![]() ![]() Destructoid itself was planned to be approached with a bribe.A reviewer was accused of pirating a copy of Two Worlds II for his negative review, despite having been sent code. Threats of legal action against one reviewer were made without the permission of management, and rest entirely on the head of the PR department.Topware employees have been writing Amazon reviews, posting YouTube comments, and posing elsewhere as members of the public to generate positive feedback on its own products.The rub is that more favorable reviews released at the same time as GameReactor’s were not asked to remove their reviews, despite being based on the same code. GameReactor was pressured to take down its Two Worlds II review because it used preview code to write it.Topware was caught by IGN attempting to influence the rating score of IGN’s GameStats and inflating Two Worlds II‘s ranking.European reviewers have accepted ad buys from Topware in exchange for favorable reviews. ![]() The following is a rundown of the various stories we have uncovered over the past few days do bear in mind that these are allegations. The allegations against Topware are numerous, so it would be best to simply list them. With that in mind, I’ve chosen to respect their request for continued anonymity, as much as I’d have loved for them to step forward. Several of them preferred to remain anonymous some of them I know personally. Last night, however, we uncovered a list of allegations that would make even Eidos look like Jesus Christ.ĭestructoid spoke to people within the industry, within Topware itself, and within the videogame press. This isn’t the first time I’ve personally heard Topware’s name in association with shady behavior. Topware has responded to, and denied, many of the accusations thrown its way, but there has been an increasing amount of these accusations from all corners of the business. If true, this paints a very grim picture of the company in an industry that already comes under fire for questionable PR practices. A number of anonymous sources have accused the publisher of attempting to influence review scores by threatening to blacklist any outlet that gives Two Worlds II less than a 7/10. To say Topware has been suffering from bad PR lately is to put it lightly. ![]()
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