It's time to dig out your rings and life monitors, as the long awaited Sonic Mania has been given its  final release date alongside a beautifully animated pre order trailer.  After receiving a few delays on the road to its release, the latest 2D entry in the Sonic series will…

The Zelda inspired Oceanhorn Monster of Uncharted Seas proved to be an instant hit when it was released on iOS devices back in 2013. Developed by a small team known as Cornfox and Bros, this top-down RPG was eventually released onto every major platform currently available. Following the announcement of…

I have a weird relationship with the 90's, as someone born too late to be a part of the pop culture, yet still young enough to vicariously live it through the 20 year nostalgia cycle. It's like I was there, without ever living through No Doubt, cassette tapes, and optimism.…

THQ Nordic unveiled the new Darksiders sequel with a 2018 release date. In this new title you play as Fury, the sister of the apocalypse, whilst in the previous Darksiders titles you played as War and Death. Fury is armed with a whip and able to shapeshift in order to…

Square Enix have announced the first downloadable content for NieR Automata during the One Million Shipments Commemoration live stream. The Automata DLC is named 3C3C1D119440927, which will be available to download from May 2nd in Japan for 1,500 Yen and is coming soon to America and Europe with no set release…

After a phenomenally successful KickStarter campaign and several months of development, the long awaited Banjo Kazooie spiritual successor Yooka Laylee has now been released for PC, PS4 and Xbox One. After discovering that the world's books are being stolen by the evil Capital B and Doctor Quack, a young chameleon…

After the release of 8 Bit Bayonetta on April Fools Day, rumours began to circulate of a release of the original Bayonetta on Steam. Earlier today, SEGA confirmed that the game was headed for PC, and that it will be available when the Steam Store updates later today. Thanks to the…

Back in April 2015 Playtonic Games; a company made up of a rag-tag team of ex-Rare veterans created a Kickstarter campaign to accomplish one thing, to create a spiritual successor to the 1998 classic Banjo-Kazooie and to revive the classic platforming genre. Two years later, we are mere days away…

Alongside the announcement of the greatly-anticipated Sonic Mania, we also saw a new trailer for a title simply known as 'Project Sonic'. Project Sonic was first announced last year at Comic-Con International. The original trailer showed both the modern and classic iteration of the iconic blue blur running through a…

Survival horror sequel Outlast 2 will be released on PC, Playstation 4 and Xbox One on April 28th in the UK. People across the pond will be able to get their hands on the title a bit earlier at April 25th. Alongside the release of Outlast 2, Warner Bros. a…

Only one month to go until Playtonic Games' spiritual successor to Banjo-Kazooie is released, and with that they are showing off more and more to build the hype. The new trailer shows of the ice-ridden landscapes of Glitterglaze Glacier, showing off enemies, allies and of course Yooka-Laylee themselves. The trailer…

Looks like the leaks were true; Blizzard has just announced the brand new expansion to come to Hearthstone; Journey to Un'Goro. Travel to the forbidding jungles of Un’Goro Crater, where primordial creatures from the dawn of time roam. Here, giant dinosaurs infused with raw magical power mercilessly hunt their prey, prehistoric…

In a post on their Twitter, the developers of popular team based FPS Overwatch had an exciting announcement to share with us recently: The world needs heroes, and over 25 MILLION have answered the call! The fight for the future isn't over yet, though... Are you with us? pic.twitter.com/aVoON7QwMB — Overwatch…

That's right, Obsidian has announced the sequel to ever so popular (and ruddy brilliant) Pillars of Eternity. Much like the predecessor, Obsidian have decided to have the sequel crowd-funded. This time they have dropped using Kickstarter in favour of crowd-funding site; Fig. "For the sequel, we have turned to Fig…

Back in the 80's and 90's, Codemasters released a series of games based on Hasbro's Micro Machine range of toy cars, which were some of the most popular racing games released for the NES, the Sega Mega Drive and the Super NES. Various sequels and spin offs have appeared over the…

UPDATE - The official trailer has now been released for The Sims 4 Vampire Game Pack, along with the worldwide release date of January 24th 2017. Since it's initial launch back in 2014, The Sims 4 has received a multitude of updates, themed expansions and game packs to build upon…

Thanks to the kind donations of the many Kickstarter backers in May 2015, the development of Yooka Laylee, the spiritual successor to Banjo Kazooie was allowed to proceed. The developer Playtonic Games has today revealed that the development of the game is nearing completion, and they have announced the final release…

Christmas time, mistletoe and wine, and here’s me bringing you cheap PC gaming times. I’m not great at serenading you all with Christmas carols, but what I can deliver is the PC gaming section for VGU’s Holiday Gift Guide. This means some of the latest and most popular titles on…

With the holiday period coming up, and consumers being washed away in a sea of Pokémon titles and Final Fantasy sequels, it is very easy for us to forget about the large selection of innovative indie titles that come out all year round. Which is why it is important that…

Dishonored 2 has been out for a few weeks now and we have heard a lot of things to do with the performance of the game on PC. We reviewed the game on PC and we did find some issues in terms of fps lag and general slowdown, more so…

It has been three years since Shantae: Half Genie Hero was funded thanks to the kind Kickstarter pledges of over eighteen thousand backers, and Wayforward Technologies are now ready to let their latest creation out of the development bottle. After learning of an ancient evil that threatens her home world after…