Many open-world games that came before Elden Ring are notorious for their hand-holding mechanics, in which they clutter their maps with icons that denote activities, collectibles, and quests.

Battlefield 2042 Map Design Improvements Announced DICE wants plenty of player feedback, too--so hit up its socials if you've got advice. By Jenny Zheng on March 2, 2022 at 5:51PM PST 11 Comments ...

The reduced scale of the maps in Battlefield 6 was a deliberate choice by the designers, according to a VGC interview with ...

Games Action The Day Before The Day Before studio is up to its old tricks, asking people to design maps for free in a contest whose lucky winner will get their work in a game, a free copy, and no ...

Controversial Valorant map Pearl was added into the hit FPS game 's rotation back in June 2022. Lisbon, Portugal, provided a beautiful locale for visual design, rocking an overall blue tone, and ...

And while the team at Toys for Bob didn’t initially plan for it, the map actually provided the developers with a structure for how it wanted to introduce players to Crash 4’s story and difficulty.

Riot's decision to jazz up the traditional FPS game map design in Valorant was brave, and while I'm all of larger maps, Haven could do with some shortcuts.

Removal of doors comes with good and bad results, but until the game is released there is no way to tell how this will affect combat. Players will need to have a taste of gun balancing, map design ...

Here’s how it works. Valorant has shown off a new map ahead of Episode 3 Act 2, one that hopes to fundamentally reimagine established ideas on the game's arena design.

Games Action RPGs Bloodborne Bloodborne looks almost unrecognizable in these "never-before-seen design planning maps and alpha layouts," showing FromSoftware's evolution of an iconic hidden shortcut ...

Elden Ring’s opening map (arguably the first meaningfully included in a FromSoftware title) features the basic elements you can find in many games. There’s a square with exposed terrain around ...

Keep in mind that Starfield updates are coming roughly every six weeks this year, and it's in these patches that the local maps will eventually roll around. We're only in the second full week of ...