Open-world games often follow similar formulas, but these titles force players to shake up their usual tactics.

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The biggest news for open-world games this week comes courtesy of Monster Hunter Wilds' highly anticipated 1.021 update, which Capcom pushed up in an effort to bring lapsed players back into the fold.

Thanks to third-party sites such as SteamDB, it's possible to see how many players are currently on each Steam game and to reflect on their all-time concurrent player peaks. While this does not ...

The ancient spark has not yet faded. Whispers echo through the mountains and seas, stirring memories long buried in the earth. Of Peaks and Tides is an open-world crafting survival game developed by ...

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Adventure Games This Steam Next Fest demo mixes Journey with The Last Guardian, having me run through gorgeous fields with my fluffy herd Action RPGs I played Where Winds Meet and fell in love with ...

The last thing I expected out of a mech game was to be reminded of World of Warcraft, but Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion is just as interested in letting you lazily explore its open world as it is ...

After creating a whole new genre with PUBG, Brendan 'PlayerUnknown' Greene is turning his hand to a hardcore survival game. Prologue has been in the works for a while now, quietly being refined by ...