Overview
- Metacritic took down VideoGamer’s Resident Evil Requiem write-up, which had been indexed with a 9/10 score before its removal.
- The piece was credited to “Brian Merrygold,” whose profile details and image filename suggested AI authorship alongside vague, trailer-level descriptions.
- Co-founder Marc Doyle said the takedown also covered a handful of other VideoGamer reviews from 2026.
- Metacritic reiterated that it will not host AI-written reviews and will remove any it finds, with potential severing of ties after an investigation, and it has emailed partners outlining the policy.
- The episode follows VideoGamer’s 2025 acquisition by ClickOut Media and recent layoffs with reported plans to lean on AI-generated content.