
GiN writes: "I didnt think that 2008 would be a great year for gaming, especially after how good 2007 was. But it seems every year I come away more impressed with what comes out. Of course, there are also those times that I regret being a gamer, let alone writing reviews (or recording podcasts) about them. By the time this is posted, both Kelly and I will have provided our take on the top and bottom five games of the year, which can be listened to by clicking on the microphone icon on the top left corner of this page. However, due to what I hate to call time constraints, I was not able to provide some special awards that I wanted to give out. That will be taken care of right now."

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.