These open-world games are designed to let players freely explore, try new things, and become skilled at the game. It’s common for players to lose themselves in these worlds and easily spend more than 100 hours playing. They’re captivating from beginning to end, keeping players engaged the entire time.
Okay, so in the “Cold Storage” quest in ARC Raiders, you’ve got to hunt down a container belonging to J Kozma Ventures. Thankfully, it’s pretty straightforward – just look for a container with that name on it! My advice? Make sure you have at least one empty safe pocket before you start, because you need to bring something back to Shani as part of the quest.
Throughout the history of the Pokemon franchise, many different tabletop games have been released. Some, like the Pokemon Trading Card Game, were completely original creations. Others, such as Pokemon Monopoly and Yahtzee, were existing games that were redesigned with a Pokemon theme. This new game falls into the latter category, but it’s based on a game that most Pokemon fans in Western countries probably haven’t played before.
A new variational algorithm optimizes state transfer in complex spin chains, revealing fundamental limits between performance and noise resilience.
It began with a captivating and frightening demo called P.T., which quickly generated excitement for a new Silent Hill project. The prospect of legendary creators Hideo Kojima and Guillermo del Toro teaming up with Norman Reedus felt like a dream for fans. Sadly, the game, titled Silent Hills, was cancelled in 2015, just three years after its initial announcement. The cancellation remains a disappointment for many, and the only remaining piece of the project is the original P.T. demo, which is now unavailable to new players.
The World of Warcraft: Midnight beta is now live! Players who signed up and were selected, or who purchased the Epic Edition, can access most of the new expansion content. They can play through the entire leveling experience and test out all the big changes to character classes, up to the new maximum level of 90.
Oda has shown fans just how powerful Joy Boy was, confirming expectations of the first pirate in the world of One Piece. Joy Boy wasn’t just skilled – he was incredibly strong, enough to genuinely frighten the World Government.
The Forked Tower: Blood raid, first introduced in Patch 7.25 along with the Occult Crescent, is a large-scale encounter for 48 players. It’s only accessible through the South Horn field operation. While not required for the main storyline, the raid—named after a dungeon from Final Fantasy 5—provides difficult challenges and special rewards, like the unique Demon Haul mount. However, it received some criticism because its mechanics could heavily penalize the entire raid team for a single player’s error.
As a long-time Destiny 2 player, I remember how excited everyone was when it launched back in 2017. Even though it’s free-to-play now with all the expansions, there’s been some drama behind the scenes. Last year, a writer named Matthew Martineau actually sued Bungie, saying they’d used ideas from his work in the Red Legion storyline and The Curse of Osiris expansion. It was a pretty big deal, and the case actually made it past Bungie’s attempts to get it thrown out and was heading to court. Thankfully, it looks like everything’s been settled out of court now, which is good to hear.
Players haven’t just enjoyed freedom within games – they’ve actually discovered unexpected ways to play, even finding loopholes developers didn’t anticipate. By pushing the limits, they’ve created their own solutions to challenges and defeated bosses in ways the game designers probably didn’t intend, but that still work! Let’s look at some games where it’s fun to experiment and see what you can uncover.