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Tuesday, 24 September 2013

MECHWARRIOR ONLINE Developer Attempts to Censor then Hide Negative Press

Read the article in full on http://www.starburstmagazine.com/ this is simply a preview.



In a follow-up story involving Piranha Games Inc., it seems the developer took an adverse reaction to negative press. Attempting to first rename the article on their forums then censor it, and finally hide it from anyone outside the community. Worse still, this has been alleged to not be an isolated incident.


This specific case began when members noticed that the thread title, copied almost directly from the previously linked article, had been re-worded to list “Starburst: MWO Faces False Accusations Of Widespread Advertising”. When it was realised this had taken place, the following posts were made:
Posted by Bellarius at 01:11
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