The Pokémon Company International's Pokemon Symphonic Evolutions is returning to London for a couple of days and is performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on December 19th & 20th. This is probably no surprise to some with the recent popularity of Pokemon GO. Previous performances where sold out around the world but…

Pokemon GO will now allow users to request locations to become PokeStops and gyms. One of the problem many users have found is that living outside a city or big town can be a wasteland of nothing. Pokestops and gyms can become rare occurrences only heard about in legend but…

The wait for Persona 5 has been long and ardous since it's initial announcement back in 2013. With the Japanese release date confirmed for September this year, it seems that our patience is finally being rewarded by ATLUS with a livestream that reveals footage from the beginning of Persona 5. This includes the full…

The annual Develop: Brighton conference took place last week from July 12-14, and while it was mainly an event for journalists, developers and other people in the games industry, there were a large amount of upcoming and recently released games on the expo floor. After playing most of them, many…

The first episode of narrative driven Life is Strange, Chrysalis is free to download. Square Enix and DONTNOD announce that the title will be free to all on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC starting from July 21st. Oskar Guilbert, CEO of DONTNOD says, “Although our team…

If you were around in the early 90's, you will definitely remember the early years of Sonic the Hedgehog. Using the power of 'Blast Processing', the blue blur starred in a series of games that many fans believe were his glory days. It could be argued that the games that followed…

Alongside Tekken 7 and Dragonball Xenoverse 2, a brand new IP from Bandai Namco will also be featured at Gamescom next month. Namco have announced it'll be directed at a Western audience although Ni No Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom, announced in December, won't be on show. They're keeping a lid on the finer details…

Rice Digital have announced a special edition version of Valkyrie Drive Bhikkhuni, the Valkyrie Drive: Bhikkhuni Liberator's edition. On top of receiving the game, players will also get a PlayStation Vita peach skin case, the official Valkyrie Drive: Bhikkhuni soundtrack, an art book and special display box designed by Takaki-san himself. Valkyrie Drive: Bhikkhuni is from…

To celebrate Star Wars HTC in partnership with Valve and Lucasfilm are going to release a Star Wars VR experience called Trials on Tatooine for free to all HTC Vive owners. Anyone from Monday 18th July who own a HTC Vive will be able to pick up a lightsaber and defend…

Pokemon GO has officially made its way to the iOS and Googe Play App Store today in the UK. The augmented reality mobile game lets players become real life trainers, exploring their surroundings and attempting to capture Pokemon. It was released last week in some other territories and that has…

The internet is currently crying with tears of sadness and happiness over a new addition coming to Pokemon Sun and Moon. Mimikkyu is a ghost type Pokemon which will look pretty familiar to most people. Coming from Serebii, Mimikkyu was recently uncovered in the Japanese magazine CoroCoro and their translation of…

Rocket League, the incredibly popular car-focused football game, is to receive microtransactions in the form of unlockable crates in a forthcoming update. This announcement comes around after a Redditor delved into the files of the game and found the assets; Psyonix were originally planning to make the announcement closer to…

Welcome to Episode 6 of the VGU Podcast. This bi-weekly cast has our team discuss the latest news as well as our personal games of choice as of this past week. [audio mp3="http://videogamesuncovered.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/VGUPodcastEP6_Gamecube_RemastersandHighSchoolMusical.mp3"][/audio] This time around we talk about our favourite moments from E3 2016 as well as bring up…

A few months ago, it was revealed that the long standing deal between NIS America and ATLUS to bring their games to European shores was no longer in place. Until earlier this week, it was feared that due to this decision, some titles such as Persona 5 and Shin Megami…

Ahead of its release in just over a month's time, Sean Murray, founder of Hello Games, has confirmed via Twitter that No Man's Sky has gone gold and development is complete. After No Man's Sky was first unveiled at VGX 2013, the huge ambition and grand scale of the game meant it…

Recently revealed by Bandai Namco via Twitter, Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 will feature exclusive content players who pre-order. There will also be a collector's edition available that supplies even more juicy content. Upon pre-ordering the game, gamers can look forward to riding around the hub world on their own Tao…

In their fourth acquisition of the transfer market, Manchester City have signed a name not many people would expect at all. Kieran 'Kez' Brown, professional FIFA player, becomes the first eSports player for the club but is the next name in a growing list of players and teams signing for professional sports…

Good news Pokemon fans! Pokemon Go the "gotta catch em all" smartphone AR game is beginning to surface on iOS and Google Play in some places around the globe such as Australia. It was recently mentioned that the title would release sometime in July and has come sooner than expected. If you…

The Warriors, one of the earlier games from Grand Theft Auto developers in the PlayStation 2 and original Xbox era, has been ported to PlayStation 4. Based on the movie of the same name, The Warriors was heralded as one of the best titles of its era. New York, 1979. A battle…

Blizzard have paid tribute to college student Wu Hongyu, 20, from Guangdong University of Technology in Guangzhou, China, after he died tragically in an accident on May 23rd. Wu Hongyu had seen somebody stealing a classmates bike from the campus, and in an heroic move, got on his own bike…

Fancy yourself an up and coming member of the video games development industry? Well here's some good news for you, Blizzard Entertainment is hiring new staff for a new entry in the Diablo series, one of the new staff members will be given the prestigious role of being the game's director.…