2009
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Featuring over 40 single player missions for you
to get soaked in, Water Warfare offers up a...
lot of content. In the single player missions you will have a variety of objective and boss battles. If you just want to skirmish you can play against up to ...
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WiiWare Review: Water Warfare - GamePro Arcade - Insert ...
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GamePro Arcade writer fired for plagiarizing IGN review
Nintendo Everything - Our second language is Nintendo++ —
... the map like a raincoat that makes you temporarily water resistant and a towel to dry yourself off. GamePro did respond to the claims that the review was plagiarized and acknowledged that “the charges are true.” The writer responsible for the review was fired as well. However, the article has not been taken down so that GamePro can “be up front about the mistake that had been made and take full responsibility for it.” Source - IGN review Source - GamePro arcade review Source - GamePro explanation Source - Original discovery Related posts: New ...
GamePro staffer let go for plagiarizing IGN review of Water Warfare
GoNintendo —
... story earlier today, and when I left for my night off, the issue was unresolved. Now that I’ve come back to work, I can see that the GamePro staffer that was under fire has now been let go.
Long story short, he directly copied lines from IGN’s review of Water Warfare, and then put them into his own review. Of course, that’s just not acceptable when it comes to reviews. It’s nice to see GamePro handling things as they should.
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