DoFuss says: "As companies merge it is becoming harder know who exactly is developing any given game. Unless the developer is an industry giant such as Rock Star or Blizzard it seems that they are subsumed by their publisher. Developers however are probably quite happy with the arrangement. Where I am sure vanity dictates they would like their name was splashed over the front of the box the trade off for (in a normal economic climate) financial security of being under the broader umbrella of a large publisher like Acclaim or EA.
Allow me break the fourth wall for a moment. Deciding the criteria by which I judge has been the most difficult task for me in majority of my 2008 wrap up posts. Firstly I took what jumped to mind and used that to create my short list. From this it fell to what I remembered most fondly, what stood out as something different or engaged me. Bare that in mind as I give my choice for the best developer."
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.
