A global game reveals that our idea of the size of continents is more accurate than classic maps and their distortions ...

Open-world games use geographic technology for stunning, realistic maps of real locations globally. True Crime: Streets of LA was one of the first to recreate a real-world city accurately in an ...

Maps like Rust's procedural map keep gamers on their toes with unpredictable landscapes and endless interactivity. PUBG's Erangel is a strategic masterpiece where 100 players parachute in, loot up, ...

Vlad Mazanko is a list writer from Ukraine, and a passionate gaming enthusiast. One who enjoys not-so-great games like Anthem, Mafia 3, Mass Effect Andromeda, Marvel's Avengers, The Callisto Protocol, ...

Jo Craig (they/them) is a Feature Writer from Scotland and has been in the industry for nearly a decade and finds dissecting Marvel trailers for hours standard practice and still finds time to review, ...

The first known world map was inscribed into clay tablets in ancient Babylonia. ONE OF the most newfangled is SURELY the Google Earth app, which quite literally, puts the world at your fingertips.

Few people are better than Trevor Rainbolt at identifying obscure locations online — but there’s even more joy in watching him visit them IRL. By Tomas Weber Back in 2021, a 22-year-old from Arkansas ...

Russell McLendon is a science writer with expertise in the natural environment, humans, and wildlife. He holds degrees in journalism and environmental anthropology. Like all planets, Earth isn't flat.

Jared Blando is an accomplished concept artist and cartographer. Over the past few years, he's worked quite a bit with the team behind the fifth edition of Dungeons & Dragons, creating the maps for ...

Data Points is a new series where we explore the world of data visualization, information graphics, and cartography. Maps. They’ve been around longer than photographs. They’ve defined empires,guided ...

Open-world maps offer large amounts of seamless exploration for players. Far Cry 3 and its map created the formula for the rest of the series going forward. Red Dead Redemption 2's map is widely ...