Actually even if it were true, that would be the least of eidos' "cheating crimes."
Publishers often only want the good reviews to be posted early, and it's not that they are asking outlets to give it a 9 or what not, but rather, if it does get a high score, you can publish, otherwise not. It is up to the outlet itself to decide whether they want to cheat in order to get the early coverage or not.
I'm not condoning the practise, but it's been done plenty of times before by plenty of other publishers.
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