
Sharon and Nick are joined by special guest Barrie in this week's episode of The DPod. A truly international affair we call in from The US, The UK, and Canada to take a look at this week in gaming.
We discuss what games you may want to play this summer to prepare for some big releases, go over some of the upcoming sales in gaming, and try to help you through the summer slump.
We talk a little about the classic PS1 Tomba title, attempt to provoke discussion about the forward movement of the gaming industry, what that may mean to consumers, as well as the age old debate of whether or not verifying your 'gamer' cred should be necessary.

It's important in life to maintain a broad palette when it comes to culture and the arts. Hideo Kojima agrees, as he continues to use video games like Death Stranding to introduce people to music and other elements they might not otherwise discover.

Mojang has partnered with Merlin Entertainments to build the world's first Minecraft theme park in the UK.

A three-episode live-action adaptation of the first two Yakuza video games will debut Tuesday, March 17 exclusively IGN. Each episode is about an hour long and will stream on IGN.com and IGN’s YouTube channel.