BritXbox: "You can breathe. The post-Christmas lull has arrived again, giving us all a chance to work through those games we neglected last year. It's not as simple as it used to be though, is it? In a medium already prone to fickleness, online games have a particular tendency towards early retirement. As Xbox Live continues to thrive, must the games that burn so bright always die so young?
It's usually the case that games lose their lustre once they've been out for a little while. That's clearly symptomatic of a hobby entrenched in technological progress: the moons of Mass Effect appear less celestial; the fields of Oblivion not so verdant. With each shiny new game world comes a degradation of the last, so what was once a bewitching and unexplored universe becomes a box on a shelf. But as single-player adventures, those examples are perhaps better protected against obsolescence than some."
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.
