Game Developer

MARCH 24, 2023

The cinematic director for Guerrilla Games' open-world post-apocalyptic game describes their approach to adding epic flair.

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Radiator Blog

MAY 5, 2021

One common "problem" with Skyrim (and most open world RPGs) is that you end up with a bunch of money and nothing to spend it on, except nice-to-have things like convenient access to crafting materials or a house. This game is scared that the player might not have an activity every 15 seconds. It's more paranoid than a Ubisoft game.

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Ask a Game Dev

AUGUST 31, 2023

For an open world game like you mention, this means careful placement of quest givers and quest goals relative to each other in the world. Have you ever played a game where you felt frustrated because the quest you were on had you running back and forth to places you just came from without anything else to do?

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Indie DB

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Trailer and information of "Humanoid", the BinaryBrigade's new survival open world game.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 22, 2022

From open worlds to unannounced worlds.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 3, 2023

The open world adventure game has now secured six No.1s Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is back at No.1 1 again in the UK physical retail charts. 1s since it released eight weeks ago. It briefly had to accept second place during the weeks that Diablo 4 and Final Fantasy 16 were released.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 19, 2023

He had been building giant open-world games like Fallout and Skyrim in large teams for years. So, as a first time solo developer in order to keep things simple he decided to make his first project a… giant open world game. The Axis Unseen is a heavy-metal open-world horror game. “If

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Indie DB

JULY 20, 2023

A multiplayer, open-world survival crafting game where you can ⚔️battle, ?‍?farm or mysterious collected creatures in a vast world?️! farm with your friends?‍?‍?

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 12, 2023

The studio known for the Killzone series dropped its linear levels, guns and space Nazis for a sprawling open world, more primitive weapons, and robot dinosaurs. Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Horizon: Zero Dawn was a dramatic shift for Guerrilla Games.

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Indie DB

JULY 4, 2023

Discover a thrilling world of adventure in Spire Horizon, an RPG open world game, where you embody a skeleton protagonist, explore a visually stunning world, engage in battles against formidable enemies, and embark on quests to piece together of your.

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Game Development News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Bits + Pixels will now represent the open-world action MMORPG title Black Desert in Europe and America - MCV/DEVELOP

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Indie DB

JULY 16, 2023

Hello everyone This is the 4th devlog for Silent Shores a open world horror game for this devlog I will show how music plays in the game in the video below. At the current moment the music plays randomly within the game. I will soon change this to only.

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Ask a Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Scoping is an ongoing process and not a particular phase of development that we finish. Even though we try to figure out what we can do early on, we still have to make scope adjustments as we follow the schedule.

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Starloop Studios

JANUARY 5, 2023

From simple pixel graphics to complex, life-like open worlds, the visuals of modern video games are unparalleled. Video games have come a long way since their inception. Of course, this advancement wouldn’t be possible without animation and VFX (visual effects).

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 12, 2023

Avatar director James Cameron made an appearance via a pre-recorded segment saying it's "always been [his] vision to explore technologies" and mediums beyond film to show more of Pandora's world. It'll also offer two player co-op.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 3, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Ubisoft's 2004 open-world shooter Far Cry's source code was leaked online. As reported by Eurogamer , per MXDWN , the game file was uploaded to Archive.org. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 14, 2022

RuneScape maker Jagex has acquired Gamepires, the Croatian studio best known for open world survival game Scum. Jagex aims to enable Gamepire's team of over 50 developers to prepare Scum, which has been in early access since August 2018, for a full 1.0

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Indie DB

JUNE 6, 2023

Although limited, multi-verse and space travel will make the world feel more alive like never before seen in any video game! Experience unlimited Time Travel in this massive open world!

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Game Refinery

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The anime art style is fairly similar to the one in Genshin Impact, but one of the biggest differences is that Tower of Fantasy players explore the open sci-fi world of the planet Aida, rather than the fantasy setting depicted in Genshin Impact. The open-world of Tower of Fantasy.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 17, 2023

Astrid is described as a AAA open-world survival game, and it is currently in pre-production. Read more

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Game Development News

JUNE 29, 2023

Hooded Horse has announced that it has signed the open-world survival game Necesse - MCV/DEVELOP

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Game Development News

JUNE 29, 2023

Hooded Horse has announced that it has signed the open-world survival game Necesse - MCV/DEVELOP

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 20, 2022

It's a From Software Souls game, and the open-world is a great match for From's punishing style of design and its myriad reminders that you aren't ready for this boss or that part of the world yet. I quite liked Elden Ring, but I didn't get terribly far into it and didn't have much of anything interesting or new to say about it.

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iHobo

JUNE 28, 2023

Later Elder Scrolls games cleaved to the now over-familiar formula of the Grand Theft Auto open world, shaping the world through chains of waypoints. For the open world game to truly satisfy the curiosity motive, the landscape has to be crafted in order to raise questions.

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Game Development News

MARCH 22, 2023

Splash Damage are working with Chris ‘Sacriel’ Ball and Mike ‘shroud’ Grzesiek on a new open-world survival game called Project Astrid

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Ask a Game Dev

JUNE 9, 2023

Reusing well-used content like maps tends to offend a particular slice of the more hardcore demographic.

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

I completed the main campaign in Redfall ( official site, Steam , also on Game Pass), a 4 player co-op open world shooter by Arkane Austin, who's mostly known for detailed single player story-filled action games. There are two open world regions, Redfall Commons and Burial Point. OK you get the idea. Let's zoom out.

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Code with Mike

MARCH 9, 2023

Having steadily available money is important in most open-world RPGs. A wizard must have a healthy supply of galleons if he is to triumph. You need money to buy armor, weapons, cosmetics, and more.

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iHobo

JULY 12, 2023

It is the model that all contemporary open world games follow. For a brief time there, it felt as if we might rediscover the power of the agency motive that these pioneering proto open world games unleashed. Yet the agency motive has more to offer.

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Indie DB

DECEMBER 19, 2022

This open world RPG has shipped onto Steam

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Game Errors

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

This new open-world space RPG action game has many things to offer. The Starfield is another masterpiece from the Bethesda Game Studios, creator of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. However, if you are a passionate gamer and often encounter crashing issues while playing this title, you may lose interest at a time. Why is Starfield crashing?

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Code with Mike

MARCH 10, 2023

In true open-world RPG fashion, Hogwarts Legacy is a long game to beat—especially if you plan on getting the platinum trophy by completing all of the achievements.

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iHobo

JUNE 8, 2022

Suzuki-san and his colleagues often try to paint this series of games as a precursor to the open world genre. Indeed, in the Kickstarter for Shenmue III , the text expressly tries to make this claim: Shenmue defied all convention and created the genre that later came to be known as "open world." But so what?

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Code with Mike

MARCH 8, 2023

In most open world games, it’s tough to grind through a game to gain enough EXP to upgrade your guns, equipment or spells. The good news is, in Hogwarts Legacy, it’s super easy to upgrade your broom. So, how do you upgrade it then?

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Indie DB

MAY 7, 2023

This highly-technical, open world colonisation indie announces its release date

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Code with Mike

MARCH 8, 2023

In any new open world game, it’s quite frustrating when you can’t explore everything right off the bat. Leveling up and getting access to more and more areas is obviously a part of the games gameplay design.

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Code with Mike

MARCH 1, 2023

If you’ve been diving into Hogwarts Legacy, you might be wondering how to use a broom to fly around the spectacular open world of Hogwarts and beyond. After all, it’s the feature many fans were most excited about.

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