New Irish gaming website, irishgamer.ie which debuted just less than a month ago has had its first bit of controversy after Zabbo over on boards.ie noted some coincidences between the sites review of Metroid Prime: Hunters for the DS and the review for the same game which previously featured in Games(TM) magazine.
The editors of the site and magazine have been in contact with each other and the review has now been pulled with an apology due to be made on the matter.
The reviewer of the piece, Dave White will no longer contribute to the site and the 7 other articles he contributed have also been removed.
This is by no means a nail in the coffin for the site however as it is only weeks old this kind of bad press cannot help, especially considering the harsh nature of the hardcore gaming community. An proper Irish games site is badly needed, especially one that is as up-to-date as its UK and US counterparts, rather than just a reflector of news that the likes of Eurogamer has already covered; hopefully this won’t damage the site too much.
Credit where it is due to the editor of Irishgamer.ie, he dealt with the matter swiftly once it was clear that the review was lifted and is offering Zabbo a game for his detective work.