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Confirmed: GameSpot's Gerstmann Fired

Rumors have been swirling today that Jeff Gerstmann, executive editor at CNET-owned major video game site GameSpot, was fired after giving a generally unimpressed review of Io Interactive's Kane & Lynch: Dead Men. Gerstmann awarded the game a 6.0. (Though Shacknews does not score its reviews, our own Kane & Lynch review was similar in its verdict.)

Shacknews can confidently confirm via its own sources that Gerstmann was indeed fired yesterday from his position at GameSpot.
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Gamespot Editor Fired Over ... - kotaku.com | By: TnS
Rumor: Gamespot fires edito... - destructoid.com | By: TnS
Rumor: Gamespot's editorial... - joystiq.com | By: TnS
Editor sacked over Kane &am... - computerandvideogames.com | By: TnS
GameSpot editor leaves amid... - gamesindustry.biz | By: TnS
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