Did Electronic Arts Try to Manipulate Battlefield 3 Review Scores?

18.10.2011
One of the many perks in working at a video game media company is getting advance copies of games like . Aside from testing our secret-keeping merit, it helps us get our reviews out in due time. Unless you work in Norway.

In order for journalists in the Norwegian media industry working for Press Fire/Dagbladet, Gamer.no, and Gamereactor to receive an advance copy of Battlefield 3 for review, they had to first fill out a questionnaire. The thing is, the questionnaire appears heavily weighted. So much so that answering the "wrong" question might land a reviewer empty handed. See for yourself.

The questionnaire asks for:

Contact info

Did the reviewer personally review BFBC2 or Black Ops?

What score did he give it?