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10 Upcoming Open World Games               We’re Most Excited For

01. Destiny

Destiny approaches! With a release date 4 months away, Halo developer Bungie’s new game is getting so close that anticipation is reaching an absolute maximum. The backstory for Destiny sounds extremely exciting – after a Golden Age of space exploration that lasted 700 years, something called “The Collapse” caused all space colonies to be forgotten and humans to nearly become extinct. The only reason they lived was because of the Traveler, a mysterious alien object that grants certain humans special powers.

Destiny is a not an MMO per se, but rather a game that features an open world populated with only certain players the game matches you with. And what an open world it is –  the whole solar system is open for exploration, from ruined apocalyptic areas of Earth swarming with aliens to the former colonies on Mars and Venus. The Moon is also explorable, as are places as far away as Saturn due to each player having their own spaceship.

Bungie’s class system is very unique, offering up three different races: tough, hardy Humans, mythical elflike Awoken, and ominous, tireless Exo, inspired by the Terminator. Once the player chooses their race, they can also pick their class: Hunters, inspired by bounty hunters and Han Solo, Warlocks, a form of space wizard mixed with Jedi, and Titan, a powerful setup reminiscent of Master Chief. As the summer approaches and Destiny’s beta prepares for release, gamers have much to be excited for, and the use of the beta should help ensure they have nothing to complain about when the game finally releases on September 9.

02. Tom Clancy’s The Division

Although recently rumoured for delay into 2015, The Division is still on track for this year which is pretty exciting. The first new Tom Clancy series in many years, The Division will give players control of a soldier in the “Strategic Homeland Division” after a disease introduced on Black Friday manages to collapse the U.S. in only five short days. The game is an intriguing blend of single and multi-player, sending you into battle with A.I. troops but also letting you face other players or your friends.

The Division’s open world is an extremely accurate representation of New York City, including Brooklyn, Queens and possibly other boroughs alongside video game mainstay Manhattan. The developers have scoured New York to provide a nearly to scale environment, which they will need if they want to fit thousands of players in one game world. A shooter MMO is a very interesting idea, and hopefully the developers find a way to balance it so players don’t simply waste each other every time they get within eyesight. The game also features a “morality” system, not one that changes your character based on your choices but one that changes the city. New York in the game is a reactive metropolis, and it won’t be long until its unrecognisable from launch day’s version. These intriguing features make The Division a must-play game this year.

03. The Crew

Even for those like myself who are not very interested in racing games, The Crew still shows up on the radar. Ubisoft’s third appearance on this list so far gives players control of a stunt racer who infiltrates criminal organisation. Plot developments will of course ensue that force players to do insane stunt races against both A.I. and other players, and it is exciting to see if this new IP can come into its own in a genre where Need for Speed is so dominant. Although the single player story is reportedly 20 hours long, most time in the game will undoubtedly be spent racing around the gigantic open world.

While most racing games give players a sandbox city to race around in, The Crew offers up the entire United States with zero loading screens, meaning people can go from New York to L.A. in one consistent drive (in about 90 minutes!). Several cities like Chicago, Miami, Las Vegas, and many others are explorable, but in between those cities players can lose themselves on the open roads of America. The Crew doesn’t have a release date yet but can be expected in the July/August/September range of 2014. With such a large open world and a guaranteed multiplayer mode, players can expect to be engrossed for a long time.

04. Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor

Finally! An action-oriented original story Lord of the Rings video game has been a long time coming, and on October 7, Shadow of Mordor will arrive on next-gen and last-gen consoles alike. Seeming to combine the climbing and stealth of Assassin’s Creed with the combat of Batman: Arkham, Shadow of Mordor will take place between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings and feature a Ranger named Talion who is killed by Sauron’s forces and mysteriously resurrected as a wraith. He then ventures into Mordor to get revenge on his killers and take out the evil that is slowly retaking the land.

One of the most exciting things about this game (other than the premise) is something the developers call the Nemesis system, which keeps track of most of Talion’s antagonists by name and rank. If one of the Orcs survives a fight with Talion and escapes, they will remember him the next time they see him and react accordingly. Talion can also send defeated Orcs on assassination missions or send them back to their superiors to spread his legend. While it is unknown what the scope of Shadow of Mordor’s world will be, gamers can expect to at least be able to explore the land of Mordor at their own pace.

The developers have confirmed that there will be plentiful side content to tackle, but it would be really cool if there were a lot of Easter Eggs scattered about for players to find (who else wants to explore the inside of Mount Doom?). For those eagerly awaiting the last instalment of the Hobbit trilogy, Shadow of Mordor will help hold you over.

05. Batman: Arkham Knight

Arkham Knight, the extremely highly anticipated conclusion to Rocksteady’s Arkham trilogy, is due out on October 14, 2014 for exclusively next-gen consoles, meaning a lot of people will have to start buying PS4’s and Xbox Ones! Expanding to a game world 5 times bigger than Arkham City and a staggeringly 25 times bigger than Arkham Asylum, Arkham Knight is bound to be stuffed full of exciting side missions and hundreds of Easter Eggs.

Unlike other installments in the Arkham universe, the Joker is dead and other villains are finally banding together to defeat Batman instead of fighting amongst themselves. The Scarecrow is back after his absence in Arkham City and is ready to drown Gotham in his fear toxin, meaning Batman will have to work harder than ever to save the city he loves. Arkham Knight’s game world is set in the entirety of Gotham City over several connected islands, and thus will feature completely new areas as opposed to half of Arkham Origins’ being the recycled Arkham City map.

The addition of the Batmobile means that travel will be faster than ever before and the use of next-generation consoles for the first time in the series indicates that the city will be truly massive and filled with exciting things to do. Long live the Batman!

06. Watch Dogs

The much-delayed Watch Dogs is finally due for release on May 27, and anticipation couldn’t be higher. Developed by Ubisoft, the game features hacker Aiden Pearce in a giant open-world Chicago that is fully interactive. Aiden can hack pretty much anything, including other people’s phones to get information, traffic lights to cause car crashes, and roadblocks to escape from the police. The game pits Aiden against a supercomputer called CtOS that only he is able to hack, and this leads to hijinks across the city as Aiden takes advantage of his new power.

Watch Dogs’ Chicago is supposedly a very faithful version of the city with some landmarks added and removed as Ubisoft saw fit. It is unknown whether or not vehicles can be driven in the game, and even if they can’t, it would be cool to see a scenario like Aiden hacking a train junction box to make it come pick him up. Watch Dogs also has a online free roam mode, something that should allow players to explore the world with many friends (hopefully not disastrously like in GTA 5), but the real standout is the 1v1 multiplayer, which allows someone to enter another player’s game and start hacking them without them knowing. The other player has to find the hacker before he hacks into their phone, and this will surely lead to a much more suspenseful version of hide and seek. Ubisoft’s track record so far indicates that this game is not one to miss.

07. Dying Light

Dying Light comes to us courtesy of developer Techland, the team responsible for the Call of Juarez series and the recent zombie game Dead Island. The game promises a large open world swarming with zombies in which it is the player’s job to survive. The map is modeled after South American favelas, or slums, and is rumoured to have a heavy emphasis on free running. Don’t count on Walking Dead-style shooting massacres in Dying Light, though – here, the zombies are an actual threat that only gets worse at night.

Yes, you read that right – once the sun sets, the zombies of Dying Light become stronger, faster, and harder to slip by. Pretty much, don’t be caught unprepared once it gets dark! In addition to the exciting single player, the developers have confirmed that there is split-screen co-op and a four player multiplayer mode. Also, a pre-order bonus is being offered that allows players to become a zombie in someone else’s game world. Dying Light doesn’t have a release date yet but it is supposed to come out sometime in 2014, the height of the zombie media craze. The game looks like it offers a fresh and unique take on the genre, and that’s definitely a reason to be excited.

08. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, the franchise’s first numbered installment (not counting prologue Ground Zeroes) since 2008’s Guns of the Patriots, looks to extend the series into the open-world genre, something they haven’t yet attempted. Reportedly 200 times larger than Ground Zeroes, Phantom Pain doesn’t have a release date yet but can be expected to come out in late 2014. More details will likely be released at this year’s E3, but for now we don’t have much to go on.

Phantom Pain’s open world will contain a home base that is fully customisable throughout the game and also will allow use of several different vehicles like planes, helicopters, and motorcycles when not in a main story mission. Game director Hideo Kojima has stated that the game may be “too big to clear”, attesting to the massive size of the open world map and the wealth of side activities available to complete. The addition of vehicles and the ability to use horses will make sure that traversal is not tedious, and the genuine love and level of detail painstakingly put into every Metal Gear game means that The Phantom Pain will be a blast to play and possibly the best game in the series once it releases.

09. Mad Max

Mad Max is set to return to the big screen next year in Mad Max: Fury Road, starring Tom Hardy as Max in place of Mel Gibson, but fans can hold themselves over by playing this new game due out in 2015 (was just pushed back today, sorry!). Mad Max is developed by Avalanche Studios, the team behind Just Cause 2 which features one of the biggest open worlds ever and exciting vehicular combat- it appears as if the team has brought these features to this game, which will reportedly feature a vehicle called the Magnum Opus for Max to drive around the wasteland.

The Magnum Opus is customisable throughout the game but is not the only vehicle players can use. Max can also use several unique weapons like harpoon guns and his trusty shotgun when he is not in the car, and both driving and walking are good ways of exploring what promises to be an absolutely massive map. During the game’s E3 demonstration, the developers promised a dynamic world filled with side activities, and if Just Cause is any indication, simply goofing around will be just as fun. The only reason this game isn’t higher on the list is because not much info has been released about it- look for more details as the game’s release date approaches.

10. Assassin’s Creed: Unity

Assassin’s Creed: Unity marks the seventh instalment in the now-annual franchise, and the first to be released on solely next generation consoles (a companion game for PS3/360 is also supposedly in development). Featuring a new assassin as the protagonist, Unity will take place in the late 1700s during the turbulent times of the French Revolution, meaning landmarks like the Eiffel Tower and the Notre Dame Cathedral will likely make an appearance as climbable buildings.

While all of the Assassin’s Creed games have been open world so far, the various settings are definitely at different levels of quality. The highlight so far is Black Flag, which featured a completely open Caribbean Sea to navigate with a host of side activities planted on many different islands. The power of next generation consoles means that Unity could muster up a gigantic game world, maybe even one that covers a majority of France.

An open world that combines the city gameplay used to great effect in AC2/Brotherhood/Revelations with an updated version of the “frontier” from AC3 would be a wonder to play in, and stuffing it with assassin contracts, guild missions, and other various easter eggs would ensure that players spend large amounts of hours in the game once they finish the story. Look for Unity in late 2014, likely in late October or early November.