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Rise of the Robots
Rise of the Robots (1994)
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The UK children's gaming TV show Bad Influence did major marketing work for Rise of the Robots, devoting a large chunk of its Christmas special to the game and designing a new opening sequence based on Rise. Ironically, when the game launched, Bad Influence gave the game an extremely low score, much like most other gaming publications that were hyping up the game.
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Advertisement/Commercial, Inspiration, Multimedia Adaptation, Reviews
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month October 15, 2023
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EastEnders
EastEnders (1987)
subdirectory_arrow_right Macsen Software (Company)
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Due to the poor reviews that the EastEnders game received, publisher Macsen Software would deny its existence to the gaming press.
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Complaint, Reviews
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month September 29, 2023
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Cookie's Bustle
Cookie's Bustle (1999)
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In 2023, an unknown person by the name of Brandon White bought the UK rights to Cookie's Bustle under the fake company name of "Graceware" and began filing DMCA takedowns against any website or video with documentation of the game, in some cases fraudulently using the name of Nintendo, believed to be in an act of copyright trolling. This led to an uptick in interest in the game, with many content creators streaming, making fan works based on, and reviewing the game in retaliation.
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Anti-Piracy, Censorship, Complaint, Copyright, Fan Works, Real Life, Reviews, Secret
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month September 11, 2023
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Bubsy 3D
Bubsy 3D (1996)
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Attachment The US box art of Bubsy 3D contains quotes from a review by PSExtreme magazine claiming the game to have received a "Gold X Award". For many years, the combination of the magazine's obscurity and the generally-accepted notion of the title's low quality lead many to believe that the quotes and award were faked.

This was disproven in 2018 when Redditor Alex Winding provided a scan of the magazine to Retrovolve writer Josh Wirtanen.
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Advertisement/Commercial, Real Life, Reviews
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month September 8, 2023
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Bubsy: Paws on Fire!
Bubsy: Paws on Fire! (2019)
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The Nintendo Switch launch trailer for Bubsy: Paws on Fire! contains a review quote from the French gaming news website Vandal claiming "This is probably the best game Bubsy has ever had..." In the full review, this is followed by "but that's not saying a lot".
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Advertisement/Commercial, False Advertising, Reviews
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month September 5, 2023
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Forspoken
Forspoken (2023)
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On February 3, 2023, 9 days after Forspoken's release, Square Enix released the outline of the Results Briefing held on that day, which showed some insight on the publisher's takeaways concerning its recent game releases.

While the briefing primarily focused on the financial results of numerous underperforming "small and mid-sized titles" that released in the quarter of October-December 2022 to try and fill the gap for declining net sales in the "HD Games sub-segment", the company decided to make a comment on the sales and reception for Forspoken. On page 6 of the outline, Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda stated the following:

"Reviews of “FORSPOKEN,” which we released on January 24, 2023, have been challenging. However, the game has also received positive feedback on its action features, including its parkour and combat capabilities, so it has yielded results that will lead to improvement of our development capabilities of other games in the future. That said, its sales have been lackluster, and while the performance of new titles with February and March release dates will be the ultimate determinant, we see considerable downside risk to our FY2023/3 earnings."

The effects of the game's negative reception would come to fruition on February 28, when Square Enix announced that its developer, Luminous Productions, would be absorbed back into Square Enix on May 1 to "further bolster the competitive prowess of the Group's development studios". Despite Forspoken's failure, Luminous Productions said that they would remain committed to the game in the meantime, releasing patch updates and working on the game's upcoming DLC "In Tanta We Trust", which would later release on May 26, after the studio's closure.
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Development, Downloadable Content (DLC), General, Real Life, Reviews, Sales
person ProtoSnake calendar_month March 11, 2023
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Might and Magic III: Isles of Terra
Might and Magic III: Isles of Terra (1991)
subdirectory_arrow_right Might and Magic II: Gates to Another World (Game)
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Attachment Scorpia is the pseudonym of a video game journalist who was most active from the early 1980's through 2009 and was known for writing controversial and harsh reviews of adventure and RPG games published in Computer Gaming World magazine. One of her most notable reviews was a lukewarm review of Might and Magic II: Gates to Another World that supposedly angered the game's designer, Jon Van Caneghem, so much he wrote a lengthy response defending the game and lambasting the review that was also published in the magazine. He then named an enemy after Scorpia in the game's sequel, Might and Magic III: Isles of Terra. In a 2019 interview with Kotaku UK, Scorpia stated there was never any true bad blood between her and Caneghem, but expressed disappointment that he didn't make the monster she was named after "big and nasty".
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Development, General, Inspiration, Real Life, Reference, Reviews
person MehDeletingLater calendar_month August 27, 2021
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