This week in our Third-Party guest blog series, we have Didi Satzinger, art director at Frictional Games, chatting about the joy of maps.

Space-focused games like Starfield, Star Wars Outlaws, and Mass Effect: Andromeda introduce numerous hand-crafted open-world planets. The vast majority of open-world games feature a single ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. That finally changed last week when I sat down with a new six-hour chunk of the game, which contained two open world sections, several side ...

Across The Void is an exciting new roguelike video game that will take you on a journey through a universe of endless possibilities. Featuring randomly generated maps and side maps, the game ...

Despite being on the larger side--Broken Moon is a tad larger than World's Edge, making it the second largest map in the game--the map only has 16 major POIs. That's about the same number as ...

Another screenshot from Side Effect, an exploration game by indie developer justLukass. You can watch the video teaser trailer on Youtube by clicking the video below, and click this link to go to ...

Game Review: 'Never Yield' Is A Speedy, Stylish Side-Scroller The new speedrunning game from Detroit developer Aerial_Knight combines a Black cyberpunk aesthetic with clear, ...

10 Video Game Side Characters EVERYONE Loves. Beloved NPCs from the unnamed to the all-but essential. by Alisdair Hodgson. Jun 26, 2025 June 26th, 2025. Kepler Interactive.

Our recent hands-on time filled in some major blanks, including the game's Mass Effect-style social elements and semi-open-world structure. Exploring Deus Ex: Mankind Divided's open world, side ...