NPCs going about their routines, factions clashing, wildlife prancing about... Even if you stand still, life goes on in these open-world RPGs.

Open-world games thrive on rich, well-written NPCs who breathe life into expansive worlds. Games like Watch Dogs Legion and Red Dead Redemption 2 prove the importance of NPCs in immersive storytelling ...

Katelyn has been a writer since they learned to hold a pencil, but was a latecomer to the world of gaming, gradually falling in love with video games over the course of high school and college. They ...

Pearly Abyss' director of marketing couldn't say for certain that "100% of the NPCs" are fully voiced by humans, though.