Metacritic removes Resident Evil Requiem review created by… AI – Game News

Game score summary page Metacritic Review removed Resident Evil Requiem from website Videogamerafter many readers discovered that this article was allegedly written by a bogus “AI journalist”. Even, instead of using the game’s real wallpaper to illustrate the cards, they also use AI.

Videogamer – a longtime gaming news site in the UK – recently changed ownership. After being sold to Clickout, a unit specializing in gambling-related SEO content, the site’s editorial team was shared by many former employees as being drastically cut. Since then, the website began posting a series of content suspected of being created by AI.

Over the past week, Videogamer scored Resident Evil Requiem 9/10 points. However, readers were quick to point out that the article had a generic, clichéd style and lacked specific gameplay analysis.

The review author is introduced as Brian Merrygold – “experienced iGaming and sports betting expert” – but his profile shows no trace of previous internet activity. Notably, the account’s avatar path contains the file name “ChatGPT-Image-October-20-2025-11_57_34-AM-300×300.png”, raising suspicions that the image was created by AI.

The content of the review is also controversial because it uses many exaggerated phrases instead of detailed analysis. The article describes the game as “a bloody manifesto” and “the ending shakes the entire franchise”, but does not go into detail about the gameplay mechanics, level design or combat system.

Resident Evil Requiem isn’t just a triumphant celebration for Capcom’s survival horror empire; it’s a bloody manifesto, roaring like a chainsaw, reminding us why we love being scared so silly. It’s the kind of ending that can grab a franchise by the horns, shake it up, and force people to acknowledge how far it’s come since the “tank” days of 1996. While many other franchises stagger toward the end, RE9 arrives with the confidence of a Tyrant crashing through a brick wall.

This happens like clockwork every time there’s a big leak about Resident Evil Requiem, right? We’re worried about whether the development team can balance everything. After RE7’s Southern gothic rebirth and the heroic action of recent remakes, the franchise seems to have fallen into an identity crisis. This game solves that problem by… doing both. It ties the trauma of Raccoon City with modern design thinking, proving that this “zombie horse” is still very much alive. It defines horror as more than just a series of jump scares, but a legacy that haunts its characters, as well as haunting our backlog of games.

Not only Brian Merrygold, several other writers on Videogamer such as Shooter Orson and Steven Danielson also have suspicious profiles, with social network accounts created at the same time in October 2025 and using avatars that look like they were created by AI.

Before being removed, the review Resident Evil Requiem has been Metacritic Aggregate scores on game launch day. This raises concerns about the censorship process of the game industry’s largest review aggregator – where players often consult before buying games and publishing companies also use scores in financial reports.

Conclusion of this review: “A Gilded Tomb Resident Evil Requiem is the pure, unadulterated culmination of Resident Evil review history. It wraps up three decades of loose ends with the precision of a laser sight and the sophistication of a rocket launcher. If you haven’t checked out the pre-order rewards yet, you should probably pledge. Now available on nearly every platform, this is a bloody, …”. Just reading it, we can see its “meaninglessness” and confusing language.

Co-founder MetacriticMarc Doyle, confirmed that this review and several others from Videogamer in 2026 have been removed from the system. Another review about Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen which was compiled on February 23, has also been removed.

After the incident, Metacritic is said to have sent a notice to gaming news sites, affirming that all AI-generated reviews are strictly prohibited. According to the official statement, this platform will never accept reviews from AI and will immediately remove it if violations are detected, and will terminate cooperation with the relevant publication during the investigation period.

Represent Metacritic said that while the site has maintained a strict due diligence process for the past 25 years, in the event of a publication changing ownership or major personnel changes, issues such as plagiarism, fraud or AI-generated content can arise.

The incident sparked a broader debate about content quality in gaming journalism, especially in the context of more and more news sites cutting staff and turning to automated content to reduce operating costs.