The US Government first tried to crack down in regards to online gaming around 5 years ago, and Party Poker was the hardest hit at that time. It was named the "Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act". Many feel this was done because the US Government didn't receive a cut of the profits, like they do with Casinos and Lotteries. As of last Friday April 15, 2011, it seems they have struck aga... more.

Even though it is Saturday night, the Kitguru News team never sleeps. The latest news on the highly anticipated Wii 2 is it will be announced at E3, and have HD (High Definition) support. Both the XBox 360 and PS3 have HD support, so it looks like Nintendo is going in the right direction. We have also heard it is codenamed ""Project Cafe". Here are the unofficial specifications we have found s... more.

Mortal Kombat is due to be released on April 19th in North America, and April 21st in the UK. We were scanning through some of our sources this morning, and came across a 1.01 patch release for the game. The patch is reportedly 40 MB in size, and will download automatically when the player first installs the game. Our concern involves reviews of this game on various sites. Was this patch av... more.

Not sure how many of you Kitguru's out there are DC comic fans, but the Green Lantern has always been an interesting character this writer has followed since he was a child. This game release is in tandem with the movie, much like the X-Men and Spiderman releases regarding the Marvel comic franchise. Let's take a look at the Green Lantern character in a bit more detail, and then the trailer for... more.

We have read a few articles and viewed comments made by Brad Wardell, the former Impulse boss. Has Valve dedicated valuable resources and time to Steam, that could have been directed towards Half life development? Let's analyse this a bit further and see what we find. First off let's take a look at a statement Brad Wardell made: "e could have become a retailer and tried to compete in t... more.

Rumors have been circulating over the last few days about a follow-up to the forgettable Tony Hawk: Shred. Being Kitguru’s we decided to investigate a bit, and check a few sources regarding this. What we found, ultimately, was a statement from Tony Hawk himself in an interview conducted by PixelatedGeek: "We're going to do something probably for next year but I can't give too much away." ... more.

Music for video games is finally being recognized by the Recording Academy. The next Grammy Awards will feature a category called "Visual Media”. Some of these soundtracks and scores are quite complex musically, not unlike a movie soundtrack. Being a musician myself here on Kitguru, I feel this is an excellent inclusion! Our sources revealed "Visual Media" will be broken into 4 categories:... more.

We recently discovered Brink will be released ahead of schedule, May 10th in North America. The UK release will follow  3 days later.  This statement was made by Bethesda's Marketing Vice President Pete Hines: "Production wrapped on Brink earlier than we planned and we didn't see any reason to keep gamers from getting their hands on this highly anticipated game as soon as it was ready" ... more.