Halo Infinite’s sandbox may allow developer 343 Industries to experiment more than ever with the run ‘n gun formula.

After two years of nothing but the sound of silence, the Mafia Twitter account has risen from the grave with a single tweet that has presumably been authored by Vin Diesel.

If you were holding your breath waiting for Valiant Hearts 2, you might want to check your expectations at the door as Ubisoft toils away on pure time-sink sandboxes.

Anno 1800 enjoys a level of grandeur thanks to the associations of its title. The franchise is well established at this point and represents a high-quality sandbox experience. Though there have always been shortcomings levelled against each instalment. Anno 2205, though well received and a proper representative of the greater genre, was criticized for its longevity and some of its …

Sandbox games are kind of starting to feel formulaic. You get the exception to the rule now and then, but for the most part it’s easy to roll your eyes when you hear of another game claiming to have a vast and open world that is just begging to be explored. One of the bigger tricks that developers use? Telling you the player, that your choices actually matter when in fact the consequences for your actions seldom carry any weight to them. Dying Light 2 developer Techland wants to change that conception.

It all started with me using dynamite to catch some fish. While trawling off a faraway coast, I received an urgent letter to come home. The old man is dead. His brother has taken over, and my sister and I decide to bail. We are presented with our very own island. A place where we can grow, mine, and produce …

There’s an art to whittling down Freaker numbers in Days Gone, as the actual environment in which you face off against an army of flesh-eaters is more of a puzzle box than a sandbox.

Look, if you need a summary of Days Gone, here’s a quickie: Imagine the stealth of Hitman meets the action of Max Payne only you’re not an unstoppable bullet sponge and you live in a world that’s almost as hellbent on murdering you as the continent of Australia is.