In a year when the once-relentless growth of the video-game market has declined, one area keeps surging as if the recession was just a longer form of recess.
Casual gaming, an area where the games are simple, don't take long to play, and are ideal for computer and hand-held devices, is booming. In 2008, the year that the economic downturn gripped North America, casual gaming revenue in the United States alone totalled $2.7 billion, up from $2.25 billion in 2007.
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.
