"Kane & Lynch: Dead Men has a lot of promise, but nothing in this game works out nearly as well as you'd hope.", Jeff Gerstmann wrote in his review of the latest XBox360 release, giving it the low grade 6/10. The termination of Jeff's contract in the wake of this review has stirred up rumours all over the Internet, as the game's producer (Eidos) had their ads plastered all over the GameSpot pages at the time. The heart of the rumours is now: was Jeff G. sacked for being too honest? For refusing to write/edit his review in line with the wishes of the marketing department? According to gamesindustry.biz, the original review was edited, although the grade was left unaltered. This is where the land of facts end, and the realm of speculation begins. And as we know gaming fans all to well; speculation abounds.

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Neither GameSpot nor Gerstmann himself have commented on the story as yet, but rumours are escalating into disgruntlement; fans are even advocating the cancellation of subscriptions to the GameSpot page. Meanwhile, there can be no doubt of the weight of the person surrounded by this controversy, as gamesindustry.biz sum up:

"Gerstmann had been with GameSpot for 11 years, and was part of the team - which included Greg Kasavin, now at EA - who drove the site's core values of editorial excellence and independence over that time."