"Losing a job you've held for over 11 years in an abrupt manner is shocking, yes."
While the above quote should perhaps win Jeff Gerstmann the 'understatement of the year' award, the former Gamespot editorial director is still staying silent about the specifics surrounding his recent firing (citing the previously mentioned "legal reasons," among others). He has, however, told Joystiq that he still stands behind his controversial review of Kane & Lynch.
Zach writes: 'IO Interactive have developed a number of highly regarded titles during their two-decade long run. The Hitman games have always been huge commercial and critical successes, and even lesser-known titles like Freedom Fighters ended up as a cult classic.'.
Alex S. from Link-Cable writes: "The video game industry is a pretty cutthroat place. More often than not the cycle of a game’s life is pretty set in stone – a title is announced, hyped ,released and hopefully it’s a hit. However sometimes things don’t go as planned and a game doesn’t hit home with gamers. Not that’s it a bad game per say but due to a myriad of issues or the general mood of the world at the time the game isn’t remembered so fondly as its contemporaries. So for this week’s Top 10 we’re listing off ten titles that you should probably give a second chance to because they really are decent titles and deserve more love than they ever got."
I enjoyed Kane and Lynch. I would love to see a PS All-Stars 2 or a non-Smash take on a PlayStation fighter. Maybe a Marvel v Campcom style but with larger levels.
I’d rather Nintendo give Star Fox Assault a second chance and make another new game in that style. I like that game way better than Star Fox Adventures
I heartily agree.
Maybe even a sequel with that new walker from Star Fox Zero.[yes I know it's originally from Star Fox 2, but most of us know it from Zero because we didn't get to play SF2.]
More people played SF2 than SFZ thanks to SNES Mini, and emulation. Also, Star Fox Adventure > Star Fox Assault.
The Conduit.
Just, give us a reboot of that for Switch and make it bigger and better than the original, which had potential but never got off the ground due to being on the Wii.
Castlevania 64 was an amazing game for its time and I'd LOVE to see it get a proper remake or reboot.
In addition to retaining Hitman, IO kept ownership of Freedom Fighters, a 2003 third-person shooter that appeared on sixth gen consoles and received high praise.
I played Freedom Fighter on PC when I was a kid. Damn, the game was so freaking good.
I can live with this IO. So how about that sequel, so I can forgive you already?
WOW!!!!!! I would be so hyped if Freedom Fighters returned but it's very disappointing that Kane and Lynch is still on ice because the story has so much potential. Both games also features Jesper Kyd's best work.
Joystiq has made an exclusive interview with Jeff Gerstmann, but they can't spell his name in the title. :)
It is also wrong here on N4G. Sorry, I just noticed.
So basically, nothing was said... Good flat foot work, Joystick... "rolls eyes"
What a complete and utter loser.
It is good to see Gamespot finally getting fed up with him and firing him. A complete clearing out of the current staff would be the best solution to bring credibility back to the site and their reviews after Gerstmann turned the site into a joke in the eyes of gamers.
Let the talentless fatty go make a blog where can talk endlessly about how much he loves his 360 and Halo 3.
Gamers are tired of obnoxious juvenile fanboys like Gerstmann playing games with review scores.
But it is funny to still see the clown and others still trying to spin his getting dumped as having anything to do with K&L...LOL!
He's the stereotypical epitome of what male gamers are classified as: pale, overweight, balding, and obnoxious sounding
But my supervisor who is a big 360 nut played Kane and Lynch a week ago, and he said it was really mediocre, going so far as to say this game could have been done on the first Xbox. Though, he said the story and characters were pretty good, the gameplay just really falls short in all areas.