In the peniultimate finals of EVO 2014, EG Justin Wong has been crowned champion in Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 after coming from Winners’ Finals and winning 3-1 against GG Chris G. The Wong Factor was in full effect, putting in a godly performance throughout all of Top 8 and…

In the sixth EVO finals, C9 Mango has been crowned champion in Super Smash Bros Melee after coming from Winners’ Finals and winning 3-2 against CRS Hungrybox. Hungrybox's Jigglypuff put up a valiant fight, including some great Rest combos but Mango's Fox prevailed in the end, letting Mango keep his…

In the fifth EVO finals, KN RM CDJR has been crowned champion in Killer Instinct after coming from Winners’ Finals and winning 3-1 in the first set. CDJR's Sadira was pretty dominant against Rico's Sabrewulf but he put up a good fight in most matches, almost turning it around in…

In the fourth EVO finals, Garireo has been crowned champion in BlazBlue Chrono Phantasma after coming from Losers' Finals and winning a super intense second set 3-2. Dogura's Azrael put up a fierce resistance, taking both sets to the final round but he ultimately lost to Garireo's Litchi, resulting in…

In the third EVO finals, Qanba Xiaohai has been crowned champion in King of Fighters XIII after coming from Winners' Finals and winning 3-1 in the second set against MCZ Tokido. MCZ Tokido put on a great performance, even resetting the bracket and making some clutch plays with Chin but…

Traveller’s Tales have never lacked scope when adapting a franchise into virtual Lego. You don't get much larger than the Star Wars, Marvel Universe, Harry Potter and Middle-Earth. Anything that is hammering major money out for Time Warner eventually gets the plastic brick treatment, so it was only a matter…

In an announcement from Ed Boon and NetherRealm Studios after the Injustice Grand Finals at EVO 2014, the Thunder God Raiden is announced as playable in Mortal Kombat X. Shown off in a trailer which had him duking it out with Kotal Kahn, Raiden's lightning based moves are pretty much…

In the second EVO finals, RG Sonic Fox has been crowned champion in Injustice: Gods Among Us after coming from Losers' Finals and winning 6 games in a row against AK Pig of the Hut. He dominated as Batgirl, defeating AK Pig of the Hut's Zod, even after losing to…

Red vs Blue UK is almost upon us and here is some vital information if you wish to attend. The event is running from the 1st - 3rd August, based in Leicester's Phoenix Square and The Cookie Jar. There will be a meet 'n' greet from 9am each day, so come…

The team at Cinemaware are hard at work on remastering their wonderful WWI fighter pilot hit WINGS and will be bringing the game to Play Expo this October. As well as displaying Wings, Cinemaware will also being showing a mystery game for the first time in the UK and will…

With every release comes an event deck, or though we thought. Now there is the Clash Pack for us to indulge. For the Magic 2015 release, a new product will be available that contains two full decks for players to combat each other with. It is called Fate and Fury.…

In the first final of EVO 2014, Twitch JDCR from the USA has been crowned champion in Tekken Tag Tournament, in a close 3-2 match against Gen from Japan (formally Genkids). Twitch JDCR put in a solid performance, coming from Winners' Bracket and even getting a Perfect in the final…

The power of Solemn Judgement and multiple Solemn Warning have long since been locked away. But now there is a new card to look forward to. In the future set Next Challengers there will be a new Solemn counter trap by the name of Solemn Advice. [caption id="attachment_27190" align="aligncenter" width="269"]…

The exciting new iteration in the Duels of the Planeswalkers series is now available on iPad exclusively before the games release on other platforms on July 16th. The launch signifies the first in the Magic 2015 product line-up by Magic owners Wizards of the Coast. Magic 2015 Duels of the…

A very touchy subject indeed isn't it. When talking about violence in the gaming world you can think of it from two different perspectives. Violence when it comes to games design and marketing and violence caused by video games. In the following video I bring up a recent interview featuring…

ROCCAT have announced that they will be introducing a limited run Kone XTD Optical gaming mouse. This new addition to the Kone lineup will feature an ultra-precise, true 6,400 DPI Pro-Optic (R5) optical sensor as well as ROCCAT's Adjustable Distance Control Unit (ADCU), for manually configurable lift control. The Kone XTD Optical also…

In a departure from normal character reveals, Nintendo will be holding a special livestream to announce the latest challenger for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS. The stream can be found on the official Smash Bros website and will air at 3pm GMT/7am PDT. So, who do you…

That’s right folks you can join the glamorous and exciting world of games journalism…OK it’s not that glamorous or exciting…and journalism is pushing it at times but never the less, VGU is looking for writers to fill the following roles: News Editor (multiple positions) – You will be tasked with…

In an announcement from NetherRealm Studios, there is going to be some new reveal of Mortal Kombat X during the Injustice Finals at EVO 2014. From the accompanying text on the reveal picture, I am guessing the character reveal could be Raiden or maybe Shinnok but based on the current…

All you fighting game fans, the time is almost here as Evolution 2014 begins tomorrow, showing off the world's finest in a plethora of different games. So, let's first run down all the games that are being played at EVO 2014, the number of entrants for each game and the…

EGX London has finally released the first batch of titles that will be available for lucky attendees to play at the convention. So far, the list is dominated with Microsoft titles like Sunset Overdrive, the Master Chief Collection, Project Spark, Fable Legends and Forza Horizon 2 but the big October…