These open-world RPGs truly shine after the first 20 hours, rewarding persistence with deeper quests, richer worlds, and ...

Donkey Kong Bananza is one of the most fun open-world games of 2025. It’s not the first to do this, but the destructible ...

From Valheim to Fallout, these open-world games give players the power to reshape terrain, build from scratch, and leave creative marks on worlds.

As the first true open world Soulsborne, players are able to fully explore the Lands Between more freely than ever before in ...

Ahmad is a video game fanatic. He always carries his PSVita with him wherever he goes so he can play Metal Gear Solid on the go, and his socials are filled with gaming news. He also lifts weights ...

The Best Adventure Games for Players Tired of Open World Bloat pack plenty of adventure into smaller, tighter experiences.

Publisher Radical Theory and developer The Breach Studios have announced Westlanders, a Western-themed open-world survival, crafting, building, and management game planned for release across ...

I’m about 18 hours into Sucker Punch Productions’ latest samurai adventure Ghost of Yōtei, but I’ve barely made any headway on the main story. It follows orphaned Atsu as she seeks revenge against the ...

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 ...

If you really want to have fun in a game, you need to be fully immersed in its world. Both the macro and micro details in open worlds matter. In the macro, a cyberpunk world needs flying cars, and a ...

But all of those games are about immediate satisfaction, tight controls that let you instantly recognize your input on-screen. Shenmue is the exact opposite. A methodical slow-burn, Shenmue is a game ...

Mykel has enjoyed video games for as long as she can remember. She would spend hours discussing, debating, and arguing about them with her older brother. Growing up, she read dozens of guides, lists, ...