Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

These games can be completed without players needing to stray from the main path too often.

Some of the best open-world games, like Elden Ring and No Man's Sky, really give players their money's worth.

Players who love to explore interesting open worlds can easily lose several hours in the following first-person games.

Crimson Desert is gearing up to become the next big open-world game, offering close to 3000 Knowledge entries, which could ...

Open-world video games have become somewhat of the norm. Nowadays, there are so few truly limited game experiences. This is partly because technology has evolved to make it so much easier to develop ...

`Without a doubt, 2025 has been a great year for gaming, with tons of highly anticipated games and unexpected surprises that delivered everything players expected, and then some. While it'll be ...

It’s almost time for when we can sink our teeth into another Resident Evil masterstroke from Capcom, and the fact that Leon is back for one more round is only building the hype. While we’ve seen some ...

The next freebie on the Epic Games Store is not just worth your time — it’ll also respect your time. Sable, an open-world exploration game developed by Shedworks and released in 2021, is free now ...

March 2026 isn't one of those months. From a long-overdue Fatal Frame remake to an MMO built on one of manga's biggest franchises, the lineup is quietly stacked across wildly different genres. Whether ...

Adam Robinson-Yu, creator of A Short Hike, prompted consideration about a fundamental distinction often overlooked in game design in the open-world genre. Specifically, he gave his thoughts about the ...

With its high-stakes action and strategy, military espionage or full-blown warfare seems tailor-made for open-world games, but we don't actually have all that many projects that fit the bill. However, ...