Announcing GameSpot Complete: "GameSpot has had to make many compromises to its service in the interest of economics rather than our readers. Just two examples: GameSpot now accepts "industry standard" invasive ad units whose function often seems to be to annoy rather than inform. Plus, in February we had to cut off our FTP service due to spiraling bandwidth costs. Both of these developments were necessary to control our expenses, but from your perspective, hosting invasive ads and killing FTP do nothing but degrade GameSpot's quality of service. [...] In May, we will launch GameSpot Complete, our no-compromise, no-holds-barred gaming service. [...] It will be affordable--$4.95 a month or $19.95 a year. [...] GameSpot Basic, our free service, will offer critical content for free for every one of the thousands of games on our site, including screenshots, hints, pricing info, GameSpot review scores, reader reviews, and more."

Thanks to Jack Southworth for the lead. It's interesting to note that the "industry standard invasive ad units" were introduced by CNet, GameSpot's parent company.