The big announcement recently came that Dead Space 3 would have support for the Kinect, with voice command functionality! Your commands can help a friend survive the onslaught of horrors that awaits them, making it much easier to share health or ammo, find objectives and revive each other (plus even…

Not long after the previous DLC, 'Mr Torgue's Campaign of Carnage', the next DLC has been confirmed. We already knew Gearbox were working on 2 more, and we can now confirm the next one is going to be Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt.  Today's Borderlands 2 patch brought this exciting…

Just can't think of a way to celebrate the impending doom predicted by the Mayans on 21/12/2012? Well Skybound, publishers of The Walking Dead: Assault and Robert Kirkman, creator of The Walking Dead are hosting the "9 days of the Apocalypse". Every day between December 13th and December 21st at 11AM PST…

If you are a fan of Oddworld you may want to get your wallets ready because there are two games available soon for you to enjoy! Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD for PS Vita (out in North America on Tuesday 18 December and Europe on Wednesday 19 December, priced at $14.99/€11.99/£9.99) and Oddworld:…

The crazy people behind Team Fortress 2 have just announced that a new feature is being added to Steam, the ability to sell items from your inventory or Market home page to other users! A direct quote from the TF2 team says that "As part of our on-going efforts to…

As was revealed last week, the UK government is going to be introducing a tax relief of 25% for selected games in development, the tax break is hoping to be brought into effect by next year but it is still subject to change. However, even before it is brought into…

THQ has just revealed the gameplay trailer to 4A Games' sequel to Metro 2033, dubbed "Metro: Last Light". The game was originally set to be released this summer, but unfortunately THQ announced in February that the game will be delayed until First quarter 2013 (now confirmed as march 2013).  …

Gabe has finally come out and admitted it, Valve ARE making a console! "I think in general that most customers and most developers are gonna find that [the PC is] a better environment for them," Newell noted in an interview with Kotaku. "Cause they won't have to split the world…

Capcom the creator of many games people love recently shared their plans at their grand final street fighter event to create a new fan made cross over title featuring their big iconic franchises. Street Fighter® X Mega Man® will celebrate the closing ceremonies at the 25th Anniversary of Street Fighter…

HOLY HELL this game looks amazing! Set in a huge new world and with more dragons than before Dark Souls 2 looks AMAZING! We at VGU are HUGE fans of the Souls series and it is GREAT to see a new title in production! To check out the offical site,…

In a recent article by PC Gamer they revealed that they have not only played Bioshock Infinite, but they also interviews Ken Levine, the games creative director. In this interview, Ken was quoted as saying, "I would say that the ending of the game is the most ambitious thing we’ve…

The newest game modes are due for a debut release on Xbox 360 on December 18th. Featuring 3 modes it expands on the existing multiplayer elements:  - Predator: Available for 2-6 players with one player taking on the role of the Ustanak (the powerful B.O.W that stalks Jake through his…

The Pokémon Company today announced that it is adding Global Battle union (GBU) Wi-Fi tournaments to its video game series season. This will make it much easier for players of the Pokémon video games to become Pokémon pro's! The next big event is the VGCS Winter Battles taking place from…

Fans who pre-order Dead Space 3 from Gamestop or Amazon are being given an awesome pre-order bonus. People who order from Gamestop will receive the EG-900 SMG and those who choose Amazon will receive the Tesla Enervator. These weapons are only going to be available through pre-orders and will help destroy…

Tasked with making games with the theme of "Mendelian Inheritance: genetics and genomics," the 12 teams that were shortlisted have been working hard in order to present their work so far, live, to a panel of judges from the Welcome Trust. The teams were graded on a specific set of…

Following the comic timeline, Episode 1 (called Days Gone By) starts with Rick waking up in hospital and takes you through Atlanta and the invasion of the camp. Since launching last Friday it's become the #1 Strategy game in over thirteen countries including the US, UK, Canada and Germany. It's also…

Team Fortress 2 is a class based first person shooter developed by Valve initially released in 2007. Now a free game on Steam the game TF2 still draws in a huge audience even after 5 years of being released. This is mostly due to the fact that the game has…

Ni No Kuni is an upcoming JRPG that has been developed by the critically acclaimed Japanese dev studio, Level-5 with the assistance of the legendary Japanese animation company, Studio Ghibli, responsible for such classic animated films like Princess Mononoke and Howl's Moving Castle. The game is set to be exclusively…

As of right now, the final pieces of art from the London Games Festival have been made available to buy now to help raise money for charity. The London Games Festival is an event that celebrates the culture of games and the creative talents within that industry and is being…

Sword of the Stars II is an expanded and updated version with new options and an entirely new faction. You can play as different species be it human, insect or space dolphin. You can expand and then dominate your own corner of the universe, take your place in the universe…

Activision can be proud of the Skylanders franchise; Skylanders Spyro's Adventure was awarded the Best Video Game category award at the British Academy Children's Awards (BAFTA), earning them a place at the front of innovating gaming for children.  Peter Hepworth, UK Managing Director of Activision Blizzard, said "we are absolutely delighted to…