Video Game Worlds

At Video Game Worlds, we celebrate the release of new open world games that allow players to explore deep and expansive virtual worlds.

Such games incorporate one of the most significant trends in video games today: non-linear sandbox gameplay that promotes player decision-making and emergent design.

Each of the top games at right immerses players in a vast open world environment that can be fully explored on foot and/or in vehicles.

Gameplay missions can be taken on in an order of the player's choosing. Gameplay objectives can be approached in a variety of ways.

In short, open world games showcase life in a virtual world, far removed from the everyday experience of life in the real world...

Fallout 3

Platform(s): PC | PS3 | Xbox 360
Release Date: 2008/10/28
Setting: Post-apocalyptic Washington, D.C.
Links: Official Website | Web Portal

Far Cry 2

Platform(s): PC | PS3 | Xbox 360
Release Date: 2008/10/21
Setting: Fictional African Country
Links: Official Website | Web Portal

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky

Platform(s): PC
Release Date: 2008/09/15
Setting: Post-apocalyptic Chernobyl
Links: Official Website | Web Portal

Grand Theft Auto IV

Platform(s): PC | PS3 | Xbox 360
Release Date: 2008/04/29
Setting: New York City-inspired Urban Metropolis
Links: Official Website | Web Portal

Burnout Paradise

Platform(s): PC | PS3 | Xbox 360
Release Date: 2008/01/28
Setting: Urban Metropolis
Links: Official Website | Web Portal

Mass Effect

Platform(s): PC | Xbox 360
Release Date: 2007/11/20
Setting: Sci-fi Universe
Links: Official Website | Web Portal

Assassin's Creed

Platform(s): PC | PS3 | Xbox 360
Release Date: 2007/11/13
Setting: Medieval World
Links: Official Website | Web Portal

Just Cause

Platform(s): PC | PS3 | Xbox 360
Release Date: 2006/09/27
Setting: Fictional South American Island
Links: Official Website | Web Portal

Test Drive Unlimited

Platform(s): PC | Xbox 360
Release Date: 2006/09/05
Setting: Hawaiian Island of Oahu
Links: Official Website | Web Portal

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

Platform(s): PC | PS3 | Xbox 360
Release Date: 2006/03/20
Setting: Fantasy World
Links: Official Website | Web Portal

World of Warcraft

Platform(s): Mac | PC
Release Date: 2004/11/23
Setting: Fantasy World
Links: Official Website | Web Portal

Second Life

Platform(s): Mac | PC
Release Date: 2003/06/23
Setting: Virtual World
Links: Official Website | Web Portal