
Let’s face facts: In the modern gaming arena, us, the player is lavishly spoiled. The constant ability to quick save, extensive yet inexplicably disguised about the person inventory systems, reassuring checkpoints for every square metre of terrain covered, and of course the piece de resistance: the miraculous gift of regenerating health. The gamer has never been granted so much power and tyrannical control over his foes, but let us please spare a brief thought for the down trodden and the suffering…

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.