have devised means to detect or prevent review bombing. One of the first appearances of the term "review bomb" was in a 2008 Ars Technica article by Ben...
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incidents of review bombing, a tactic where a large number of users purposefully post negative reviews of a video game or film on a review website in order...
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rehab after Goodreads 'review bombing' rival authors". LA Times. Retrieved December 18, 2023. "Writer admits to 'review bombing' other authors' books,...
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Other commentary on the review bombing campaign: Leishman, Rachel (June 7, 2024). "Like Clockwork, Annoying 'Fans' Review Bombed 'The Acolyte'". The Mary...
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20, 2024. Commentary on the review bombing campaign: Mehra, Vansh (June 5, 2024). "Star Wars: The Acolyte Review-Bombed on Metacritic & Rotten Tomatoes"...
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War Thunder (category Articles using Video game reviews template in single platform mode)
amount of War Thunder players began revolting against the developers by review bombing the game on multiple platforms, such as Steam and Google. In response...
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amount of War Thunder players began revolting against the developers by review bombing the game on multiple platforms, such as Steam and Google. Since the...
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The Last of Us Part II (category Articles using Video game reviews template in single platform mode)
the subject of review bombing on Metacritic, resulting in a user review score of 3.4/10 at its nadir. Reporters noticed the review bombing occurred shortly...
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musician. The series premiered on Disney+ in 2024 and was subject to review bombing campaigns. Also in 2024, in a surprise reveal, she reprised her role...
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59. United States Strategic Bombing Survey (June 1946). "U. S. Strategic Bombing Survey: The Effects of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki"...
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commercial release, the film was allegedly subjected to homophobic review bombing from users on IMDb; although this was just speculated. Bros was released...
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Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition (category Articles using Video game reviews template in single platform mode)
was one of the lowest-scoring games of 2021, and was the subject of review bombing on Metacritic. Rockstar apologised for the technical problems and announced...
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provide users with critical review information. The store added a review system in June 2022, and as to fight review bombing, the system is based on randomized...
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Metacritic (category Video game review aggregators)
36-hour waiting period for user reviews to be posted for video games at launch in an effort to reduce user score review-bombing during that period by users...
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resulted in the game being review bombed on Metacritic. Gastrow stated he did not intend for the video to spark review bombing and accused Sonic fans of...
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means: Review bombing on Steam". PC Gamer. Retrieved May 4, 2024. Lyles, Taylor (May 2, 2024). "Kerbal Space Program 2 Is Getting Review-Bombed After Take-Two...
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Borderlands 3 (category Articles using Video game reviews template in single platform mode)
led to a review bombing of the Borderlands games on Steam. Valve, the operators of Steam, used their new processes to combat review bombing for the first...
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Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear (category Articles using Video game reviews template in single platform mode)
negative user reviews on Metacritic, the vast majority giving a score of "zero", and suggested that a mob of gamers were attempting to review bomb the expansion...
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019 video game) (category Articles using Video game reviews template in single platform mode)
stands for". The game's user score on Metacritic became the subject of review bombing by those who were angered by the campaign's depiction of the Russian...
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Dragon's Dogma 2 (category Articles using Video game reviews template in single platform mode)
Brendan (March 22, 2024). "Dragon's Dogma 2 launches to 'Mostly Negative' review bombing after microtransactions reveal, and man, what a bummer [UPDATED]". Windows...
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Overwatch 2 (category Articles using Video game reviews template in single platform mode)
addresses review bombing on Steam". VGC. August 20, 2023. McWhertor, Michael (August 11, 2023). "Overwatch 2 Steam launch flooded with negative user reviews"....
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(30 January 2019). "Players protest Epic's Metro Exodus exclusive by review-bombing the series on Steam". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on 5 February...
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the quality of the game itself, including those that were subject to review bombing by users for non-gameplay related issues. For similar reasons, the list...
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have earned controversies for violence, sexual content, racism, and review bombing from fans. Some of the video games on this list have been banned or...
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Gran Turismo 7 (category Articles using Video game reviews template in single platform mode)
since 2012, you may be disappointed." Gran Turismo 7 was the subject of review bombing on Metacritic two weeks after release, following changes made to the...
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (category Articles using Video game reviews template in single platform mode)
reboot series) before its official release, this game was subjected to review bombing bringing the Metacritic user score as low as 3.5. IGN attributed this...
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Goodreads (category American review websites)
"How Review-Bombing Can Tank a Book Before It's Published". New York Times. McCluskey, Megan (August 9, 2021). "How Extortion Scams and Review Bombing Trolls...
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Astral Chain (category Articles using Video game reviews template in single platform mode)
Nintendo's best new IP since Splatoon. The game became a target of review-bombing by Metacritic users, primarily for being an exclusive Nintendo Switch...
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Metro Exodus (category Articles using Video game reviews template in single platform mode)
in a large number of players calling for a boycott of the game, and review bombing the franchise's previous games on Steam. Valve wrote on the game's Steam...
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2000 Madrid bombing February 2004 Moscow Metro bombing, a very similar attack barely five weeks before. 2006 Madrid–Barajas Airport bombing 11 July 2006...
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