King, the creators of one of the world’s most popular mobile game franchises, Candy Crush, have just released Bubble Witch 3 Saga, the third instalment of the hit Bubble Witch Saga franchise. Developed by King’s Barcelona studio, the team that created the previous instalments in the Bubble Witch series along…

King have teamed up with Facebook to offer their latest and first multiplayer game Shuffle Cats to Facebook users over their Messenger app. Known as Facebook's new Instant Games feature, King have created a smaller version of Shuffle Cats which can be instantly played on Messenger and the Facebook News…

Last week VGU took a trip to London to visit the HQ of KING games. KING are most famous for their mobile and Facebook game Candy Crush, so we were excited to see what they had on the table for us. The most surprising thing to happen to us at…

For SEGA fans, this year is one to be celebrated as Sonic the Hedgehog series has officially reached it's 25th year. It has not been an easy road for the blue blur over the last decade, with celebrated successes such as Sonic Generations and the mixed reception that arose from…

Following their phenomenal success with Marvel: Avengers Alliance, Disney have revealed their latest free-to-play Facebook game, Marvel: Avengers Alliance Tactics. In his Q&A with Gamespot, executive producer Gabe Brown gave readers a summary of the game's plot, which is one that closely links in to their first Marvel facebook game.…

With the recent news of Oculus Rift being bought out by Facebook, it has sparked fear and loathing in many. As many developers continue their projects with the VR platform, Mojangs founder and creator, Markus 'Notch' Persson, decided to pull out of making a Rift supported version of  Minecraft, claiming…

Facebook have announced today that they are buying Oculus VR, makers of the Oculus Rift, for the huge sum of $2 Billion. Here's the word from Mark Zuckerburg: Our mission is to make the world more open and connected. For the past few years, this has mostly meant building mobile…

Sony Denmark have recently re-sparked the New Crash Bandicoot game debate by posting the above picture on their Facebook page with the question, "What do you hope to have under the Christmas tree this year?". I think I speak for everyone when I say, JUST TELL US ALREADY! But what do you think?…

Greg Street, Lead System Designer at Blizzard for the past six years, has departed the company. According to an article by Polygon, he is leaving to work on an unknown project that we will likely hear about in the near future. This news was confirmed by a post on his…

Sega have released the above image on their Various social media outlets teasing something to do with Sonic the Hedgehog. Fans are wild with speculation, is it a new game? DLC? The truth may be a bit more underwhelming as it most likely is going to be the porting of…

Say hello to Doublade, the brand new Pokémon just revealed on the Official Pokémon Facebook page! Doubalde is the evolved form of Honedge and keeps it Ghost/Steel-typing. He has the ability "No Guard" and is 2' 07" and weights in at 9.9lbs.  "This Steel- and Ghost-type Pokémon is capable of carrying out…

At Unity's developer conference in Vancouver, Facebook announced a new SDK that can help game developers using the Unity engine bring their game to Facebook. Usually, Facebook is seen as the home of casual browser games such as Farmville or Candy Crush Saga, but the new developments have allowed developers…

If you're a competitive Mario kart player, then it's time for some good news: Nintendo has announced today that it is bringing a Mario Kart 7 app to Facebook. The app allows players to post their best times, as well as view results for completed races. The app appears to…

On all of Sony's social media recently, they have teased the above image giving no context or reason. Naturally, speculation has begin as to what the image could possibly mean, some of VGU's favourites so far include: Since the image is a hybrid solar eclipse and the fact that one…

 On the Earthworm Jim Facebook page, the characters creator Doug TenNapel Wrote: "Everyone loves Earthworm Jim 1 and 2, and I don't generally acknowledge EWJ 3 as a real part of the Jim universe. So if I was making another Jim game, would it be too confusing to call it…

So after collecting all the pigeons in GTA IV, I had somewhat lost the will to live, or at least to play that game anymore. So I headed back to the dashboard to grab a new XBLA game when I see something intriguing; Spartacus Legends, free for gold members. Free…

On the official Prince of Persia Facebook page today they teased that some form of Prince of Persia news will be coming next week. What could it be however? Could it be some form of tablet game much like Deus Ex: The Fall? A movie sequel? A continuation of the…

  Social gaming behemoth Zynga have announced quarterly profits of $4.1 million, thanks mainly to the strong performance of FarmVille 2. However the company has seen a drop in the overall number of players across it's games library. The number of unique monthly paying customers has dropped to 2.5 million, a fall…

It is never a good day when a company decides to close the doors on permanently. EA has slowly been doing this to there back-catalogue of online games as they put resources from one area to another. Today the latest victim of re-allocating resources was named, The Sims Social. This…

 This competition is as simple as it sounds! All you need to do is head over to the Dark Souls 2 Facebook page, "LIKE" the page and then head over to the Dark Souls 2 Facebook app. When you get there, you will need to download the shield templates and…

As you can see, according to the official Pokémon Facebook page, we will be getting some Pokémon X and Y news tomorrow! Could it be confirming any of the recent rumours and theories? Or will it be something completely different? Keep your eyes on VGU to find out! UPDATED: Check out what was revealed in…