Author: Joseph Whitfield

  • Dead Island Teaser Trailer

    A new teaser trailer for Dead Island has been launched today in a build up for a full E3 unveiling next month. In the teaser, the island of Banoi is introduced – this ideal get-a-way for friends and couples alike is the scene of a zombie breakout in this first person zombie slash ’em up.

  • 99 Bullets Coming To The DSi

    The arcade space shooter has been given the go ahead to release on the Nintendo DSi store on 23rd May. In the game, players start with 99 Bullets and 99 lives. Shoot a bullet, lose a life. Lose a life, lose a bullet. The game features over 10 arcade levels where the hero – V99…

  • DEUS EX: Human Revolution Challenge

    Deus Ex creators Eidos interactive and Square Enix have challenged fans to get as many likes on the game’s Facebook page. As an incentive there will be a host of behind-the-scenes footage, artwork and other assets to be posted as the release date draws ever closer. There are  90 pieces of goodies to be posted…

  • inFamous 2 Release Details

    inFAMOUS 2 has been finally dated for the UK. The game will launch on 10th June and will have a host of different versions all with different features. As well as the standard game there will be a Lenticular Special Edition, Good and Evil editions, and finally a Hero Edition.

  • PSN Welcome Back Details

    Sony have revealed details of their “welcome back” packages for customers who were hit by the PSN outage in April. They have only one condition, users must have been registered on the PSN at the time the hack – 20th April 2011. Details are confirmed that non-members of the PlayStation Plus service will get 30…

  • PSN Restoration Starting

    The troubled PlayStation 3 network is finally starting it’s restoration today with a limited service being rolled out to all the users in the country. Sony has released a statement on their EU Blog detailing that every user has to update the software to version 3.6.1 in order to resume use. 

  • iOS: Episode 2

    This week the iOS game developers have been busy! This week we see a recurring theme of castle defence games such as Siege Hero and Legendary Wars. Before I start, there is a little house cleaning to be done. Last week I mentioned Destructopus! If you haven’t already seen, the review can be found here.…

  • Destructopus!

    Octopi are solemn, intelligent and often found in the ocean. They are not ostentatious in anyway. The same cannot be said for Destructopus!, our hero in the new iOS game of the same name. Angered by the force of humanity, with a constant quest for oil and complete disregard for the delicate balance of nature,…

  • Thor: God of Thunder

    Movie to Game Tie-ins have been a tradition since video gaming hit the mainstream. They have a reputation of being hashed together quickly, follow the same story as the film and are generally sub-par. SEGA have decided with THOR: God Of Thunder to change tact slightly. Written by the Thor (comic) writer Matt Fraction who…

  • iOS: Episode 1

    iOS games are part of the gaming industry and no matter how big or small of a market share they have, there are people working full time to produce them. We at VGamingNews would like to recognize them for their work by bringing them to the attention of the mainstream. There are a lot of…