Rock Paper Shotgun

File:Alec Meer & Jim Rossignol (cropped).jpg

File:Jim Rossignol, Kieron Gillen, Alec Meer at RPS Thinkosium (cropped).jpg

Rock Paper Shotgun was founded by Kieron Gillen, Jim Rossignol, Alec Meer and John Walker in August 2007.{{cite web|title= Rock Paper Shotgun |work= Ziff Davis |language= en |url= https://www.ziffdavis.com/brands/entertainment/rock-paper-shotgun |access-date= December 29, 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20241229204927/https://www.ziffdavis.com/brands/entertainment/rock-paper-shotgun |archive-date= December 29, 2024 |url-status=dead}}{{Primary source inline|date=January 2025}} Gillen announced that he would no longer be involved in posting the day-to-day content of Rock Paper Shotgun in 2010, focusing more on his work with Marvel Comics.{{cite magazine |author=MCV Staff |date=30 September 2010 |title=Gillen leaves the games industry |url=https://mcvuk.com/business-news/publishing/gillen-leaves-the-games-industry/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250117151353/https://mcvuk.com/business-news/publishing/gillen-leaves-the-games-industry/ |archive-date=January 17, 2025 |access-date=January 17, 2025 |magazine=MCV/Develop |language=en |issn=1469-4832}} Rossignol founded his own game studio, Big Robot, in 2010.{{cite web|title=Big Robot Lives Again|url=http://www.big-robot.com/2010/09/27/hello-world/|publisher=Big Robot|access-date=21 April 2012|last1=Rossignol|first1=Jim|author-link=Jim Rossignol|date=27 September 2010|quote=my new company, Big Robot|archive-date=30 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330221248/http://www.big-robot.com/2010/09/27/hello-world/|url-status=live}} Meer and Walker left in 2019.{{Cite web|url = https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/04/09/thank-you-and-goodbye-alec-meer/|title = Thank you and goodbye, Alec Meer|website = Rock, Paper, Shotgun|date = 9 April 2019|last1 = Smith|first1 = Graham|access-date = 21 September 2020|archive-date = 13 August 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200813123120/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/04/09/thank-you-and-goodbye-alec-meer/|url-status = live}}{{Cite web|url = https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/04/18/bye-bye-rps-thanks-for-having-me/|title = Bye-bye RPS, thanks for having me|website = Rock, Paper, Shotgun|date = 18 April 2019|last1 = Walker|first1 = John|access-date = 21 September 2020|archive-date = 23 October 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201023211807/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/04/18/bye-bye-rps-thanks-for-having-me/|url-status = live}}

In June 2010, Rock Paper Shotgun began an advertising partnership with the Eurogamer Network.{{cite web |last=Martin |first=Matt |date=June 1, 2010 |title=Eurogamer strikes Rock, Paper, Shotgun partnership |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/eurogamer-strikes-rock-paper-shotgun-partnership |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250117131109/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/eurogamer-strikes-rock-paper-shotgun-partnership |archive-date=January 17, 2025 |access-date=January 17, 2025 |work=GamesIndustry.biz |language=en}} Also in the year, Rock Paper Shotgun partnered with Eurogamer to create Rezzed, a PC and indie games show spun off from the Eurogamer Expo.{{cite web|title= Rock, Paper, Shotgun doing "panel game quiz show thing" at Rezzed |first= Tom |last= Bramwell |date= 2 July 2012 |work= Eurogamer |language= en |url= https://www.eurogamer.net/rock-paper-shotgun-doing-panel-game-quiz-show-thing-at-rezzed |access-date= January 17, 2025 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250117163426/https://www.eurogamer.net/rock-paper-shotgun-doing-panel-game-quiz-show-thing-at-rezzed |archive-date= January 17, 2025 |url-status=live}}{{cite web|title= Eurogamer announces Rezzed: The PC and Indie Games Show |first= Tom |last= Phillips |date= 12 June 2012 |work= Eurogamer |language= en |url= https://www.eurogamer.net/eurogamer-announces-rezzed-the-pc-and-indie-games-show |access-date= January 17, 2025 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250117164214/https://www.eurogamer.net/eurogamer-announces-rezzed-the-pc-and-indie-games-show |archive-date= January 17, 2025 |url-status=live}} In May 2017, Gamer Network acquired the site outright.{{cite web|title= Gamer Network acquires Rock, Paper, Shotgun |first= Dan |last= Pearson |date= May 3, 2017 |work= GamesIndustry.biz |language= en |url= https://www.gamesindustry.biz/gamer-network-acquires-rock-paper-shotgun |access-date= January 17, 2025 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250117132743/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/gamer-network-acquires-rock-paper-shotgun |archive-date= January 17, 2025 |url-status=live}}{{Primary source inline|date=January 2025}} A year later, website has partnered again with EGX to launch a new game jam, designed to showcase and promote a standout indie game developer or team.{{cite web|title= EGX and Rock Paper Shotgun host game jam |first= Paul |last= Watson |date= 7 August 2018 |work= Eurogamer |language= en |url= https://www.eurogamer.net/egx-and-rock-paper-shotgun-host-game-jam |access-date= May 28, 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240528225331/https://www.eurogamer.net/egx-and-rock-paper-shotgun-host-game-jam |archive-date= May 28, 2024 |url-status=live}}

The Gamer Network was acquired by ReedPOP in 2018, making the site a subsidiary of RELX Group.{{cite web|title= PAX organizer acquires USgamer, Eurogamer and more |first= Allegra |last= Frank |date= February 26, 2018 |work= Polygon |language= en |url= https://www.polygon.com/2018/2/26/17053662/reedpop-gamer-network-owner |access-date= January 17, 2025 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250117152803/https://www.polygon.com/2018/2/26/17053662/reedpop-gamer-network-owner |archive-date= January 17, 2025 |url-status=live}} In May 2024, IGN Entertainment acquired the Gamer Network, making Rock Paper Shotgun a subsidiary of Ziff Davis.{{cite web|title= IGN scoops up Eurogamer, Rock Paper Shotgun, and more |first= Andrew |last= Webster |date= May 21, 2024 |work= The Verge |language= en |url= https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/21/24161718/ign-gamer-network-acquisition |access-date= January 17, 2025 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250117150654/https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/21/24161718/ign-gamer-network-acquisition |archive-date= January 17, 2025 |url-status=live}}{{cite web|title= IGN Entertainment Acquires Eurogamer, GI, VG247, Rock Paper Shotgun, and More |author= IGN Staff |date= May 21, 2024 |work= IGN |language= en |url= https://www.ign.com/articles/ign-entertainment-acquires-eurogamer-gi-vg247-rock-paper-shotgun-and-more |access-date= January 17, 2025 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250117150657/https://www.ign.com/articles/ign-entertainment-acquires-eurogamer-gi-vg247-rock-paper-shotgun-and-more |archive-date= January 17, 2025 |url-status=live}}

On 5 January 2011, Game Informer editor-in-chief Andrew Reiner issued legal threats against Rock Paper Shotgun and its readers for posting exclusive Game Informer images from the Tomb Raider reboot. Rock Paper Shotgun later deleted the images the same day.{{cite web|title= Game Informer threatens RPS with legal action over Tomb Raider images |first= Patrick |last= Garratt |date= 5 January 2011 |work= VG247 |language= en |url= https://www.vg247.com/game-informer-threatens-rps-with-legal-action-over-tomb-raider-images |access-date= January 17, 2025 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250117154217/https://www.vg247.com/game-informer-threatens-rps-with-legal-action-over-tomb-raider-images |archive-date= January 17, 2025 |url-status=live}}{{Primary source inline|date=January 2025}} One month later, the game Bulletstorm came under scrutiny by Fox News. These claims were largely ridiculed among gaming websites, including Rock Paper Shotgun, who ran a series of articles discrediting the reports by Fox News.{{cite web|title= Bulletstorm, Fox News and the controversy that shouldn't have been |first= Keith |last= Stuart |date= 16 February 2011 |work=The Guardian |issn=1756-3224 |language= en |url= https://www.theguardian.com/technology/gamesblog/2011/feb/16/bulletstorm-fox-news-controversy |access-date= January 17, 2025 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250117153541/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/gamesblog/2011/feb/16/bulletstorm-fox-news-controversy |archive-date= January 17, 2025 |url-status=live}}{{cite web|title= Kill the messenger: Why Fox News is the enemy, not its sources |author= bitmob |date= 17 February 2011 |work= VentureBeat |language= en |url= https://venturebeat.com/games/kill-the-messenger-why-fox-news-is-the-enemy-not-its-sources/ |access-date= January 17, 2025 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250117153627/https://venturebeat.com/games/kill-the-messenger-why-fox-news-is-the-enemy-not-its-sources/ |archive-date= January 17, 2025 |url-status=live}} The articles analysed Carole Lieberman's claims and found only one of eight sources she provided had anything to do with the subject at hand.{{cite web|title= How FOX News Gets Video Games So Wrong |first= Luke |last= Plunkett |date= 10 February 2011 |work= Kotaku |language= en |url= https://kotaku.com/how-fox-news-gets-video-games-so-wrong-5756624 |access-date= January 17, 2025 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250117153505/https://kotaku.com/how-fox-news-gets-video-games-so-wrong-5756624 |archive-date= January 17, 2025 |url-status=live}} Fox News acknowledged that they had been contacted by Rock Paper Shotgun and responded to their claims on 20 February 2011 through another article, stating that the game still remained a threat to children.{{cite web |last=Brandon |first=John |date=20 February 2011 |title=Bulletstorm: Censored in Germany, Coming to America |url=https://www.foxnews.com/tech/bulletstorm-censored-in-germany-coming-to-america/ |work=Fox News |publisher=Fox News Network |access-date= January 17, 2025 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250117161008/https://www.foxnews.com/tech/bulletstorm-censored-in-germany-coming-to-america/ |archive-date= January 17, 2025 |url-status=live}}

It won the best Games blog accolade at the 2011 Games Media Awards.{{cite magazine |author=MCV Staff |date=27 October 2011 |title=GMA 2011: Rock, Paper, Shotgun wins best blog prize |url=https://mcvuk.com/business-news/gma-2011-rock-paper-shotgun-wins-best-blog-prize/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250117132748/https://mcvuk.com/business-news/gma-2011-rock-paper-shotgun-wins-best-blog-prize/ |archive-date=January 17, 2025 |access-date=January 17, 2025 |magazine=MCV/Develop |language=en |issn=1469-4832}}

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