ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 https://www.archdaily.com/974690/how-video-game-architecture-is-speaking-to-you Sat, 15 Jan 2022 08:30:00 +0000 Jullia Joson https://www.archdaily.com/974690/how-video-game-architecture-is-speaking-to-you Video games and virtual worlds are jam-packed with imaginative environments to explore, time periods to peruse, and invented architectural styles to thumb through within every reality we choose to engross ourselves into. With recent advancements in technology, greater than ever are we witnessing the latest PC and console generations harboring the ability to produce life-like settings for players to roam around, get lost, and explore all the nuances the seemingly authentic reality holds.

]]> https://www.archdaily.com/782818/cartography-in-the-metaverse-the-power-of-mapping-in-video-games Fri, 26 Nov 2021 05:00:00 +0000 Enrique Parra y Manuel Saga https://www.archdaily.com/782818/cartography-in-the-metaverse-the-power-of-mapping-in-video-games In this new collaboration, originally titled Cartografías del Metaverso (Cartography in the Metaverse), Spanish architects and founders of the blog MetaSpace, Enrique Parra and Manuel Saga, explore the potential of mapping in video games. Mapping can sometimes go beyond the mere role of orientation, as in the Diablo sequel, and become a very important element of the game, as in Civilization and World of Warcraft.

]]> https://www.archdaily.com/938307/from-backdrop-to-spotlight-the-significance-of-architecture-in-video-game-design Tue, 16 Jun 2020 07:35:00 +0000 Dima Stouhi https://www.archdaily.com/938307/from-backdrop-to-spotlight-the-significance-of-architecture-in-video-game-design We’ve asked our ArchDaily readers about which video game has impressed them most in terms of architectural visualization, and why. Hundreds of various answers later, it became evident that there isn’t one element that makes a video game stand out, but the virtually-built environment is almost always a key factor in how the game is experienced.

]]> https://www.archdaily.com/774210/maria-elisa-navarro-the-architectural-consultant-for-assassins-creed-ii Wed, 07 Oct 2015 08:00:00 +0000 Manuel Saga https://www.archdaily.com/774210/maria-elisa-navarro-the-architectural-consultant-for-assassins-creed-ii In the following article, originally published in Spanish on MetaSpace as "Assassin's Creed 2 - Arquitectos que hacen videojuegos"(Architects Who Make Video Games), Spanish architect Manuel Saga interviews María Elisa Navarro, a Professor of Architectural History and Theory, who worked with Ubisoft Montreal as a historical consultant on the design team for the video game Assassin's Creed II, from the first rough drafts up to its launch in November of 2009.

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