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Rock Paper Shotgun

Rock Paper Shotgun[a] is a British video game journalism website. It was launched in July 2007 to focus on PC games and was acquired by Gamer Network, a network of sites led by Eurogamer, in May 2017.[1][2]

Type of business

Brighton,

England

Graham Smith

Optional

13 July 2007 (2007-07-13)

Active

Reception[edit]

Bulletstorm[edit]

On 8 February 2011, the game Bulletstorm came under scrutiny by Fox News. These claims were largely ridiculed among gaming websites, including Rock Paper Shotgun, who ran a series of articles discrediting the reports by Fox News.[7] The articles analysed Carole Lieberman's claims and found only one of eight sources she provided had anything to do with the subject at hand. Fox News acknowledged that they had been contacted by Rock Paper Shotgun and responded to their claims on 20 February 2011 through another article, stating that the game still remained a threat to children.[9]

Public domain article[edit]

In 2014 a Rock Paper Shotgun article by John Walker about the existence of orphaned classic video games, and the suggestion to let them enter the public domain after 20 years, raised a controversial public debate about copyright terms and public domain[10][11] between game industry veterans John Walker, George Broussard and Steve Gaynor.[7][12][13]

Official website

(archived)

Rock Paper Shotgun (Germany)