The Xbox One has seen a surge in popularity in the last few months with the arrival of the Xbox One S, as well as a few exclusive titles that you cannot find on any other platform. Whether you are a casual gamer, or one of the best players on…

Christmas is just around the corner and with games becoming more popular amongst children and adults alike, it can be difficult to know which games are good if you’re not a gamer yourself. If you’re a veteran gamer, it can also be a struggle to know just what to ask…

With the festive season fast approaching and the chilly weather already here, staying inside and having some friendly competition around the telly in the living room is becoming increasingly tempting. Whether you get a crate of beers in and turn it into a drinking game, or get the whole family…

Before we begin, let me just give you a MASSIVE SPOILER WARNING, look at that text, remember it, it is in bold after all. I give you this warning because I will be talking about the points in these games that got me all teary-eyed. Good, then we can begin.…

I’m not a relationship man, I just don’t really do them, but I watch a lot of corny romcoms and read lots of Reddit posts about relationship woes. This is why I am going to be the perfect video game-based agony aunt and tell you the perfect games to play…

This may sound like a weird choice for an article, video games are an entertainment medium, outside of the art side of things, their entire purpose is to prevent boredom by providing entertainment to people. So instead of boring you (see what I did there?) with a bunch of games…

Summer is fast approaching, if not already here, but for many of us it’ll be spent indoors tackling our huge backlog of games or mounting up the motivation to start yet another colossal RPG. Everyone’s in a better mood when the sun is shining however, so here’s our top five…

Planet Coaster, one of many theme park sims currently in development alongside Parkitect and Rollercoaster Tycoon World, is now available for pre-order. Being developed by Frontier Developments, the same guys behind Rollercoaster Tycoon 3, Elite: Dangerous and Zoo Tycoon for Xbox One, these guys aren’t new to the theme park…

PlayStation VR has been confirmed as the most affordable of the VR headsets being released this year and we know many of you have your eye on it. But what is the point in owning the set without some great games to experience on it. Below is a list of…

The development for Dead Island 2 has been taken over by Sumo Digital, the studio behind LittleBigPlanet3. Publisher Deep Silver told MCV today that it had moved the production of the zombie shooter to the studio as “Sumo showed so much understanding of the brand, had creative ideas and an excellent, vision that…

If you are looking to bring some more gaming into your world then Google have you covered. Link can currently be found traversing Google Maps in place of their usual orange street view helper. Too see Link in action go onto Google Maps today and you'll find a little Link…

Just as the mainstream game industry goes through phases of releasing several games of a particular theme, many Kickstarter projects are created that use genres that are fondly remembered. At the present time, 8 or 16 bit RPG's inspired by the Earthbound series are making the rounds, and Knights and…

We've all bought a Humble Bundle at one point or another, we've seen that we can get a decent amount of indie games to clog up our Steam accounts for as little as a penny, it's a good system and has proven rather successful to the people at Humble. So…

As you could tell by our review from last week, we here at VGU quite like SOMA, and apparently so do the rest of you. All 92,000 of you who purchased Fictional Games' newest first-person survival horror. This news game from Frictional's own blog; In the Games of Madness. They…

Battles have long been raged in the modern age over the rights of customers who buy digital content. These issues have now been addressed in the UK, with the introduction of new clauses in the Consumer Rights Act. Thanks to these additional paragraphs, any physical or digital purchase that is…

The clash of the games has begun. GOG.com's Battle of the Games promo has started and gamers now have the chance to decide which games get discounted in the daily deals. Each day at 11AM GMT GOG.com's Battle of the Games promo sets two trios of games against each other that battle…

Steam Greenlight is a service that has given hope to many developers who want to their games to be sold on Valve's digital entertainment platform. Every once in a while, they pick a group of potential titles, and reach out to the team to offer their support. If you are…

 Sony has struck hard this year with some very powerful creations from their developers, and today enticing narratives and deep gameplay dominate our top 5 picks in this field. Now, with the PlayStation 4 shaping Sony’s future in 2014, it’s good for us to look back on this year and…

 In a recent conversation with Eurogamer Andrew House has provided several comments on the launch lineup of the PlayStation 4. The chief executive officer at Sony Computer Entertainment  comments among mixed opinions of the current games released thus far for the console. House believed that the reception to the launch titles is…

Faulty pin work has lead to the retro video game console, Hyperkin's RetroN 5 to be delayed until 2014. Lawrence Lee, Hyperkin's Project Manager has commented on the matter: "We apologize for the inconvenience. Hyperkin would like to thank you for all the support you have given us throughout the…

Today the Czech development studio Bohemia Interactive have announced in a press release that their new turn-based close combat strategy game Arma Tactics is to be released on IOS compatible devices. That's right, Arma is now officially mobile. In the game players will use a four-member Special Forces team.  Arma Tactics…