Evan is a Communications student based in Edmonton, Alberta. Formerly a sports writer, he was drawn to Game Rant by his longtime passion for video games. An avid gamer since the age of 13, Evan has ...

Modern video games are built on the backs of previous generations. Open-world games have been around for decades and have ...

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 ...

Some of the best open-world games, like Elden Ring and No Man's Sky, really give players their money's worth.

Who doesn’t love a good open-world video game? After all, getting to explore massive maps in fantastical locations while controlling a character with special skills, abilities, and weapons is always ...

Discover how open-world game development works, from the complete game design process for creating vast maps to building advanced NPC systems that bring worlds alive. Horizon Forbidden West - Steam ...

If you want to see where the open world genre first started sprouting its roots, here are 10 PS2 open-world games that felt ...

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is a masterpiece of an open-world game. Warhorse Studios showed that it knew how to make a good game with its first entry in the series, and now with the sequel, the 14th ...

Once upon a time, promoting a new game with the phrase “open world” was enough to pique many gamers’ interest. But these days, that promise alone is hardly enough to set games apart. After all, games ...