One of 2026's Best Open-World Games Just Got Even Better (And It's Even On Sale)

Crimson Desert wasn't everyone's cup of tea when it launched earlier this year, but then again, what game is? Pearl Abyss' ridiculously ambitious open-world game arrived with some undeniably rough edges, many of which I ran into myself when I reviewed it. Even then, though, I couldn't get over just how incredible its open world was. There were things about Crimson Desert that frustrated me, but every time I thought I had finally seen everything Pywel had to offer, I would wander off in another direction and find something that somehow made me fall in love with it all over again.