Demon’s Souls is now available on PSN
The award-winning action RPG Demon's Souls™ is now available for download on the PlayStation®Network (PSN) for $19.99/£12.49** To celebrate this digital release, ATLUS is hosting a World Tendency Event for one week starting today and ending on 1/14/13, setting the servers to Pure White. For those unfamiliar with the game…
Man Attempting to Recreate Earth in Minecraft to a 1:1500 scale
A possibly insane (we have yet to clarify) player of Minecraft has decided that he will rebuild the world in a 1:1500 scale in Minecraft. The Minecraft use "Lentebriesje" has set up a specific set of forums to manage various sections of the planet and is using a tool calls…
The Steambox is Revealed at CES 2013
At the CES trade show in Las Vegas, a new piece of tech from Xi3 Corporations and Valve has taken the gaming world by surprise. The new modular PC hardware is known as 'Piston' and is looking to be a possible contender for the console gaming crown. Jason Sullivan, founder…
Ubisoft Announces Assassin’s Creed III’s The Battle Hardened Downloadable Content
Ubisoft has announced today that the second Assassin’s Creed III downloadable content pack, The Battle Hardened, is now available on Xbox 360, and will be available on January 9 on PlayStation 3 cand January 15 on PC! The pack is available for £7.99 on PC and PlayStation3, or 800MSP on…
Pokemon X/Y – New Starters, New Legendaries and even prettier!
Today saw the unveiling of the newest Pokemon games, and the gaming community appears to be very excited. Every generation of Pokemon the creatures get more fantastic, creative and insane, and Pokemon X/Y are no exception to this rule! What started off with Charmander, Squirtle and Bulbasaur now begins with Chespin,…
Four New Tracks For F1 Race Stars Available For Download From Today
Codemasters has announced new downloadable content for F1 RACE STARS, the game that takes FORMULA ONE™ racing over the top, with four diverse new circuits expanding the game’s solo, split-screen and online modes available from today. The new tracks will be available from the Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for the Xbox…
The AVGN Youtube Account has been Terminated [Update: Reinstated]
[Update: Cinemassacre.com is now using an alternate player to host AVGN episodes once more and the account is back on youtube.] In an odd turn of events, James Rolfe's (A.K.A The Angry Videogame Nerd) Youtube Account has been found terminated today. All that remains of the page is a looming message from Youtube:…
DayZ’s Dean Hall Answers “Where is the Standalone Release?”
Assumed very busy, Dean Hall has recently been sparse on updating the community for DayZ, especially since he professed at Eurogamer Expo that DayZ standalone would be out by the end of 2012. However, Dean has returned with a comprehensive update covering Why DayZ standalone hasn't released yet, what's been done…
Mad Catz Announces New Range of Mobile Gaming Products for PC, Mac and Smart Devices
The initial products in the range include the R.A.T.M mobile gaming mouse, the F.R.E.Q.M headset, the M.O.U.S.9 wireless mouse, and the C.T.R.L.R wireless gamepad. In addition to delivering leading edge gaming performance on PC, Mac and sometimes consoles, GameSmart products are designed to extend the core gaming experience to supporting…
Dead Space 3: Video demonstration of kinect features
VGU Previously ran an article that detailed the effects of swearing whilst playing Dead Space 3 when playing using Kinect. This article is somewhat of a follow up with a video from EA. On video is the Executive Producer of Dead Space 3, Steve Papoutsis, who explains the use of…
PlayStation 2 stops being Manufactured after 12 Years
The year 2000 was the year when Sony released their new console to the world, the PlayStation 2. The successor to the original Playstation managed to sell 150 million units worldwide over its lifespan and has earned the crown for the most successful home games console of all time. Now…
Asiasoft Online Opens Third World for Ragnarok Online 2
Asiasoft announces today that they have opened the third world for Ragnarok Online 2 and the new world is called Freyja, which is the name of the Nordic Goddess of love, beauty and fertility. Soon after Open Beta Testing (OBT) phase was opened on 3rd January 2013, Ragnarok Online 2's…
The Second Closed Beta of Chrono Tales (the 3D MMO) Launches today!
The second Closed Beta for brand new browser-based 3D MMO Chrono Tales launches today at 21:00 EST and will last for approximately two weeks. The new game has boasts anime-styled 3D graphics via browser. If it sounds like something right up your street you can claim a code from the Chrono…
Bioshock Infinite PC Will Contain 3 Disks
In a post earlier on Twitter, Irrational Games' Ken Levine has confirmed that on PC Bioshock: Infinite will contain 3 disks of content. IGLevine: @IGLevine @itsjessealright infinite on 3 discs on pc. The idea of an entire 3 disks of content sounds promising, especially when the game is already looking…
Crash Bandicoot Redesign Spotted
Crash Bandicoot has not had any recent titles in years and since 2008 has not been featured in a game but that could change.... Fans have noticed a picture of the beloved Bandicoot in a picture posted up on Vicarious Vision's Facebook page hidden in the background and it seems…
VGU’s Best Nintendo Games of 2012
2012 has been a slow year for the Nintendo Consoles and only really picked up when the Wii U was released. However, there have been some cracking games for the Nintendo devices and these are VGU’s best ones! One of the Wii U’s unique original titles and it is…
Mr Torgue’s Campaign of Carnage DLC Review
After the first piece of Borderlands 2 DLC just missed the mark with dulled humour and bland environments, “Mr Torgue's campaign of carnage” sets all of this right with one of the most memorable Borderlands characters so far and varied areas. This round of DLC opens with resident mad scientist…
Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate’s Booty DLC Review
The months after the first Borderlands was released offered a treasure trove of DLC that kept players coming back to the backwater planet of Pandora long after the first vault was opened. Borderland 2 seems set to continue this trend with it's first DLC continuation less than a month from…
War for the Overworld: Dungeon Keepers Inspired Kickstarter Game Hits £220K And Rising
Dungeon Keepers and Dungeon Keeps 2 anyone growing up in the 90's will remember the lovable RTS dungeon making game. The game was pretty simple, use your imps to mine out the rocks in an underground dungeon, build rooms, set traps and lore your enemies into them or entice them…
Best PS3 Games of 2012
With 2012 having come to an end (and the Mayans being wrong), we have a look back at the games that really made the year special. More specifically, we're looking at the games that were top of the pile on the PS3. Are there truly any words that can effectively…
SteelSeries Sensei [Raw] Rubberised Ver Hardware Review
Sensei vs Sensei[RAW] The first thing to note is that there are two technical versions of the Sensei mouse the original comes with more features but a higher price and the [RAW] has a couple extra features stripped but comes at a lower price. To see what is more beneficial…