The US Army National Guard is here to recap Gamescom Highlights on GameSpot!

[Lant_War]

What the fuck, GameSpot?

 

[Kraken3dfx]

This will go well for Gamespot.

 

[bluexy]

what the fuck.

 

[My Blue Heaven]

What, did y'all think Gamespot had scruples or something? lol. They're taking the EZ government sponsorship money.

Note that the linked account is for tweets from National Guard Recruiting and Retention people so yeah, there's no doubt what this is about.

 

[Mary Celeste]

hope the check was worth it

 

[Video Games Are Dumb]

See kids, this is what happens when you complain about Moutain Dew and Doritos sponsorships.

 

[bsigg]

You can't forget the best tweet

 

[Mr.Vic20]

Subtle.

 

[Plankton2]

Gamepot probably needs the money chill

 

[Megawarrior]

Well they need a check too 💀

 

[Alucrid]

is this where i win an xbox one elite controller?

 

[King Alamat]

What are Gamespot's favorite war crimes?

 

[Castor Archer]

You can't forget the best tweet

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"To learn more about the US Army go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_war_crimes"

 

[Bansai]

Well, I'm in EU, but I can smell the desperation even here, heheheheh.

 

[SirKai]

Woof. This is super fucking pathetic. GameSpot must be incredibly desperate.

 

[Kyuuji]

Top 10 games to help you unwind after a hard day of murdering people.

 

[Deleted member 11370]

Appealing to that crowd, I see.

 

[lord_of_flood]

This is going to go swimmingly for Gamespot.

Absolutely no subtlety with that second tweet either.

 

[Buckle]

Oh cool, did they rough anybody up?

 

[Futabaisthebest<3]

That ratio surely is something else.

 

[BlastProcessing]

 

[Owlet]

You can't forget the best tweet

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I hate this

 

[My Blue Heaven]

 

[Dust]

Hmmmmm....what.

 

[Nanashrew]

Just straight up immoral and disgusting.

 

[purseowner]

And just like that, the integrity of the outlet goes down the drain. Unfollowed their social media and won't be visiting their site again - great work, Gamespot, hope the money was worth it.

 

[Captain of Outer Space]

GameSpot Editor responds:

 

[Deleted member 4260]

So disgusting that Gamespot thought this was ok.

 

[Goldenroad]

GameSpot Editor responds:

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Shit. They're about to get Gerstmann'd.

 

[gnexus]

Uh.. only way I can see this dude having a say in anything regarding games coverage is if he says "I've covered wars, you know" and that's about it.

 

[Jeremy]

Welp, I don't think that I will visit Gamespot any longer.

 

[Qwark]

This is so gross. I haven't followed GameSpot in years, are they really that hard up for money?

 

[Lausebub]

Isn't IGN doing the same stuff? Seems like the army found out, most of their potential customers like videogames.

 

[RoKKeR]

How about no.

All of this Army recruit emend via Twitch is all sorts of fucked up.

 

[Bigg]

This fucking sucks because I can almost guarantee this was a marketing decision that GS edtiorial had zero control over. I've experienced similar situations in the past working at (non-gaming) media outlets.

Gonna echo what Austin says here:

 

[Damn Silly]

You know what Gamespot, I don't think I will.

 

[Marshall]

Off topic, but it felt amazing telling a National Guard recruiter to basically fuck off when he kept calling my phone about my 17 year old son.

 

[Deleted member 2809]

Man.. wow. Fuck gamespot.

 

[Apathy]

Well, as if I needed another reason to never bother with GameSpot

 

[Fachasaurus]

hope the check was worth it

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Can't help but wonder how much this promotion was valued at.

FFS, of all times to do this shit too. So dense.

 

[LavaBadger]

Gamespot should perhaps rethink marketing deals with the military. Particularly bad optics when this is the branch being used to suppress protesters around the country.

 

[A Syrian Communist]

Fuck the US Military, fuck the US government, and fuck GameSpot.

 

[JusDoIt]

The armed forces have been sponsoring a lot of content on IGN too. It's all very gross and should be illegal.

 

[Musubi]

Fucking Gross. Goddamn. This recruitment through channels like this that they know kids are going to be watching is abhorrent. Shit should be illegal.

 

[Shining Star]

Gamepot probably needs the money chill

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The world doesn't need Gamespot.

 

[Velguarder]

Absolutely vile. I'm surprised we're not seeing more of this.

Off topic, but it felt amazing telling a National Guard recruiter to basically fuck off when he kept calling my phone about my 17 year old son.

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Awesome! I'm happy for you and your son. My parents encouraged joining and I still resent them a little for it. I left for Parris Island 2 days after graduating high school....

 

[Cjdamon042]

Aaaaand unfollowed.

Not that I ever really paid any attention to their tweets, or visited their site.

 

[softfocus]

I hate army recruitment stuff. In the UK, it was very much saying "be a man, and join" when I was growing up. Very manipulative advertising.
They know their demographic but it's also the most outspoken demographic, young gamers.

 

[MysticGon]

Isn't IGN doing the same stuff? Seems like the army found out, most of their potential customers like videogames.

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Army has advertised on Xbox 360 years ago. I want to say USAF has too.

 

[GlitchyDegree]

This is disgusting. Fuck Gamespot for promoting propaganda.