Our automated security review found no threat indicators on vgc.news. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.

Is vgc.news safe to use?

vgc.news passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 81/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.

Does vgc.news have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes. vgc.news presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 32 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.

How old is the vgc.news domain?

vgc.news is 6.5 years old, registered on 12/19/2019 through NameCheap, Inc.. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.

Has vgc.news been flagged by antivirus engines?

No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report vgc.news as clean.

Is vgc.news on any phishing or malware blacklists?

No. vgc.news is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.

Where is vgc.news hosted?

vgc.news resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, Inc. in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.

How often is the vgc.news report updated?

This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 23, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around vgc.news have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Security Review

Is vgc.news legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 81/100

SafeSuspiciousDangerous

VGC is a verified, award-winning video game news publication operated by 1981 Media Ltd with a long-standing reputation for industry reporting.

Why we trust it

Domain has been active and stable for over 6 years.Zero detections across more than 90 antivirus engines.Owned by a verifiable UK-registered business (1981 Media Ltd).

vgc.newsScanned 2h ago

Post Facebook

Trust score

SAFE

Heuristics 50·MT 95

Technical red flags (2)

Impersonates Epic GamesPush-Notification Spam

Warning signals (1)

Redirects to another domain

Positive signals (5)

Antivirus clear Not on major blacklists Domain is 7 years old Encrypted connection Clean server reputation

View density

Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence

0/92

All engines report clean

Domain Age

7 years old

Registered Dec 19, 2019

MT Intelligence

Safe

Low likelihood · 98% confidence

SAFE

No threats detected

All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.

Website Preview

LIVE RENDER

vgc.news

1Impersonates Epic Games

Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site. See full visual analysis →

MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence

MT Security Analyst

Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust95/100

MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection

Confidence

Our analysis confirms this domain belongs to Video Games Chronicle (VGC), a well-known British entertainment website. The domain has been registered for over six years, which aligns with the publication's launch in 2019. Technical data shows a clean record across all major antivirus engines and no history of abuse on its hosting IP. While some automated signals flagged push-notification requests, these are standard features for news sites delivering breaking updates. The site is professionally operated by a registered UK company with a verifiable physical office and staff.

Full dossier

Analysis complete

Page Content

The page serves as a high-quality news portal featuring original reporting, reviews, and guides for the gaming industry. It loads content from its primary domain, videogameschronicle.com, and includes links to established social media profiles and a Patreon support page.

Infrastructure

The site is hosted behind a secure network with a valid SSL certificate issued by Google Trust Services. It utilizes standard industry tools like Google Tag Manager and Microsoft Clarity for analytics, which is typical for professional media organizations.

Domain History

Registered in early 2019, the domain has a stable history of over 2,300 days. It is used specifically as a shortened URL for the main VGC brand, a common practice for established news outlets to manage social media character limits.

Web Reputation

The publication is cited as a reliable source by major platforms including Wikipedia. It is owned by 1981 Media Ltd, an active UK-registered company. There are no credible reports of fraud, phishing, or malicious activity associated with this domain.

Risk Factors

Requests browser push-notification permissions, which can be intrusive for some users.

Positive Signals

Domain has been active and stable for over 6 years.
Zero detections across more than 90 antivirus engines.
Owned by a verifiable UK-registered business (1981 Media Ltd).
Recognized as a legitimate news source by major independent platforms.
Clean hosting IP with no history of abuse reports.

AI Recommendation

This site is safe to use. You can browse the news content and follow their links to the main publication without concern.

Next-gen fraud intelligence

Evidence-backedCross-checked

Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for vgc.news, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Domain age

6.5 yrs

Registered Dec 2019

Business registration

Active · United Kingdom

Site traces back to an actively registered business.

Clone check

Not a clone

No well-known site's layout or branding detected here.

Typosquat check

No look-alike match

The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.

Web mentions

2 positive

Key findings

7 headline facts from open-web research

vgc.news is the short domain used by the legitimate UK-based video games news website Video Games Chronicle (VGC), owned by 1981 Media Ltd (Companies House No. 11761942).
The official long domain is videogameschronicle.com, which matches the provided page title and description verbatim and is cited across Wikipedia, X (@VGC_News), Instagram, Bluesky, YouTube, and Patreon.
VGC staff (including editor Andy Robinson) have extensive prior experience at CVG, Official Nintendo Magazine, Edge, and similar outlets; the site focuses on exclusive news, reviews, podcasts, and industry critique without clickbait.
The domain vgc.news (registered ~2378 days ago, ~2019) aligns with the launch of VGC in May 2019; it is used in social media posts to link directly to articles on the main site.
No scam reports, complaints, fraud allegations, or malware associations found in searches for vgc.news scam, complaint, review, reddit, or push-notification spam.
The 'Detected scam families: Push-Notification Spam' and 'Brand reference: Epic Games' flags appear inconsistent with all available public evidence; VGC regularly reports legitimate news about Epic Games but does not impersonate it.
1981 Media Ltd is an active private limited company in the UK with a registered office address.

Positive reviews (2)

Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.

Wikipediaopen
"Video Games Chronicle (VGC) is a British entertainment website covering video games published independently by 1981 Media."
Patreonopen
"VideoGamesChronicle.com has been a leading source of video game news and opinion since we launched in 2019. We’re made up of a team who have been covering the games industry for decades..."

Business registration

Status: active · United Kingdom

1981 Media Ltd, UK Registered Company No. 11761942, registered office in Weybridge, Surrey. Owns and operates VGC (videogameschronicle.com).

Research summary

Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

We conducted a thorough search of business registries and independent review sources. VGC is confirmed to be operated by 1981 Media Ltd, a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom (Company No. 11761942). The publication is staffed by veteran journalists and is frequently cited by other major media outlets. No scam reports or complaints were found across consumer-review sites or community forums.

Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified

Clean across 92 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious61Harmless92Engines

Clean

Kaspersky

Clean

Bitdefender

Clean

Microsoft

Not in pass

ESET-NOD32

Not in pass

Avira

Not in pass

Sophos

Clean

Fortinet

Clean

Google Safebrowsing

Clean

Emsisoft

Clean

No engine detections. The URL passed every antivirus and blacklist engine we queried in this scan. Stay vigilant — AV coverage is only one signal among many.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check

Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

Contact Verification

We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.

What We Found

No clear contact details on the page

Emails on site's domainNone

Phone numbersNone

Postal addressNot listed

Linked social profiles9

Signal Summary

Several contact red flags

No contact email found anywhere on the page.
No phone number listed on the page.
No postal address visible on the page.
Page requests browser push-notification permission — common malvertising vector.
Page impersonates Epic Games on a non-official domain.
Scam family match: Push-Notification Spam.

Links to 10 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History

Age7 years old

RegistrarNameCheap, Inc.

RegisteredDec 19, 2019

ExpiresDec 19, 2026

Owner privacyVisible

Encryption Certificate

StatusValid

ProtocolTLSv1.3

IssuerGoogle Trust Services · WE1

ExpiresJul 25, 2026 (32d)

Self-signedNo

Hosting & Technology

HostingCloudflare, Inc.

Server locationUS

Web servercloudflare

Platform / CMSWordPress

Redirect Chain

Hops

Cross-domain

Yes

Lookalike

Punycode

1301http://vgc.news/
2200https://www.videogameschronicle.com/cross-domain

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence

Confidence score0%

Reports on file0

ISPCloudflare, Inc.

Usage typeContent Delivery Network

Still, stay alert

No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.

Double-check the exact URL in your address bar
Confirm you are actually on vgc.news and not a lookalike like v-gc.news.com or an IDN homoglyph.
Use a password manager
Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.
Discuss this site on the forum
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Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing

Not listedCheck ↗

VirusTotal

Not listedCheck ↗

AbuseIPDB

Not listedCheck ↗

Also verify:Spamhaus ↗DNSBL / SURBL ↗PhishTank ↗

Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

videogameschronicle.com googletagmanager.com clarity.ms youtube.com

Safety FAQ

Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.

Our automated security review found no threat indicators on vgc.news. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
vgc.news passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 81/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
Yes. vgc.news presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 32 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
vgc.news is 6.5 years old, registered on 12/19/2019 through NameCheap, Inc.. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report vgc.news as clean.
No. vgc.news is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
vgc.news resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, Inc. in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 23, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around vgc.news have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Final Verdict

Trust / 100

Final Verdict·vgc.news

SAFE

VGC is a legitimate and highly respected video game news outlet based in the UK. The domain vgc.news is an official short-link domain used by the publication to share articles on social media.

This site is safe to use. You can browse the news content and follow their links to the main publication without concern.

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