Welcome to the new year, and 2026 will feature plenty of open-world games. Each month will provide the opportunity to visit ...

Before open worlds were bloated, these PS2-era classics delivered focused design and satisfying finales from start to finish.

Open-world games started to get big because of The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim in 2011. There were open-world games before that, ...

Fable’s return has created one of the most intriguing questions in gaming: can an iconic franchise reinvent open-world fantasy for a new generation? The original trilogy shifted the expectations of ...

Back in the late 2000s and early 2010s, Ubisoft was releasing a plethora of games that would go on to change the video game landscape forever. While Rayman was taking the 3D platforming genre by storm ...

The (digital) wind in your hair. The seemingly endless horizon. The knowledge that, if this were real life, you'd starve to death before you ever made it to town. The best open world games can be a ...

Who doesn’t love a good open-world video game? After all, getting to explore massive maps in fantastical locations while controlling a character with special skills, abilities, and weapons is always ...

So, you want to play the best open-world games? The basis of this genre is freedom and immersion, allowing you to lose yourself in a virtual world that is non-linear and interactive in more ways than ...