From Skyrim’s tabletop vistas to Elden Ring’s golden parchment, these open-world games turn map reading into immersive art.

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Screenshots from over 1,000 games highlight this often overlooked aspect of game design.

In a separate reveal, IceUniverse (via Android Authority) states Samsung has started to test a new Dynamic Effect feature ...

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UI doesn’t get enough love. Every time you hear someone commenting on how incredible a game’s graphics are, the chances are they’re referring to the character models, or the environments, or ...

The hellish design of the Crusader Kings video games When a game is mostly hard because the UI is terrible, what happens when you start streamlining its interface?

Polestar will update the Google Maps UI in vehicles for a more seamless visual experience. Not a major change, but it does bring a more seamless experience across Polestar's menu system. The ...

Early games kept the stories simple, but it wasn’t long before these representations of space offered more than merely a place to defend humanity from an alien threat. Through video-game ...

Best practices for designing an effective user interface Double Eleven's Edd Coates shares the essential components to designing accessible and effective UI for video games ...