GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Bowser's Fury is celebrating its 5-year anniversary today, February 12, 2025. Below, we look at how the unusual experiment married classic Mario level ...

While it has its uses, AI-assisted procedural generation can't capture the meticulous detail and care of a handcrafted open world. Games like Eastshade, The Witcher 3, and Elden Ring focus on ...

Discover how open-world game development works, from the complete game design process for creating vast maps to building advanced NPC systems that bring worlds alive. Horizon Forbidden West - Steam ...

Nintendo completely changed the game when it made The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Not only did it revolutionize the franchise, but it changed gaming as a whole. Some modern classics wouldn’t ...

Mark has been thinking and writing about games since a Gameboy Pocket and a copy of Link's Awakening was first placed into his tender, seven-year-old hands. Since then, he snagged a creative writing ...

The Fire Emblem series has always been linear, though it is time that should change. Fire Emblem: Three Houses dabbled with the idea by opening up the series’ storytelling by having multiple different ...

Open-world games have always promised freedom, but few studios consistently reshape what that freedom means. With Grand Theft Auto 6, Rockstar Games is once again signaling a shift in how digital ...