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Breaking my silence to share a fun fact: when we planned OW2’s steam launch, my team warned (months in advance) that we’re going to be review bombed. We begged for more information, more details... (twitter.com)
submitted 10 months ago by nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works to c/games@sh.itjust.works
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[–] casual_turtle_stew_enjoyer@sh.itjust.works 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Poor man didn't have the manpower to checks notes censor reviews about their steaming pile of shit

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago

Yeah maybe they should have made a better game

[–] UnbrokenTaco@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The tweet sounds like it's about "more information, more details" etc from within Blizzard, rather than ability to influence Steam reviews.

The tweet continues:

When asked whose decision it was to launch on Steam with no additional help: Bobby