Having a massive open world doesn't mean compromising on story and character, and these games do it best.

Open-world games like Crimson Desert are a testament to how good the genre can be.

Open-world RPGs can take quite some time to really get going, yet starting these titles, you’ll be hooked in a flash.

Ben Veress is a Contributing Features Writer at DualShockers based in Melbourne, Australia. He has been covering games professionally since 2021, with experience writing features, lists, reviews, and ...

Open-world games continue to be a hot commodity in the industry, but only a handful of titles can truly be called masterpieces.

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 ...

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 ...

In all honesty, the very foundations of modern open world RPGs can be traced back to games like The Elder Scrolls IV: ...

As with both of its predecessors, Spider-Man 2 returns to an alternate version of New York City (one that takes some laughable liberties, like truncating Manhattan at 135th Street or packing the ...

So, you want to play the best open-world games? The basis of this genre is freedom and immersion, allowing you to lose yourself in a virtual world that is non-linear and interactive in more ways than ...

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 ...

Over the past few years, crossplay has become a much bigger topic of conversation, as more games have integrated the feature into their product, thus bringing players together across every platform.