IGN has pulled a Dead Cells review and fired its author, Filip Miucin, after finding the former Nintendo Editor plagiarised another’s work.
Early yesterday morning, YouTube channel Boomstick Gaming published a new video that compared its original Dead Cells review to one published by IGN’s Miucin, claiming the latter lifted structure, tone — and more directly, content — from the former.
IGN responded to the claim immediately, removing Miucin’s Dead Cells review from its site.
“As a group of writers and creators who value our own work and that of others in our field, the editorial staff of IGN takes plagiarism very seriously,” a statement in place of the review initially read. “In light of concerns that have been raised about our Dead Cells review, we’ve removed it for the time being and are investigating.”
IGN later took to Twitter with a new statement advising it believed Miucin had plagiarised the work. The publisher continued to say “the review itself was simply not acceptable” and that it had “parted ways” with the content creator.
https://twitter.com/IGN/status/1026972177881427969/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1026972177881427969
Miucin himself has remained quiet after the allegations were made. His last, pinned tweet speaks of “the first IGN review [he’d] edited [himself].”
https://twitter.com/FilipMiucin/status/1025922295569702912
IGN has advised it will produce a new Dead Cells review in the wake of this event.
Dead Cells is a 2D metroidvania title developed by Motion Twin and currently available on Windows PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PS4 and Switch.
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