Comment on The Verge Under Fire For Publishing Info About ‘Deadlock,’ Valve’s Secret Shooter
Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
It’s just bad faith reporting. It reminds me of Kotaku sneaking into conventions before they opened to report what games were there.
It lowers my opinion of The Verge, I used to think they were at least reputable with standards, but that’s a real tabloid move.
They literally included a screenshot of valve asking to not share information about the game with a little quip about how they pressed escape instead of ok. Blantant disrespect to valves wishes even if it’s not a legally binding agreement.
They chose getting clicks over doing right by valve. Shame on them.
The verge has been paid advertising disguised as tech news for decades now. Arstechnica too.
Isn’t it like just over ten years old?
I used to think they were reputable until they came out with that PC building video
They did ask Valve:
Though Valve didn’t respond to my requests for comment
meliante@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I think you must be talking about a different website?