The horror genre often confines players to claustrophobic corridors or set linear paths, but there has always been a crossover into more open-ended spaces. Offering a much wider area to play in makes ...

Sometimes, when an open-world game expands its world and game play with DLC, it can blow the original game clean out of the ...

Open world games have always been about exploration and appreciating everything that the world itself has to offer. However, the world itself could take a page from the horror genre, prioritising an ...

The Axis Unseen is a heavy metal open world horror game where you hunt and track monsters in a world trapped outside of time. Return to the lodge or a safe space before night. This is a hostile world ...

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Open world games have many tropes, but these ones have been used too many times. It's time for things to change.