Defiance, the highly anticipated online open world shooter created by Trion Worlds, will be having an open beta January 18-January 20, and they're inviting players to sign up for its open beta.  The Beta, called "Advanced Mission Beta 1", transports the player to a futuristic San Francisco bay area and you…

Sony, in a shock turn of events, has filed a new patent for game disk technology that could end the second hand market for good, well, at least if you're a Playstation Gamer. Filed on 09/12/12, only 22 days ago, the patent puts forward a design which involves adding an…

MadCatz has announced  GameSmart a new technology which will move smart devices such as tablets and mobile phones one step closer to core gaming experience like a games console or gaming computer. GameSmart control products will function through the Bluetooth® Smart stack, will be game and hardware independent, and will…

This year has had its share of ups and downs, with some greats and some not so great games. Take a look at our Best Xbox 360 Games of 2012 - the first in a series of "Best of 2012..." articles on VGU! In no particular order we have: The baby…

AbleGamers Foundation is an organisation that deals with games for the disabled. It has today announced that EA’s chart topping FIFA 13 will be awarded with the AbleGamers Mainstream Accessible Game of the Year Award. FIFA 13 allows most severely disabled gamers to be able to play and enjoy a…

Every once in a while there comes a game that is either incredibly loved or absolutely hated. The Marmite of the games industry. Ninja theory's DmC Devil May Cry appears to be that Marmite game - the fans are either loving it or they are hating it completely. Well the first review…

Zeno Clash 2 is the sequel to the indie game Zeno Clash which was a first person brawling game with a crazy graphical twist. Atlus have teamed up again with the developers to bring us all Zeno Clash 2. Beyond the overall visuals of the game which are set to…

EA have one more surprise for gamers: Visceral Games announced that the downloadable demo for Dead Space 3 will be available on Xbox Live and the Playstation Network starting on January 22nd 2013. However if you're planning on getting it for the Xbox, you can get exclusive access to the demo…

What should of happened in a perfect world was the Open Beta was going to start 27th December 2012, due to the massive amount on interest this came with serve server congestion and slowed websites. Asiasoft after much consideration has deiced to reschedule the open beta test to the 3rd…

An EA representative has claimed that the links to purchase real guns from the Medal of Honor websites was "inappropriate" and therefore have been removed. This is a big change for the Medal of Honor site, the series is a big seller for EA and the game franchise has recently…

Compile Heart are once again giving you a game filled with Mugen Soul goodness, however Chou Chou will not be the main character this time around. The game will take place within 12 worlds created by the ultimate god instead of just 7 like the previous game. The main character…

Up first, editors of ModDB have had their say on the most prolific mods both released and unreleased to grace our presence over the past year. 2012 is very special however, since the winner for Editors Choice Best Overall will be receiving a one of a kind Wally trophy as…

THE HONORABLE MENTIONS To qualify for the top 10, the mod must place higher than it has in previous years and must have had a significant content update in 2012. Otherwise an honourable mention is given, which these teams have received: Since winning the 2008 Mod of the Year Project…

The CEO of GamerFitNation, Antwand Pearman, started a small movement after the events at Sandy Hook. It was a simple event with a simple message, on the day of the 21st of December; gamers should not play any violent games in order to show their respect to the victims and…

If the name isn't enough to pique your interest, how about the fact that it's a dark and comical third-person shooter that combines elements of rpg with elements of a traditional shoot-em up? Atlus, famous for the Persona and Shin Megami Tensei series, as well as the Game of Thrones…

Mr Koj…Mr Joakim Mogren and his team have released another trailer for The Phantom Pain via Mr Mogrem's Youtube channel. The original trailer has until now been dissected up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, start to finish and numerous ideas and theories have come about from…

At a recent talk, the Vice President of the National Rifle Association, Wayne LaPierre, blamed "vicious, violent video games, with names like Bulletstorm, Grand Theft Auto, Mortal Kombat and Splatterhouse" for the recent school shootings. Things got even worse when he presented his ultimate proof, a ten year old flash…

Demons, wolves and mythical monsters - what more could you want from an action RPG set in turn of the century Japan? Play as 'Red', one of the elite group of demon hunters inspired by the Red Riding Hood tale. For those of you paying attention we've got what is…

"So, you battle-hardened MvM vets think you've got that whole "stopping murderous waves of robots" thing figured out, huh? Well, re-check those figures, because the robot hordes just added a deadly new class to their clanking, soulless ranks: The Mecha-Engineer! And as the incredible art above this paragraph illustrates, it…

On Wednesday the 18th of December, THQ filed for Bankruptcy. However, THQ also announced that it had secured an investor, a firm named Clearlake Capital Group who are buying a majority of the THQ company. This includes development studios, THQ’s intellectual properties, contracts and also support staff that are required…

You can now pre-purchase DmC Devil May Cry through the Steam store and you'll even receive the free DmC costume pack! You can either pre-purchase the standard edition, which will cost you £29.99, or there's the option to pre-purchase the DmC Complete Pack, which contains: Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition, Devil…