In surprising news coming out of Tokagi Game Party 2015, Nintendo of Japan president Satoru Iwata dropped the bombshell that the company is now officially allowing fans to use their intellectual property to create derivative works like Let's Plays, fan art, animations and so on. Iwata himself even showed off…

Arc System Works, in the run up to the December release of Guilty Gear Xrd, has released a new trailer which gives fans a sneak peek at the anime cutscenes you will find whilst playing through the story mode of Guilty Gear Xrd. Also in this trailer, you can see…

The portable version of Nintendo's crossover fighting franchise Super Smash Bros. would have been predicted to sell a lot of copies due to the it's expanded target audience, but no one could have foreseen that it would be the tenth Nintendo 3DS title in America to reach one million copies. This is…

In news many fans have been waiting to hear, the Project M Back Room have finally released version 3.5 of the popular Brawl mod out to the public. This version adds new costumes for most fighters, a fully fleshed out Debug Mode where you can check hitboxes, frame data, advantages…

Rockstar Games posted a bit of news today, a census of GTA Online information as well as giving a "sort of" release window for the long-awaited online heists update to Grand Theft Auto Online, which can be viewed here. Rockstar had this to say regarding the heists, "Online Heists which will…

The long-awaited Payday 2 DLC has arrived in a free update, where players can break out Pete Gold- Er, Old Hoxton. The heist has had a large amount of hype surrounding it from the Payday 2 community, and it manages to capture a lot of what we were hoping for,…

We finally got our hands on the full version of Tales of Hearts R and we are ready to see if the full game creates a greater impression than the preview did. Is it going to be a tale to remember or is it a heartbreaker? As mentioned in our…

I have been dying to see a developer create a game to compete against the now illustrious Souls Series by FromSoftware. For years those games have graced my television screens, but there have never really been any direct competitors out there to this type of RPG. That was until CI…

The Master Chief Collection dropped on Xbox One yesterday, bringing along with it a number of multiplayer-based issues. At the moment, it is nearly impossible to join a game and those that can be joined suffer from a great deal of lag, causing it to be unplayable at the moment.…

Konami have unveiled the list of club and national licenses to feature in Pro Evolution Soccer 2015, which will include second tier teams for the first time. The publisher also revealed a release day content update. PES 2015 includes branding for the UEFA Champion’s League and UEFA Europa League as…

Wildstar fans rejoice, as the newest free content update becomes available. Wildstar will continue to grow with free updates, each one adding something different. After the previous "Strain" update and the PVP orientated "Sabotage" update, many were wondering what would follow, and the answer is this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXuawfuQ7D0&feature=youtu.be It's been about…

A new king of iron fist will be crowned as the next tournament slowly arrives. Tekken 7 recently got a brand new trailer released from Japan showcasing a great deal of new content. In this little breakdown of the trailer, we will see what new details we can find from…

From Software have announced today that their Dark Souls inspired game Bloodborne that is a PlayStation 4 exclusive which was set to be released in February will now hit shelves on March 25 in Europe and the 28th in the UK “We were really grateful for all the player data and…

  Let’s start with the important part, the sound quality. In the words of Ace Ventura, it’s good. There are certainly better headsets out there for the audiophiles amongst you, but you’ll struggle to find anything that puts the Kave to shame within its price range. The sound isolation is…

Warner Bros and Monolith recently announced the release of the original soundtrack to Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor.   The album comes with 47 tracks from the world of Shadow of Modor composed by Garry Schyman (Bioshock) and Nathan Grigg (F.E.A.R.) The soundtrack is now available on iTunes for $9.99.…

The sequel to the hugely popular Five Nights at Freddy's, has shown up on Steam today with no previous indication that it was set to release today. The trailers as well as promotional pictures had listed Five Nights at Freddy's 2 to be releasing in early 2015. However, the game can currently…

With Assassin's Creed: Rogue finally available today, Ubisoft have released a launch trailer to introduce fans both old and new to their latest title. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDeyI31pG8A With a solemn tone throughout, the trailer fully introduces the game's protagonist, Shay. As an Assassin-turned-Templar, Shay expresses how he once whole-heartedly followed the assassin…

Following yesterday's announcement from Telltale, which confirmed that Iron From Ice will be the first of six episodes in their new Game of Thrones series, the publishers have finally given us more than just whispers to prepare us for what lies ahead. In a substantial blog post, Telltale have confirmed…

Here at VGU we had a chance to take some time away from video game writing to play some actual video games and Evolve is one a lot of people in the team have been looking forward to since we played it at 2K's. As there were so many inching…

After many whispered rumours of it going free to play, Avalanche Studios has finally announced that Just Cause 3 is coming to PS4, Xbox One and PC in 2015. This news came as the game is this month's featured game on the cover of Game Informer, who have had hours…

In news coming from Nintendo today, they have announced the 3rd and 4th waves of amiibo figures, coming in January and February of 2015. The 3rd wave will include Rosalina and Luma, Bowser, Lucario, Toon Link, Sheik and Ike, with this set being released on the 23rd of January. The…