Open-World Video Games

From Elden Ring to Breath of the Wild, some of our favorite games gives players the opportunity to explore a vast world with unlimited possibilities and no restrictions.

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Review

'Tears of the Kingdom' Is the Best Nintendo Switch Game Ever Made

Inverse Score: 10/10

Review

'Starfield' Is a Compelling and Occasionally Maddening Spacefaring Epic

Inverse score: 8/10

Preview

'Outlaws' Nails the Most Important Part of Star Wars

A hive of scum and villainy.

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Preview

Yakuza Kiwami 3 Feels Like a Completely Different Game, For Both Better and Worse

By Hayes Madsen

An Okinawa holiday.

Gaming News

Red Dead 2's Newest Mystery Just Left Us With More Questions

By Trone Dowd

Questions become answers.

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The Ultimate Star Wars Fantasy Is Now On Game Pass

By Trone Dowd

Outlaws to the end.

Gaming News

7 Years Later, 'Red Dead 2' Players Are Scrambling To Solve A Brand New Mystery

By Trone Dowd

All part of the plan?

Opinion

Red Dead Redemption Proves Rockstar’s Biggest Flaw Is A Choice

By Trone Dowd

Superior to every GTA in one crucial way.

The Inverse Interview

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora Devs Considered Having a Human Side to the Game

By Hayes Madsen

Back to Pandora.

Preview

The Avatar Game Is Finally Living Up to the Movies' Massive Potential

By Hayes Madsen

Burn it all down.

Inverse Recommends

The Best Remake in Sega’s Quirky Crime Series Just Came to Nintendo Switch 2

By Hayes Madsen

Become the dragon.

Retrospective

5 Years Ago, Ubisoft’s Sleekest Franchise Literally Lost The Plot

By Trone Dowd

Neutered and defanged.

Gaming News

Rockstar’s Co-Founder Revealed More About GTA Developer’s Biggest ‘What If’

By Trone Dowd

Spy fiction.