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Atari Threatens Reviewer 50,000 Euros for giving Alone in the Dark 68/100

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The german videogame site 4players.de reviewed the new 'Alone in the Dark' game and gave 68%. As we know that's quite a low score and influences your decision to buy the game or not. 4players said that 'Alone in the Dark' has a lame story and bad dialogue besides some technical issues like clipping and shitty artificial intelligence.
Atari wasn't happy to hear that and decided to threaten 4players to force them to take the review offline. Atari says that the review is based on a pirate downloaded version and is only set online to make profit through clicks. Atari wants to sue 4players about 50.000 Euros; if they do not take the review offline.

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v1c1ous - 550 days 19 hours ago
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1 - i didn't know
6/10 (5/10 being average) was something to threaten someone over...
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Ben1054 - 550 days 8 hours ago
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1.1 - lol
5 isn't average these days,
if a game gets 5 its considered crap,
and since they were using a pirate version of the game i think they have the right to sue, and its gonna hurt sales of the game.
i fink 50,000 is a bit much though
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NO_PUDding - 550 days 6 hours ago
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It wasn't pirated though.

I would be on Atari's side, had it been 58%, but since it's near 70% there seems no reason to threaten.

Otehrwise, I totally think Atari can do what they want. A lot of effort has gone into the game, and you can bet this was someone like me who hates the 360, being cross it's coing out on the PS3 later.

I honestly believe bias liek that is why games score low marks, and why developers and publishers SHOULD take action.
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Drakol - 550 days 5 hours ago
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1.3 - No Puding...
I'd have to disagree with you. Even if the game got a 1% and I were to be working for Atari, I'd rather investigate how we could improve from what the reviewer had said about our product. Suing a video game news site, even a small one at that, not only makes you look bad, but it shows that you will stop at nothing to have crap titles on the market.

Congrats Atari, your head went a bit further up your own ass =D
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cp68 - 550 days 19 hours ago
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2 - Alone in the dark is trash anyways
It's worth 68/100...my friend bought it earlier this afternoon...truly is crap.
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TheDeadMetalhead - 550 days 18 hours ago
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3 - Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
That's a little overboard, don't you think? I mean, it's their opinion isn't it?
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The gaming GOD - 550 days 18 hours ago
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4 - I didn't even know you could press lawsuits for bad scoring reviews
And to be honest, any respectable company that sues over a review score isn't that respectable to begin with.

So this makes Atari look really bad.
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zigzag - 550 days 18 hours ago
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5 - It's not there fault
That there game sucks
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Obama - 550 days 13 hours ago
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I already know that it's not going to be good based on the gameplay videos.
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Silogon - 550 days 9 hours ago
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Atari needs no help in looking bad, just look back to the late 70's to mid 80's where they almost crippled the video game industry until Nintendo, Sega and coleco decided to try and save it.

Phil Harrison is a sommelet for leaving Sony.
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Condoleezza Rice - 550 days 9 hours ago
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8 - lol
"Good review...*Dramatic Soap Opera pause* OR ELSE!!!!"
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somelikeithot - 550 days 9 hours ago
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looks like phil harrison has taken on a big job at atari, at least he had a lot of experience with sony's launch of the ps3 coz he'll need to get used to this type of stuff with atari!!
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nice_cuppa - 550 days 9 hours ago
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10 - from a pirated copy !
go atari !

i would sue to !

the site should take it down.
get a legit copy.
review it again.
they can put the same thing if they still think the same plus dig at atari for the hoo har !
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Fishy Fingers - 550 days 9 hours ago
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Atari's new Review copy delivery driver... http://media3.washingtonpos...
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DARK WITNESS - 550 days 8 hours ago
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who else is getting this game... i am very tempted too, but all the bad reviews and the fact that i am still playing MGS4, i am just not sure.

this had sooooo much going for it, how could they Fu$K it up ? oh ya, its Atari.

if anyone is going to give it a try, let me know what you think
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fishd - 550 days 8 hours ago
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Why 50000?why not,say,51000?STRANGE!!!
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Drakol - 550 days 5 hours ago
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13.1 - 50000??
That's over 9000!!
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media73 - 550 days 7 hours ago
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Good on Atari. Sausage munchers should be shut down, it was a pay per click site, they were earning money from people going early to read the review, which was based off a pirate bittorrent, good on ya Atari I support you.
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LeShin - 550 days 7 hours ago
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So a 68% is meant to be a really bad score these days?

.....and they wonder why I don't pay attention to website review scores anymore...
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Strife Lives - 550 days 5 hours ago
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17 - Illegal download or not. .
From the newer vids,Ive seen the characters swing objects retardly,because analog sticks are used. .so. .gameplay wise. .its a terrible letdown for me. .honestly. .this went from being a personal AAA title for me. .to an ok. .maybe average game. i cant believe I considered buying this over the new Silent Hill.
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