Over the last few years, the notion of buying a game has changed. It used to be that if you wanted a game you would go to a store and pick it up knowing that the product you have bought would work. Whilst any bugs that did creep through could…

If you have been anywhere near the internet in the last few months you may have heard that Pokémon X and Y introduced a new controversial mechanic, Mega Evolution. This allowed fully evolved Pokémon to further evolve and (potentially) get more powerful in the process. From the get-go, this mechanic…

Nintendo may have not had the best year in 2013 with many fans giving up on the company due to its lack of games, thus resulting in poor sales and negative feedback. This year however could be a different story. Nintendo actually have a good set of games coming out…

During playing the opening hours of Stoic's The Banner Saga during our preview, I fell in love. The art direction looks almost effortlessly beautiful and the world had my immediate attention. It shied away from fantasy cliché, with no frozen dwarves, elves or goblins in sight. That was what I…

Cast your mind back to 2007. Ask any gamer from around that time what console it was they owned between PS3 and 360, and the majority will probably answer with Xbox 360. Having been released earlier, at a lower price and with often better versions of multiplatform games, the 360…

These days it seems that social issues are sky high on everybody's agenda, even in the world of gaming. While the list of topics is pretty extensive, one of the most common subjects people take issue with is human representation, or misrepresentation, to be precise. From stereotypical or sexualised depictions…

Recently the internet has been exploding over the news of games developer King, creators of Candy Crush, has filed the words ’Candy’ and ‘Saga’ as trademarked. This has affected many other games including the newly released The Banner Saga, who King has filed a Notice of Opposition against. King’s practices…

So far we have covered the good and the sticky, now we move on to the bad. Specifically, the “Overturning Pokémon”, Malamar. This is one scary creature, in more ways than one, and here's why. Malamar Inkay was a Pokémon leaked long before Pokémon X and Y came out but,…

When you think about horror in space there are many different franchises that can be brought up, but there is one license that deserves a great game on the current generation of consoles as well as PC. That is the Alien franchise. Recently, it has suffered huge blows with video…

With all the drama that's transpired around Nintendo recently, it could be enough to make some fans worry. Whether it's their falling sales forecast, questions over leadership, or price issues with the Wii U, everything seems to be slowly but surely sinking. In spite of all these problems, I still…

We enter round two of the Theros block with more 'god like' spoils. Theros introduced some interesting cards and the return of the Scry mechanic, but what does the new Born of the Gods set have in store? As we await the full list of released cards, some have already…

Last time we looked at the Gloopy Dragon, Goodra, and now we now turn our eyes to…food? More specifically, one of the new Fairy-type Pokémon introduced in this new generation, the Meringue Pokémon, Slurpuff. But what, I hear you say, will this strange looking fairy be able to do in…

Microtransactions: the lurking force in video games that are becoming ever more popular and working their way into industry titles, something that some gamers increasing feel can ruin the future of gaming. Microtransactions first became popular on mobile gaming apps, with those such as Candy Crush and even Angry Birds…

Earlier this week Vince Zampella of Respawn announced that the maximum player count for Titanfall would be 6v6, and it instantly stoked a blazing fire across the internet. In almost no time at all negative comments were posted in droves, with players angry about the reveal, crying out for change,…

Attack on Titan has been sweeping the anime scene recently and with good reason too. An interesting premise, almost Game of Thrones levels of drama mixed with the action of a Shonen Jump classic like Naruto or Bleach it really is shaping up to be something pretty awesome. Naturally then,…

I honestly wanted to be in the marketing room at Microsoft after this year’s E3, if anything to see their reactions to fans utter disbelief at their consoles absurd policies, stance on DRM and oddly high price. Most gamers were shocked to hear about how badly the Xbox One, affectionately…

Lissandra is the newest champion that will be heading to our League of Legends rosters later this month. Whilst we look forward to seeing how she plays out, I think it's time we look at what she could bring to the table. Will she be over powered? Will her abilities…

After finally completing Bioshock Infinite this week I sat back, thought about the story, tried to unravel it and expand my thoughts on the games storyline and lore. As I sat there I thought to myself “there is only one thing I sit down and think about like this, in…

 So the hype of the Playstation 4's announcement has calmed down, Crysis 3 has come out and gone, Aliens: Collonial Marines came out and dissapointed the world so surely all the things worth looking forward to have been and gone right? Wrong... I'm going to give you a list of…

We here at VGU have a fair few thoughts about the games industry and how games are designed, so, what better way to tell the world then by putting these thoughts on paper? Remember, these articles are only opinions of the writers and do not reflect the opinions of VGU as…

November 30th, 2012. This was the day that once again brought a new console into many homes here in the UK, me included. This was the day the Wii U launched. At around 11 in the morning, there was a knock on the door and standing outside was a nice…