
Jones A. writes:
"With the books now closed on 2008 it's time to look ahead to all of the potential that 2009 offers. Allow me to share what I hope the new year delivers from the world of video games. As I said last year, some of these projects are definitely happening while others are just wild pipe dreams, but if I had all-encompassing total power over the gaming industry, this is what would be coming up for this year."

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.