Last week Microsoft officially launched their cloud computing platform known as Azure, which has been available as a free Community Technology Preview since October 2008. With processor manufacturers stuffing more and more cores into their processors, and cheap low power 3G connected netbooks, cloud computing is becoming more widespread. In the games market, the likes of Sony with the PSP Go and Valve's Steam are trying to convince us we no longer need physical media – but could cloud gaming mean the end of the home console as we know it?
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.
