At the recent Insomnia57 event, we had a chance to talk to Modernleper, a professional Hearthstone player about the event, the Truesilver Championship and Hearthstone in general. VGU: “For readers that haven’t heard of you before, tell us a little bit about yourself.” Modernleper: “My name’s Will Bindloss, Modernleper in…

CD Projekt Red, the developers of The Witcher series, have released a fantastic mini video detailing exactly what went into making Roach such an iconic character in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Most April Fools jokes are overdone and tend to fall flat on their face, except when they’re phenomenally…

Treyarch revealed the details of Black Ops 3’s second DLC pack via livestream yesterday, which will include four multiplayer maps and a new zombies level. Called Eclipse, PlayStation 4 players can purchase the new DLC from April 19th, with Xbox and PC expected to receive it one month later. Reimaginings…

Mode7 Games, the guys behind the Frozen Synapse series have today revealed via Twitter they’ll be publishing a game called Tokyo 42. In development by Smac Games, they claim it’s the ‘lovechild of Syndicate and GTA 1’, although the bright and bold colour palette is straight out of the streets…

Previous Call of Dutys have progressed further and further into the future, with Advanced Warfare going as far as to introduce thruster packs, but Infinity Ward’s upcoming installment is reported to be set completely in space. Due for release this November, the rumour comes from serial industry source Shinobi602 on…

Last weekend saw the finals for Stage One of the European part of the Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 World League. 14 teams descended upon Cologne, Germany with eight competing to avoid relegation and the other six fighting for the trophy and their share of $168,000. Starting with the teams…

After Overwatch player ‘Fipps’ complained on the official forums that a completely optional pose for the hero Tracer was too sexual (the pose is pictured at the bottom of this article), Overwatch director has responded by agreeing and subsequently removing the ‘offending’ pose from the game. You can read Fipps’…

This past weekend saw one of the United Kingdom’s biggest Hearthstone tournaments take place, with 103 competitors from across the world including well known pros such as Lifecoach from Germany, Powder from Sweden and Firebat from the U.S.A. Round One kicked off in the Swiss format, with the top 16…

Telltale Games’ The Walking Dead Season One received immense critical acclaim, chronicling the journey of Lee and Clementine as they made friends, evaded foes and gave everything they had in order to stay alive. It was intense and kept you on the edge of your seat, as you had no…

Planet Coaster, one of many theme park sims currently in development alongside Parkitect and Rollercoaster Tycoon World, is now available for pre-order. Being developed by Frontier Developments, the same guys behind Rollercoaster Tycoon 3, Elite: Dangerous and Zoo Tycoon for Xbox One, these guys aren’t new to the theme park…

LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the latest LEGO game based on Episode VII of Star Wars, is due for release on June 28. Ahead of the release, TT Games have releaed a gameplay trailer showcasing many of the game’s features. Blaster battles are a new addition to the LEGO…

Ahead of the release of the Ratchet & Clank remaster in just a few weeks time, Insomniac Games have dropped a new story trailer voiced by none other than the legendary Captain Qwark. Once again, Captain Copernicus L. Qwark plays a fundamental role in the game, but according to Insomniac…

TY the Tasmanian Tiger, the child friendly platformer released in 2002 on PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube, has just launched on Steam Early Access. The original developers, Krome Studios, are the guys behind the remaster and are aiming to release the game fully in Q3 2016. Players control TY on…

PlayStation 2 classics Manhunt and Bully, or Canis Canem Edit here in the UK, are now available for purchase on PlayStation 4. Priced at £11.99 and sized at 2GB apiece, both have been upscaled to 1080p with remote play and trophy support. So don’t expect remastered editions, they’re definitely the…

Nuk3town, the third version of the classic map first seen in in Call of Duty: Black Ops I is now available to all owners of Black Ops III. Set in 2065, the layout of the map is the same but with futuristic looking buses in the centre and new interior…

Twitch is constantly home to unique ideas that nobody expects. First was TwitchPlaysPokemon, then the Bob Ross Marathon, now it’s the San Andreas Deer Cam. A man called Brent Watanabe has modded his version of Grand Theft Auto V so the player character is replaced by a deer. An invincible…

In recognition and support of the growing eSports scene, Microsoft has announced their partnership with competitive gaming companies FACEIT and Electronic Sports League (ESL). Called the Xbox Live Tournaments platform, the news came at the Game Developers Conference 2016 which is currently ongoing in San Fransisco. Xbox Live Tournaments will…

First seen in the 2000 Japanese film of the same name, Battle Royale is a format that seems made for video games. It’s been emulated via mods such as Minecraft’s popular Hunger Games plugin and ARMA III has a dedicated game mode, but surprisingly there hasn’t been an entire game…

Announced just a few minutes ago at the Game Developers Conference in San Fransisco, PlayStation VR will be launching in October of this year for £349/$399. A price considerably lower than both the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive, it appears Sony are the only ones looking to market virtual…

Episode Two of the recent The Walking Dead spin off by Telltale, which follows protagonist Michonne, has a confirmed release date of March 29 for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PC/Mac and iOS/Android. Set directly after the events of Episode One, In Too Deep, here’s a description…

What’s this? Blizzard have finally listened to the community? Heaven’s above. That’s right, the amount of deck slots available in the World of Warcraft themed card game has doubled from nine to 18, meaning you can have even more variants of Secret Paladin before it inevitably leaves the meta after…