Open world games are some of the most popular in 2025, but as GTA 6 looms on the horizon, 2026 is about to get competitive

With a new Grand Theft Auto en route, it's open season on open world games; where do we go from here? And how many kinds of ...
Game Rant on MSN

Open-world games that reward chaos

The careful approach flies right out the door as soon as you boot up these open-world titles that want you to unleash your ...
DualShockers

Ranking the Best Open World Games by Worldbuilding

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Comicbook.com

2026 Has One of the Biggest Open-World Games You’ll Ever Play

If you thought the last few years delivered big games, 2026 is shaping up to be something else entirely. Next year is stacked with major releases, open-world adventures, ambitious RPGs, and massive ...
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Is Arknights: Endfield an open-world game? The devs say “No, but we won’t get mad if you call it that”

Last week, Shanghai-based developer Hypergryph held a presentation about Arknights: Endfield, their upcoming 3D real-time strategy RPG based on the mobile game Arknights. I had the opportunity to ...
PCGamesN

Remarkably, you'll soon be able to play Unity games in Fortnite as Epic joins forces with its long-time rival

Epic Games and Unity have just announced a surprising new partnership that's big news for game developers and Fortnite users. Despite it being one of the biggest rivals to Epic's Unreal Engine, games ...
The Verge

Fortnite is getting Unity games

Epic Games is teaming up with arguably its biggest game development rival. Epic Games is teaming up with arguably its biggest game development rival. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, ...
DualShockers

10 Open-World Games So Gigantic You’ll Still Be Discovering Secrets In 2026

Covering the video games industry since 2017, with experience in news, articles, lists, and reviews (and I blame The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask for that). If you are a fan of RPGs and want a third ...
PlayStation LifeStyle

PSA: Promising New PS5 Exclusive Open World RPG Out Soon

Players are reminded that an intriguing new PS5 exclusive open world RPG will release next week. Chinese games have enjoyed immense popularity in recent years, and from what we’ve seen of Where Winds ...
The Business Journals

Made in Kansas City to open new shop in thriving Oak Park Mall

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min Made in Kansas City co-founder ...
Polygon

Ghost of Yōtei nails the art of open-world exploration

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 ...