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MEGATON: GiantBomb Bought By GameSpot Parent Company

Posted on Thursday, March 15 @ 10:46:09 Eastern by Anthony Severino

Jeff Gerstmann, who was the center of much controversy over his criticial Kane & Lynch review at GameSpot that eventually led to his firing, went on to found the site GiantBomb. CBS, the parent company of GameSpot, and a number of other sites, such as Metacritic and GameFAQs, has just acquired GiantBomb. Shocking, to say the least.

You can watch a live stream of the GiantBomb team scarfing down some pancakes and chatting shop, right here.

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Comments

Nick_Tan
Joined: Jul 2006

Posted: Mar 15th, 2012 at 11:38 am
Hopefully, they don't fire Jeff Gerstmann... again.

Chris Brown and Rihanna getting back together... this is relevant.

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Lien
Joined: Feb 2008

Posted: Mar 15th, 2012 at 12:28 pm
But no this ...huh... no! THIS MAKE NO SENSE!

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danielrbischoff
Joined: Nov 2009

Posted: Mar 15th, 2012 at 2:20 pm
This is laughably stupid. It just goes to show that Gerstmann and crew go where the money is. They had like a whole network of sites, didn't they?

Just seems so lazy to get out on your own, build this (admittedly) fantastic and well-liked THING, and then move back in with your mom and your stepdad who hit you last time you said you didn't like him.

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LawnGnome
Joined: Apr 2007

Posted: Mar 15th, 2012 at 4:50 pm
Let's see what you do when someone drives a truckload of money up to your house, Daniel! But seriously, that guy is a total sellout.

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Longo_2_guns
Joined: Jun 2003

Posted: Mar 16th, 2012 at 1:25 am
Apparently, it wasn't his decision. Giant Bomb's former parent company is the one who made the deal. Jeff really didn't have all that much of a choice, unless he just quit again.

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sliverstorm
Joined: Jun 2007

Posted: Mar 15th, 2012 at 5:08 pm
I don't think there could be a sweeter revenge than allowing the PARENT of the company that fired you from your $80k a year job to reacquire you for millions.

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