Forza fans have spotted Initial D's Mt. Akina and other real-world layouts in Horizon 6's map

The section of Mount Haruna road that Initial D fans know as Mount Akina, home of Takuma Fujiwara and the Akina Speed Stars, ...
MacRumors

Google Maps Adds Gemini AI-Powered 'Ask Maps' Feature and 3D Immersive Navigation

Google today added Gemini AI to Google Maps, enabling a new Ask Maps feature. Gemini in maps can answer complex, real-world questions that Google says "a map could never answer before." There is a new ...
Wired

How a Music-Streaming CEO Built an Open-Source Global Threat Map in His Spare Time

Frustrated by fragmented war news, Anghami’s Elie Habib built World Monitor, a platform that fuses global data, like aircraft signals and satellite detections, to track conflicts as they unfold. The ...
GameSpot

Open-World Racing Game From Forza Veteran Isn't Dead, Despite Amazon Dropping Out

The open-world driving game from Maverick Games that was announced in 2024 will now move ahead without Amazon. The Game Business confirmed that Amazon is not going to publish the game, while its ...
Comicbook.com

5 Most Important Things Every Great Open-World Game Needs to Have

Once upon a time, promoting a new game with the phrase “open world” was enough to pique many gamers’ interest. But these days, that promise alone is hardly enough to set games apart. After all, games ...
Game Rant

Open-World RPGs With Maps That Are Masterpieces Of Game Design

Evan is a Communications student based in Edmonton, Alberta. Formerly a sports writer, he was drawn to Game Rant by his longtime passion for video games. An avid gamer since the age of 13, Evan has ...
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 ...
The Verge

Epic and Google have a secret $800 million Unreal Engine and services deal

A judge is questioning whether Epic Games and Google are settling their long-running antitrust fight partly because of a previously unannounced partnership involving the Unreal Engine, Fortnite, and ...
Comicbook.com

Fans Divided By Upcoming Open-World RPG’s Promise To Deliver A Map Twice as Big as Skyrim’s

When The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim released in 2011, its massive explorable world was something of a novelty. Though it was hardly the first open-world game, it did deliver a scope and depth that few ...
IGN

Crimson Desert's Open World Map is Bigger Than Skyrim and Red Dead Redemption 2 - IGN Daily Fix

Developers at Pearl Abyss have dropped some details on the world of Crimson Desert. Via the Gaming Interviews YouTube channel, the devs had specified that the open world of Crimson Desert is about ...
PCGamesN

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 developer seems to be working on a secret Unreal Engine project

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 may have been the most underrated game to release in 2025. It's difficult to say that about a title that came fourth in our own Game of the Year 2025 list and picked up ...
PCGamesN

The big, totally unofficial World of Warcraft Unreal Engine 5 remake Turtle WoW 2.0 has gone belly up

If you thought there was even the slightest chance of getting to play World of Warcraft remade in Unreal Engine 5 this Christmas, boy, do I have the ammunition to ruin what's left of the festive ...