 Immediately after his termination, rumors circulated proclaiming his dismissal was a result of external pressure from Eidos Interactive, the publisher of "", which had purchased a considerable amount of advertising space on GameSpot's website.Gerstmann had previously given "Kane & Lynch" a fair or undesirable rating along with critique.Both GameSpot and parent company CNET stated that his dismissal was unrelated to the review, but due to corporate and legal constraints cannot reveal the reason.