EGX 2015: Saturday Round Up
Saturday marked the final day at EGX 2015 for VGU and it certainly was a packed schedule. A look at a couple of new indie titles as well as Ubisoft’s two big heavy hitters, The Division and Assassin’s...
View ArticleEGX 2015: Hands On Demo With The HTC Vive
EGX 2015, Thursday morning, 11:30am.We met up with team over at HTC, who are looking after their inclusion into the virtual reality market, HTC Vive. Virtual reality is not a new technology, as...
View ArticleStar Wars Battlefront Beta Impressions
The Star Wars: Battlefront beta just ended and we’ve been hammering away at it to see what DICE’s rendition of this classic series has to offer. Rather than just hearing the thoughts of one of our...
View ArticleBlade & Soul Post-Launch Content Preview
There are many MMOs to get your hands on, but sometimes you feel like you need something fresh and new to spark interest. Blade & Soul has done that for us as we have been eagerly anticipating the...
View ArticleMaster X Master Preview
League of Legends, Dota 2 and Heroes of the Storm just to name a few have been big releases in the MOBA genre. Taking these titles into the Esports area also has just helped the games grow and turn...
View ArticleAcaratus First Look Preview
Mech combat is usually the realm of the action game, with franchises like Armoured Core and MechWarrior having you stomp around a battlefield in real time, firing off salvos from oversized missile...
View ArticleObliteracers Preview – Intergalactic Party Racing Mayhem
Once upon a time, before online play was commonplace on consoles, local party racing games were the pinnacle of multiplayer gaming. Micro Machines, Crash Team Racing and Mashed: Drive to Survive to...
View ArticleLet’s Look At TimeSplitters Rewind – A Fan-Made Sequel
TimeSplitters is a cult-classic. The manic shooter gained critical acclaim throughout the PS2-era and for good reason. The mechanics were golden and the narrative was zany-yet-flawless.For those of you...
View ArticleEGX Rezzed 2016: A Look At Bears Can’t Drift!?
Outside of the big franchise racers like Mario Kart and Sega All Stars Racing, it’s very rare that you will see a kart racer that does not have a licensed character slapped on the front to sell units....
View ArticleEGX Rezzed 2016: Slaying Demons in Style with Seraph
There are two sure-fire ways to get me to come and have a look at your game during a conference: have an interesting premise or offer me sweets, and indie studio Dreadbit Games knocked it out of the...
View ArticleEGX Rezzed 2016: Snakes, Samurai and Soup
EGX Rezzed has come and gone, with indies from all four corners of the gaming world coming to show off their games to an eager audience. Here are three of our favourites from the EGX showfloor, which...
View ArticleCarmageddon: Max Damage Preview
Growing up I played two specific games that were way above my age range, the type of titles you would brag about with your friends as you got an odd hour or so to sneakily play it before your parents...
View ArticleNi-Oh Preview: More Like Ni-Uh-Oh
It was only a matter of time until the wave of Souls clones emerged from over the horizon. Just as Miyazaki and his crew hopefully go onto pastures new, a vanguard of other developers are coming to...
View ArticleMaster X Master New Characters Preview
Since playing Master X Master a while ago, I have been psyched to see more of what it can do. The game switches things up in comparison to other MOBAs with its WASD controls and Alien Swarm style top...
View ArticleOverwatch Open Beta Impressions
Being a member of the console peasantry and not really invested in Overwatch before this beta, this last weekend saw the opportunity for folks on the fence to finally have a go on Blizzard’s new hero...
View ArticleFarm Heroes Super Saga Preview
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...
View ArticlePreview: Shift Happens – My Game of Develop 2016
The annual Develop: Brighton conference took place last week from July 12-14, and while it was mainly an event for journalists, developers and other people in the games industry, there were a large...
View ArticleWe Happy Few (Early Access) Preview
We Happy Few is a game that has been on many people’s radar for quite some time after debuting at PAX East 2015 with a fantastic trailer and very early hands on demo for attendees. You play as Arthur...
View ArticleGamescom 2016: Liftoff Preview
Drone racing is one of the latest sports to gain popularity and it doesn’t seem to have any danger of falling off, given the amount of new and improved drones constantly hitting the market. LuGus...
View ArticleGamescom 2016: Mekazoo Preview
In the current overly saturated market of indie two dimensional platformers, they have to be really special to stand out and make themselves known. Ori and the Blind Forest is one that comes to mind,...
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