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Batman: Arkham City, Skyrim win 2011 critics award

Warner Interactive’s action sequel Batman: Arkham City and Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim were the two highest rated console titles of 2011 according to reviews aggregation site Metacritic. Both won an average review score of 96. Also scoring 96 was indie hit World of Goo. This makes the trio …

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Developer Telltale caught fiddling Metacritic scores

At least two developers employed at Californian studio Telltale Games wrote glowing reviews for their new game under the guise of impartial consumers. A user interface artist at Telltale, as well as a cinematic artist, both gave their game a perfect user score on reviews aggregator Metacritic. One described the …

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Metacritic: Critics must review all the sh*t

The man behind the most important games reviews site of the internet has said that the world’s games critics are neglecting their obligation to review the whole spectrum of games on the market. Destructoid reports that when asked in the A Jumps B Shoots podcast what must be done to …

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Praise heaped on Child of Eden

With a current 85 per cent Metacritic average under its belt, Ubisoft’s Child of Eden has got off to a strong start ahead of its UK release this Friday (June 17th). "If you played Rez though and came out the other side with a massive smile that lasted for days, …

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