1.0Kotaku Australiahttps://www.kotaku.com.auloganbookerhttps://www.kotaku.com.au/author/loganbooker/Games: When What You See In The Box Art, Isn't In The Boxrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="wRVvuvjVba"><a href="https://www.kotaku.com.au/2015/06/games-when-what-you-see-in-the-box-art-isnt-in-the-box/">Games: When What You See In The Box Art, Isn’t In The Box</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.kotaku.com.au/2015/06/games-when-what-you-see-in-the-box-art-isnt-in-the-box/embed/#?secret=wRVvuvjVba" width="600" height="338" title="“Games: When What You See In The Box Art, Isn’t In The Box” — Kotaku Australia" data-secret="wRVvuvjVba" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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It’s not so much a problem these days with videos, screenshots and reviews everywhere for almost any remotely popular game, but before the internet, sometimes you just had to trust the publisher. And that meant box art. Dirty, damn lying box art.https://www.kotaku.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/16/pgroup-googlepublishercentre-kotbrandmark.png?quality=7510001080