Members of the Japanese Square-Enix members will now be able to use their online avatars in a Final Fantasy styled browser based game where they can battle various Final Fantasy Monsters from various games in the series. OK, now I am Jealous... Square Enix: Legend World uses Stage 3D and…

You've tried the nightmare on Playstation 3, perhaps screaming hours on end in frustration. Well be prepared to experience it again when it becomes downloadable on the PSN. Released on the 8th Januart 2013 for $19.99 (about £12.30), ATLUS are celebrating its release by hosting a World Tendency Event for…

Defiance, the highly anticipated online open world shooter created by Trion Worlds, will be having an open beta January 18-January 20, and they're inviting players to sign up for its open beta.  The Beta, called "Advanced Mission Beta 1", transports the player to a futuristic San Francisco bay area and you…

Sony, in a shock turn of events, has filed a new patent for game disk technology that could end the second hand market for good, well, at least if you're a Playstation Gamer. Filed on 09/12/12, only 22 days ago, the patent puts forward a design which involves adding an…

MadCatz has announced  GameSmart a new technology which will move smart devices such as tablets and mobile phones one step closer to core gaming experience like a games console or gaming computer. GameSmart control products will function through the Bluetooth® Smart stack, will be game and hardware independent, and will…

This year has had its share of ups and downs, with some greats and some not so great games. Take a look at our Best Xbox 360 Games of 2012 - the first in a series of "Best of 2012..." articles on VGU! In no particular order we have: The baby…

AbleGamers Foundation is an organisation that deals with games for the disabled. It has today announced that EA’s chart topping FIFA 13 will be awarded with the AbleGamers Mainstream Accessible Game of the Year Award. FIFA 13 allows most severely disabled gamers to be able to play and enjoy a…

Horror is a tricky topic to talk about. What is classed as 'scary' differs between different people, for example I'm terrified of spiders (even the tiniest ones) but I love snakes and reptiles, whereas one of my friends is petrified of snakes. You can say I'm somewhat of a horror…

Welcome to the first 2Player review! Let me give you a rundown of how this will work, the review will be split up in to two sections, the Player 1 experience and the Player 2 experience. Player 1 will be looking at the game from single player view and Player…

Every once in a while there comes a game that is either incredibly loved or absolutely hated. The Marmite of the games industry. Ninja theory's DmC Devil May Cry appears to be that Marmite game - the fans are either loving it or they are hating it completely. Well the first review…

Zeno Clash 2 is the sequel to the indie game Zeno Clash which was a first person brawling game with a crazy graphical twist. Atlus have teamed up again with the developers to bring us all Zeno Clash 2. Beyond the overall visuals of the game which are set to…

Paper Mario has always been very different from the main Mario series. Starting with Paper Mario on the N64 this turn based RPG series has delivered top notch games ever since and this newest title is not different, though it is worth noting that this games is different in some…

EA have one more surprise for gamers: Visceral Games announced that the downloadable demo for Dead Space 3 will be available on Xbox Live and the Playstation Network starting on January 22nd 2013. However if you're planning on getting it for the Xbox, you can get exclusive access to the demo…

What should of happened in a perfect world was the Open Beta was going to start 27th December 2012, due to the massive amount on interest this came with serve server congestion and slowed websites. Asiasoft after much consideration has deiced to reschedule the open beta test to the 3rd…

An EA representative has claimed that the links to purchase real guns from the Medal of Honor websites was "inappropriate" and therefore have been removed. This is a big change for the Medal of Honor site, the series is a big seller for EA and the game franchise has recently…

Compile Heart are once again giving you a game filled with Mugen Soul goodness, however Chou Chou will not be the main character this time around. The game will take place within 12 worlds created by the ultimate god instead of just 7 like the previous game. The main character…

Up first, editors of ModDB have had their say on the most prolific mods both released and unreleased to grace our presence over the past year. 2012 is very special however, since the winner for Editors Choice Best Overall will be receiving a one of a kind Wally trophy as…

THE HONORABLE MENTIONS To qualify for the top 10, the mod must place higher than it has in previous years and must have had a significant content update in 2012. Otherwise an honourable mention is given, which these teams have received: Since winning the 2008 Mod of the Year Project…

The CEO of GamerFitNation, Antwand Pearman, started a small movement after the events at Sandy Hook. It was a simple event with a simple message, on the day of the 21st of December; gamers should not play any violent games in order to show their respect to the victims and…

After defeating Alduin, playing through Dawnguard and having three custom built houses and two very terrifying children (not to mention a creepy fox with strange heavy breathing) in Hearthfire, Skyrim quickly became a little dull. Sure there were still Dragons to kill, chests to pillage and a gravity-defying horse, but…

If the name isn't enough to pique your interest, how about the fact that it's a dark and comical third-person shooter that combines elements of rpg with elements of a traditional shoot-em up? Atlus, famous for the Persona and Shin Megami Tensei series, as well as the Game of Thrones…