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Bring your fantasy worlds to life with maps

Fantasy maps aren’t just pretty art — they’re the backbone of immersive storytelling, whether for novels, tabletop RPGs, or open-world games. From hand-drawn artistry to AI-assisted generators, ...
techtimes

Inside Open-World Game Development: How the Game Design Process Creates Immersive Maps and NPC Systems

Discover how open-world game development works, from the complete game design process for creating vast maps to building advanced NPC systems that bring worlds alive. Horizon Forbidden West - Steam ...
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Why we’re obsessed with game maps

From sprawling fantasy realms to dense urban jungles, the best game maps do more than guide you — they tell stories, shape exploration, and make worlds feel alive. Whether meticulously hand-crafted or ...
Polygon

Black Ops 7 design director on why ‘WTF moments’ make for bad Call of Duty maps

Shortly before the Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 beta began in October 2025, Treyarch detailed how the next entry in the storied first-person shooter series will be following a three-lane map design ...
VideoGamer

Battlefield Hardline designer wishes gamers played its DLC as Visceral “mastered the craft” of making maps

You can trust VideoGamer. Our team of gaming experts spend hours testing and reviewing the latest games, to ensure you're reading the most comprehensive guide possible. Rest assured, all imagery and ...
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Black Ops 7 tackles map design in a way Call of Duty hasn't seen for a long time

The Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 beta kicked off this week, and as part of the pre-beta fanfare, Brittany Pirello, senior producer on Black Ops 7, explained that the maps in this game have the "classic ...