If it's not exciting and immersive, what's the point in exploring? Here are the games that know this the best.

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 ...

Permafrost is an upcoming open world survival game that challenges players to endure a frozen post-apocalyptic Earth.

Some of the best games of all time have flaws. It is inevitable whether they have flaws out of the gate or over time. For example, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is a masterpiece on many ...

Our Crimson Desert review explains why it offers one of the most engaging and deeply immersive open worlds of the past decade ...

`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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Assassin's Creed Shadows is celebrating its one-year anniversary today, March 20, 2025. Below, we look back at how its immersive and sometimes unfriendly open world makes it feel real. We're so awash ...

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 ...

C.M. Edwards is a writer currently employed by Valnet as a GameRant lists writer. He has been working professionally as a writer and editor for the past seven years in multiple fields, including comic ...