Knack Preview
After we made our way into the Sony PlayStation event hall and actually managed to find the PlayStation 4 demo area, (up some stairs, dammit Sony we are that fit) Knack was the first game I saw, and I have to tell you; it looked pretty magical. Oddly enough, there…
Alien Rage Cinematic Trailer
This cinematic trailer tells us the back story of a game called Alien Rage. The name seems to make perfect sense with the premise of the game. This has intrigued us and we can’t wait to see the direction that City Interactive take this title. Tell us what you think…
UK Game Chart: Week Ending 5th July 2013
Today we bring you the UK chart for the week ending 6th July. This week had a lack of new releases, with the only real addition being Project X Zone which landed itself with the number 18 spot. The top two games haven’t changed since last week. The Last of…
Persona 5 Domain Name Registered
The Persona series has gained some steam since Persona 3, but reached critical mass after the release of Persona 4. Part of the long-running Shin Megami Tensei umbrella, Persona is a spin-off that has been going since 1996. With the recent remake Persona 4: Golden and Fighting game spin off Persona 4:…
Cube World Alpha Available For The Patient
Cube world is a rather promising looking little game. A multiplayer open-world RPG may not sound amazing, but throw in voxel graphics and the world being entirely procedurally-generated and that may be a winner. Initially conceived by one man, wollay, the game looks a lot like a more developed 3D…
Rejected Names for the Original Xbox Revealed
Games consoles aren't exactly famous for having great names. The PlayStation sounds like something either an 8 year old would come up with. Xbox was pretty much designed to include as many x's as possible because x stands for EXTREME!!! As for the Wii, anyone who defended that name…
Game of Thrones MMO is called Seven Kingdoms
The game has been inspired by the hit television show and not the actual novel. It is set within the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros and will give all players the chance to experiences the game first hand, all cool action bits included. About the game Seven Kingdoms starts its tale after the deaths of…
Half-Life 2 World Record Set
The video above shows us a team from SourceRuns completing Half-Life 2 in just 1 hour, 27 minutes and 51 seconds, setting the new world record for a Half-Life 2 speed run. The video is actually very entertaining to watch and funny in some places where you can see the…
Greenman Gaming 666 Spotlight Special – Heavenly Encore
You guys have to be quick this time as Greenman gaming are trading their devil horns for halos and putting back on every single deal we've seen this week for 30 hours only. Day 1 saw games such as killing floor, Borderlands 2 and Resident Evil 6 all for cheaper…
inFAMOUS Second Son Preview
You know what sucks? Not actually being able to play a demo. This was sort of annoying as I really enjoyed the Infamous series and was desperate to get my hands on it and take our protagonist Deslin Rowe and his smoke powers out for a spin. So while I…
Club Nintendo Japan Have Been Hacked
According to Nintendo: The night of July 2, they started an investigation and confirmed there was a large amount of access errors occurring. Unauthorized logins were confirmed to be occurring from July 4th to 9th of June. The amount of unauthorized logins totalled 23,926 reviews (attempted 15,457,485 times)! The customer information…
Epic Games is Making a Competitive Online Action Game With a Dynamic Economy
According to Epic Games's Careers page they are on the lookout for a Senior Systems Designer who is able to join one of two projects: "One of the the teams is working on an unannounced competitive online action game that includes player progression, heavy itemization and a dynamic economy; the…
There Could Be an Earthworm Jim 4 In the Works
On the Earthworm Jim Facebook page, the characters creator Doug TenNapel Wrote: "Everyone loves Earthworm Jim 1 and 2, and I don't generally acknowledge EWJ 3 as a real part of the Jim universe. So if I was making another Jim game, would it be too confusing to call it…
Batman: Arkham Origins Preview
Cool Story: A few of us from VGU were lucky enough to be invited down to Sony’s PlayStation Summer Showcase in London this Thursday just gone. Cooler story: We got to have a look at a load of upcoming Sony titles across their entire range of consoles and handhelds. Not…
Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 Full Burst Trailer
Above you can see the new trailer for the new Naruto game, Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 Full Burst. With the cell shaded graphics we've come to expect and love from Naruto games the trailer does not disappoint or hold back on showing some game play. The game is due…
Capsized Now on Xbox 360
Namco Bandai's new 2D platformer is now available on Xbox 360. Your ship has crash landed on a strange world and...you guessed it, aliens are trying to kill you. The game features a sinlge player story mode as well as online multiplayer elements. There is also an offline 2 player…
L.A. Noire writer joins Intuitive Game Studios for debut title
L.A. Noire scored very highly here on VGU with it's story being one of the major factors in it's success. So fans of the game will be happy to hear that L.A. Noire's writer Daniel McMahon is working on Intuitive Game Studio's debut game. The game's title has not been…
Warcraft would be hard to make into a film
Thomas Tull CEO of Legendary Pictures has said that Warcraft would be a difficult feat to make into a movie: A lot of times, what has happened in the past is, studios have said, ‘How many people play that game? OK, then that means they’ll probably all go out and…
Greenman Gaming 666 Spotlight Special – Day 6
So it's day 6 of the 666 Greenman Gaming sales meaning we've reached the final day. It's been an emotional week, you've cried, I've cried, we've all gamed so let's steel ourselves as we take a look at the final games on offer. Based on a miniature wargame, Confrontation is…
New Elderscrolls Online Dev Video
The very short video above for The Elder Scrolls online shows a couple of new monsters and a first person camera perspective. The first person camera has been a staple of The Elder Scrolls series RPGs since the series went full 3D. This is the first real glimpse we have…
Razer CEO: We don’t make accessories for the PS3 because mine gathered dust
There's no question that Razer make some of the best gaming products our there right now...for PC and Xbox 360 at least. The lack of PS3 controllers from Razer has disappointed some PS3 fans and finally, at the end of the PS3's life cycle, we get a reason why. Today…