Navarro Exits GameSpot

Longtime GameSpot staffer Alex Navarro has left the company, according to Joystiq. I felt like it was just time for me to go, he told Joystiq in a recent interview with the popular blog. Navarro had been a mainstay of GameSpot since early 2003, but the recent controversy with Jeff Gerstmann being fired over a Kane & Lynch review sealed the deal for him. Word inside the company is that parent company CNET has been applying pressure to GameSpot staff to provide softer coverage on advertiser’’s products. CNET has never issued a public statement on the Gerstmann incident.

Navarro has written hundreds of product reviews and was a regular on GameSpot’’s podcast, The Hotspot. His final day at GameSpot will be Jan. 24th.