The nasty controversy stirred by Kotaku against the Japanese magazine Weekly Famitsu and Konami continues. The series of articles is about the review score of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, allegedly influenced by a tie-in that has the magazine appear in the game. Between Brian Ashcraft’s complaints there is the lack of a full disclosure as part of the review.

But didn’t Kotaku just hold a tie-in contest centered on WarioWare D.I.Y. and sponsorized by Nintendo? Yet they didn’t write any full disclosure about it as part of the review of the game.

Also didn’t Kotaku’s sister site Jalopnik (published by Gawker, like Kotaku) have a tie-in with Forza Motorsport 3 very similar to the Konami/Famitsu one? Again, no full disclosures in sight. Read more