
Ars sits down with Yoichi Wada, President and CEO of Square-Enix, to discuss the current state of the Japanese gaming industry and Square-Enix's quest for global appeal. The company's plan? To create a flat world where games appeal to both Eastern and Western audiences.

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.