Openworld

Behaviour Interactive is publishing a unique new puzzle game called Islands of Insight. Revealed during today’s PC Gaming Show, the title is an open-world puzzler that looks like a multiplayer spin on The Witness. In Islands of Insight, players are dropped onto a detailed series of sky islands (not so dissimilar to The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom) that can be freely explored. The environment is dotted with various puzzles that can be solved on the fly. What’s unique, though, is that it’s a server-based…

Image: Ubisoft Massive/LucasfilmThere’ve been a lot of Star Wars video games over the decades, spanning multiple genres, from racers and flight sims to shooters and dance games. In recent years, the property has largely hung around the action/adventure and shooter space thanks to EA’s Star Wars Jedi and Star Wars Battlefront titles. But with more studios other than EA now permitted to work with the property, Ubisoft Massive is getting its chance to take the series into the open world.‘I Started a Yoda Fan Club’During…

Ubisoft's long-awaited open world Star Wars game will arrive in 2024. The publisher announced Star Wars Outlaws on Sunday during Microsoft's Xbox and Starfield Direct showcase with a cinematic trailer that introduces fans to the game's Han Solo-like protagonist, Key Vess. Ubisoft is billing Outlaws as the first-ever open world Star Wars game — though it's worth noting many past games in the franchise, including the recently released Jedi: Survivor, feature open world elements. Ubisoft first teased Outlaws in 2021, noting…

True current-gen console exclusives have been few and far between this generation. Over two years in, even great games like Halo Infinite and God of War: Ragnarök are still shackled to the consoles that came before the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S. While they still look fantastic and benefit from better load times and DualSense gimmicks, there haven’t been enough exclusives to give this new console generation a true identity just yet.That's going to be one of the most important tasks for Microsoft and Sony…

A Whole New World The amount of freedom offered by open-world games is hard to resist, and they do a fantastic job of scratching that exploration itch. The genre also lends itself well to long games chocked full of activities, and some immersive open-world titles can even be played indefinitely. For adventurers who want to experience the best of what the genre has to offer, these ten games are not to be missed. Image via Playground Games. 10. Forza Horizon 5 When open-world games are discussed, racing games are often…

Ubisoft's Star Wars game from the studio that made The Division is potentially going to release as soon as 2024, a new report suggests. According to unnamed sources speaking to Kotaku, the Star Wars title is the unspecified "large game" that Ubisoft recently disclosed would be released during the company's current fiscal year that ends on March 31, 2024.It is one of several games set for release during that period, the others being Assassin's Creed Mirage, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Rainbow Six Mobile,…

On the second episode of Spot On, GameSpot's topical news show featuring managing editor Tamoor Hussain and senior producer Lucy James, we're talking about open-world games. Specifially, whether publisher and developers need to be making them.Open world games are a big investment from both developers and players, but have they evolved significantly enough to warrant these investments? Games like The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, which was awarded a 10/10 in GameSpot's review, meaningfully adds to…

Grand Theft Auto IV is celebrating its 15-year anniversary today, April 29, 2023. Below, we look back at the series' flawed but compelling attempt to break free from its glamorous kingpin empowerment fantasies.At the time of its release, Grand Theft Auto IV's faithful recreation of New York City was unlike anything that gaming had ever seen. Its grim aesthetics and grounded presentation signaled a new era for video game verisimilitude, where developers could make players feel as though they were really…

It’s a little hard to believe, but we’re finally on the road to Hyrule. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is set to launch on May 12, paying off what felt like a grueling wait following 2017’s genre-defining Breath of the Wild. In just one month, we’ll be exploring the Sky Islands and crafting some truly ridiculous weapons. The final month before a game’s launch can be the hardest stretch of a long hype cycle, though. That’s especially true if you’re trying to fill it by playing something that’ll get you in…

Diablo IV's endgame involves completing bounties for a creepy tree, battling against Helltides, and conquering challenging Nightmare Dungeons in order for players to continue progressing their characters.Blizzard has finally thrown back the curtain on Diablo IV's endgame, revealing in greater detail what players will be doing after having completed the game's main story campaign. In a new video titled "Into the Endgame," members of the Diablo IV team elaborate on what players can expect from endgame, and…