Jeg føler snart, dette er en nyhed vi har skrevet flere gange her på Gamereactor. Men nogen lærer åbenbart ikke af andres fejl. Polske udvikler Acram Digital blev åbenbart for frustreret af de lave, onde og uprofessionelle bruger-anmeldelser af deres tiltler: Steam: Rails to Riches og Eight-Minute Empire, at de besluttede sig for at takle problemet. Ikke ved at lave deres spil bedre, men ved at lægge falske positive anmeldelser ud, hvilket nu har fået dem fjernet fra Steam. Chefen for studiet, Grzegorz Kubas, har indrømmet sin fejl i et åbent brev til fanbasen:
"Dear Players,
You are right. I'm guilty. It came from my frustration of few bad, unfair reviews on Valve's Steam only. It was stupid action, not something planned. This is my individual, bad behavior, not the team, so I would like to blame me, not the devs. It's a lesson for the rest of my life and it will not happen again, ever. We have NEVER paid for any positive reviews. It was only my 6 fake accounts on Steam, done in amateur way, from the same computer, the same method of payment, the same IP. I was very frustrated. We have great developers, passionate in board games. They work very hard to deliver quality games. We listen to the players and we have implemented the features they asked for. We have sent the email to Valve regarding this issue and we are waiting for the answer.
Blame me, not the devs please. I'm very sorry,
/Grzegorz Kubas"
Valves statement lyder:
" We've received a number of reports for Steam review manipulation on the titles Steam: Rails to Riches and Eight-Minute Empire, from Acram Digital. After investigating these reports we have found that the developer, Grzegorz Kubas, has been trying to inflate the user review score for his titles. This is against our policy, and something we take very seriously. Because of Grzegorz's actions, we have removed all games/DLC developed by Acram from our store, and will no longer be doing business with him. Existing owners will be able to keep their titles."