Keep your eyes and ears peeled in these open-world games; their plots are never told as a story, but rather experienced.

I'm tired of seeing every open world game offer the same gameplay, and one simple change can completely fix that.

Vlad Mazanko is Ukraine-based gaming enthusiast, writing about the industry since 2013 and covering everything from games and studios to movies and TV shows. He joined the Valnet family back in 2021, ...

In this list, we cover the best open-world game titles from every console generation, ranging from classics to modern bangers like Elden Ring.

This different open-world game was majorly overlooked amongst 2025's incredible releases, but it definitely deserves your attention.

Building and expanding a personal base is not just an optional feat in these games, but mandatory for the story, and can be immensely important.

Cinematics and cutscenes are commonly employed as vehicles for storytelling in games, often used to convey the spectacle behind special emotions and epic moments that simple gameplay is not able to.

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 ...

Ah, winter, the season during which it is time to slow down, to hibernate, to take it easy. It's a time when we might not feel as motivated to go outside, and the days are shorter and darker. What ...