Turns out the government can have a dramatic impact on video game development. The upcoming tax break for development companies in the UK is expected to create over 4,600 jobs and £188 million ($285 million) in investments over the coming five years.  This is an important step for the UK, as the video game industry has experienced a decline while other countries have seen tremendous growth. ... more.

When I first started writing for KitGuru, I imagined I would write nonstop about game series like Soul Calibur, Tekken, Mortal Kombat, GTA.  Call me naïve, but I honestly believed gaming trends resided more with fighting and action games than other genres (but then again I live in the gaming world, removed from social gaming apps and the like).  Little did I suspect just how much gaming news re... more.

After predicting and cathching the right outcome of the 2010 XLIV SuperBowl EA Sports say the FIFA World Cup Trophy goes to … Spain! Electronic Arts today declared the winner of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa. Using the market-leading EA SPORTS football engine that drives 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa on the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360 videogame and entert... more.

Kalicanthus Entertainment (www.kalicanthus.com), leading Italian massive multiplayer online games (MMOG) developer and publisher, announced today that it has secured a distribution deal with Software Discount 99 for Germany, Austria and Switzerland for its massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) Craft of Gods. Ivana Soddu consulting negotiated the deal on behalf of Kalicanthus En... more.