Category: Features

September 2019 was the last full Nintendo Direct from the Mario makers. On the 17th February 2021, that all changed when a 50 minute direct went live. Here is how the action unfolded. Pyra from Xenoblade Chronicles 2 joins Smash Bros Ultimate Fall Guys Ultimate comes to Switch in the summer Outer Wilds – 22…

Okay folks, we’ve had another pay day but COVID still has a strange-hold on a lot of jobs and money still isn’t coming easy to a lot of people – cue another edition of VGamingBargains for Nintendo Switch! Unfortunately it’s rather slim pickings on the Nintendo eShop right now – but we made a promise…

Sony have unleashed their “Games Under £16” sale which runs until 3rd February 2021. At VGamingNews, we know that money can be tight and while you can get some great games at around the £16 mark, we’re going to be looking at the games you can get for under a tenner. Just like our previous…

Whether it’s because we’ve just made it through Christmas or because of COVID-19, money is tight for a lot of people right now – but with stress levels at an all-time high across the country, VGamingNews want to make sure that our readers are still able to enjoy videogames to relieve some tension even if…

The Game Awards 2020 is here and while things were a little different this year, there were some nice surprises to be had. Here’s all of the winners and a summary of what happened throughout the night! Winners Player’s Voice – Ghost of Tsushima Best Score In Music – Final Fantasy VII Remake Best Action/Adventure…

We don’t know about you, but our GameCube controller was starting to look a bit ropey. Who can blame it? Over the course of nearly 20 years (WHAT?!) our little black controller has taken a beating. If it had a consciousness, the controller would shudder when games such as Smash Bros and it’s vigorous button…

Next up we take a look at Nintendo’s Handheld – The GameBoy. Unlike other competitor handhelds, Nintendo managed to carve new games that cannot be played on a big TV. Its closest rival was the Game Gear by SEGA but that was ultimately a portable Master System. The GameBoy name would only be succeeded by…

In the next of our series of features, VGamingNews takes a look at the games that defined the Sega Master System. The first main stream console to rival Nintendo’s NES. With the release of the console began what journalists at the time dubbed the 8-bit war.

There are a lot of video games in the world each of the main current generations of consoles can boast between 700-1200 games. These are mostly made up of sequels, remakes and multiplatform titles. In this series of features VGamingNews takes a look at the games that defined the consoles that they first featured on.…

Nintendo have everything to do this year after their poor showing last E3. Announcing the WiiU, there was confusion with it being a handheld console or a home console with a tablet controller or at one point – an addon for the Wii. After a hasty release last year, Nintendo went back to the drawing…