Open-world games often hand players a vast digital playground, but only a few truly empower them to reshape, rebuild, and reimagine the world itself. From survival crafting sandboxes to systems-driven ...

Open-world games are perfect for environmental storytelling, and the genre's greatest offerings use exploration to enhance their world-building, atmosphere, and immersion, rather than just as a way to ...

Mark Sammut grew up on the PlayStation 1 and has been playing games ever since, although he is no longer limited to just Sony consoles. Be it JRPGs, shooters, platformers, or hack and slash games, ...

This generation of gaming platforms (PS5 and Xbox Series S/X) started relatively slowly, but over the years, players have undoubtedly received the most technologically impressive and visually stunning ...

Open-world games have a massive audience. Some of the best games in the genre can keep players busy for hundreds of hours, so it's no surprise that it's a favorite of gamers. 2026 is poised to be a ...

Maddie Fisher is a writer, journalist and game developer. She was born and raised on the east coast, having started working in games journalism over fifteen years ago. She tends to enjoy musical ...