Atari just established a new low on the gaming market over the Euro release of Alone In The Dark 5. Unsatisfied with reviews like 68/100 (4players.de) or 3/10 (gamereactor.no and affiliates) and other low scoring reviews immediately before the launch, Atari simply sued them for reviewing 'illegal copies' of the game.

Clearly, Atari knew the game was crap and didn't want any reviews spoil the sales of a new title - and Alone In The Dark would have had many sales based purely on the prestigious name.

I actually can't decide if that is worse than the Gamespot incident over Kane And Lynch...


The link provided is todays announcement that the legal action against 4players has been ended, not sure about the others.