American McGee Cancels OZombie Kickstarter
In update 19 of the OZombie Kickstarter campaign page, American McGee lists two reasons why this trip back to OZ has been cut short: 1) He wants to start a campaign for the Alice film rights since the window to obtain them is very small. 2) The OZ campaign was…
Sony Drops Appeal Against Fine For The PlayStation Network Hacking
The ICO (Information Commissioners Office) recently tweeted that Sony has confirmed that they will not be appealing the £250,000 penalty after the "serious DPA breach" in 2011, despite Sony claiming that they would fully appeal the breach as it was a "focused and determined criminal attack" on their system. Now however…
Happy 30th Birthday Luigi
According to Nintendo, it's Luigi's 30th Birthday today! Nintendo has said that since Mario Bros. was released July 14, 1983 a day before the Famicom was initially launched in Japan; this is the birthday of the green plumber! Happy Birthday Luigi! What memories of the greener brother do you have?…
Mad Max Gameplay Trailer Comes Out Tomorrow
Avalanche Studios has announced today by both Facebook and Twitter that gameplay for their current and next-gen game Mad Max will be coming tomorrow. The Tweet in question can be seen here: In 2 days, watch the world premiere of the Mad Max Gameplay Trailer! pic.twitter.com/R9m8IS7BvW — Mad Max…
Why Pokemon Would Be Horrific In Real Life.
With the release of Pokémon X & Y just around the corner, I thought it would be a good idea to remind everyone to thank their lucky stars that Pokémon aren't real. I know, I know, when you first think about having a Pokémon of your own it sounds amazing, but…
Steam Summer Sale Spotlight – Day 4
It's time for Steam to refresh their deals so check out what's on offer below. Deadlight won the community choice vote meaning it has 75% off and only costs £2.49. The games up for vote this time are Gunpoint, Torchlight II and Don't Starve. Daily Deals Kerbal Space Programme -…
Epic Cancels Infinity Blade: Dungeons
It's a sad day for those looking forward to the latest in Epic and Chair Entertainment's ground-breaking Infinity Blade series. Epic announced today via their official podcast that the latest game in the series, the graphically-stellar Infinity Blade: Dungeons is no longer in production. Announced in 2012 for iOS, the…
Xbox One Chief Product Officer Marc Whitten Talks About The Xbox One’s Poor Messaging
In a recent interview with IGN, Xbox One chief product officer Marc Whitten talked about the companies failures in communicating it's message with the Xbox One launch, as well a the recent petition from some gamers to return Xbox One to it's original specifications, before Microsoft's so called 'Xbox 180'.…
Capcom host Capcom Cup Tournament
Capcom have announced they they will be hosting a tournament for Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition, Ultimate Marvel vs Capcop 3 and Street Fighter X Tekken. The tournament will be called The Capcom Cup. Eight of the best players in the world for easy game will compete for the…
Bioshock Project on Vita is Still Happening
Ever since Ken Levine stood on stage at E3 2011 and declared a PlayStation Vita Bioshock title both him and Irrational games have remained very quiet about it. Many believed the project had been silently canned, however, Ken himself recently tweeted out that this is not the case: Well, at…
According to Sony There Has Been No Negative Feedback On Dualshock 4
In a recent interview, Mark Cerny, the mind behind the PlayStation 4, revealed that he and his team have no negative feedback concerning the Dualshock 4 controller. "The controller was a very, very broad collaboration that went out to the game teams and even some of the third-party teams. We…
New Pokemon Revealed in the New Movie Adverts
In a advert before the screening of the new Pokemon Movie, a new tree like Pokemon was spotted. According to fans it had the typical colourings of a tree but it also looks quite evil and spider-like in some ways. Pictures and sketches from PokeBeach, thanks guys! Above are some…
Street Fighter IV is getting 5 new characters
Street Fighter IV's next update will bring 5 new characters to the game. Rolento, Elena, Hugo and Poison are all confirmed characters in the update, plus an unannounced 5th new character. The new characters will be joined by 6 new stages and the usual balancing of the game for optimal Street…
Killzone: Mercenary beta sign-up live
Sign-ups are now live for Sony's newest handheld fps Killzone Mercenary. Sony are confident that the new game will show off the PSVita as the 'optimal handheld platform for first-person shooters.' But with the main rival hand-held being the 3DS, being the best at FPS games on handhelds shouldn't be…
Tribes: Ascend Dev: No Further Updates Planned
Todd Harris, the studio boss for Hi-Rez Studios says that 'there are no major dev updates planned for Tribes: Ascend in the next six months' because the studio will be channelling all it's effort into their new moba 'Smite'. He continued to say that the development for Tribes: Ascend is…
Steam Summer Sale Spotlight Special Feature 6
Check out the latest deals in the Steam summer sale below. The community choice winner is System Shock 2 which is down 75% to just £1.74. The next 3 games to vote between are Deadlight, Orcs must die 2 and Mark of the Ninja. Flash Sales Simcity 4 - 70%…
Steam Summer Sale Spotlight Special Feature 5
It may be very late for us at VGU but we're dedicated to bringing you all the Steam sales news. Check out the latest deals you can get below. Universe Sandbox won the latest Community Choice vote making it just £1.39 with an 80% discount. The choices for the next…
Dota 2 The Most Played Game on Steam By Far
It's no secret that Dota 2 is one of Valve's most successful games to date. Even during it's long 2 year beta it was still a very popular game on Steam. After launching earlier this week Dota 2's playing numbers have blown every game out of the water, even with the…
Ducktales: Remastered to be released soon
Capcom have announced that Ducktales: Remastered will released this August on PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U and PC. The game will be available as a digital title on August 13th for Wii U, PSN and PC where XBLA players will have to wait until September 11th. Another nice surprise for…
Firefall Starts Monthly Esports Tournament
Red 5 Studios have announced that they are teaming up with ESL (Electronic Sports League) to host a series of tournaments called 'Go4Firefall'. Similar to the popular Go4CSGO and Go4SC2 tournaments, Go4Firefall will offer cash prize pools of $9,000 in the US and €9,000 in the EU. Every Sunday participating…
Anomaly 2 Update Adds New Map And More
11 Bit Studios have announced the release of a new free update to Anomaly 2. This new update adds a new PvP multiplayer map called Philips’ Puzzle as well as a set of functionalities that enable players to customize the parametres of their multiplayer battles. Now you can play battles…