It seems crazy to me that review scores could have a major effect on a videogame company, and yet that appears to be what we’re seeing with Homefront and THQ. Apparently in reaction to lower review scores than had been anticipated, the company’s stock value dropped significantly overnight, prompting THQ to publicly announce the game’s day one sales figures. It would seem the damage has already been done, as THQ stock closed out the day $1.29 less than it ended on Monday, prior to the game’s release and before the full slate of reviews were published. The game could still turn out to be a success even with all of this having occurred, but what strikes me as the craziest part in all this is that it’s due to a Metacritic score of 71, which I would hardly consider “bad.”
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Today’s highlights:
- NGP’s two models will be priced $250 and $350, according to a survey.
- It looks like Ubisoft might be interested in films based on Ghost Recon and Assassin’s Creed.
- Doug Church is headed to Valve.
- A new Sengoku Basara is coming to PSP.
- The Top 5 Videogame Crossovers
- Fallen Frontier is looking pretty good.
- A new episode of at1UP is now available.
And here’s what else happened today:
