
As the current console war rages on, fanboys on both sides will passionately extol the virtues of their chosen system and the hottest first party games. Gears of War 2 and Killzone 2 are both on the frontlines, waiting to duke it out, but it's ironic that the key minds behind both were once partners during a very different era. Guerilla's development director Arjan Brussee and Gear's of War's lead designer Cliff Bleszinski spent more than five years together at the now legendary Epic Games, working not on cutting edge first-person shooters, but on the brightly colored worlds of Jazz Jackrabbit.

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.