Whether you’re a fan of age-old fantasy eras or prefer something modern, open world games have something to offer for everyone. From slashing your enemies to hacking their gadgets to racing them across the beautiful terrain of Australia, this year saw some amazing releases in the category. Here’s our list of the top ten open world games that came out in 2016, in their order of release. 1. The Witness Release Date: 26th January, 2016 Platforms: Windows PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and iOS You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you. You don’t remember who you are, and you don’t remember how you got here, but there’s one thing you can do: explore the island in hope of discovering clues, regaining your memory, and s...
Ubisoft sure has learned a thing or 17 from it’s past failures, and Watch Dogs 2 is a culmination of all that learning, without rectifying all of the mistakes. Right off the bat, the game sets the tone for a vibrant, pop culture, social media and internet trends-driven cyber society, and puts you in the shoes of a young, very millennial hacker, Marcus Holloway. And that in itself shows how much Ubisoft wants to get away from the baggage that the franchise has from the first game in the series. Instead of a whiny-little-cunt of a protagonist, plodding through a drab city, we have a young fella, who just wants to gain social media followers, and bring about digital justice across the world. And the world in itself, set in San Francisco, is a colorful and rather accurate (and at times e...
Now we know all of you are busy with Fallout 4, Just Cause 3, Assassins Creed, Rainbow Six. hell, I’m still playing Witcher 3. But that doesn’t mean that we aren’t eager for more, and next year is again packed with some really exciting releases, and we’re going to countdown the top ten biggest upcoming games of 2016. Be sure to watch the video above to see all the games in glorious HD action! No Man’s Sky: Possibly the biggest open world game ever created probably because it’s a whole universe, This game has been on everyone’s mind since its initial announcement in 2013. Every time we see it the urge to slip into a spaceship and explore the game’s vast, unexplored universe grows stronger. We finally know what the minute-to-minute gameplay will bring. Players will collect resources to upgra...