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Open-world RPGs with maps that are masterpieces of game design

There's nothing like a good video game map. While open-world RPGs are expected to include mini-games, side quests, outposts, collectibles, and whatever else they can cram in, none of those things ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Polygon

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 ...
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How Mecha BREAK Approaches Striker Balance and Map Design

Mecha BREAK is an upcoming free-to-play multiplayer game where players drop their customizable characters into the pilot seats of even more customizable Striker mechs to engage in lightning-fast 3v3, ...