October 21st, 2009 04:12pm

Escaping the tyranny of Metacritic

by GameWit

CBS’s review-aggregating website is the go-to source for gamers to find out whether new titles are any good, but is it hurting sales of innovative, underdog games?

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October 16th, 2009 03:54pm

On-demand console gaming has a ways to go

by GameWit

While it’s nice to see a growing stable of retail games available for Microsoft’s Xbox 360, the gaming industry has a ways to go before the majority of consumers are willing to pony up money to download their games.

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TAGS , | CATEGORY Microsoft Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, The business of gaming

August 28th, 2009 07:00am

What to play this weekend (Aug. 28-30)

by GameWit

Some folks are already calling “Batman: Arkham Asylum” the greatest tie-in game ever. The fact that it’s not directly tied to a movie release date or script probably has a lot to do with it.

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TAGS , , , , , , , , , , , , , | CATEGORY Microsoft Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PlayStation Portable, What to play