Control Resonant lead level designer reveals the game's world will have 'dungeons'

Remedy Entertainment wants players to discover and engage in side content in Control Resonant's open environment alongside ...
Electronic Design

Designing At The Systems Level: Evolution Or Revolution?

System-level design garners more attention as the years roll by, due to the proposal of new languages, the development of design flows, and the formation of new standards committees. Yet, we ask ...
IGN

What Cyberpunk 2077's Design Got Wrong, According to One of Its Lead Developers

When Miles Tost moved from The Witcher 3 to Cyberpunk 2077 in 2016, he soon realized that he was dealing with a unique challenge. Despite both being RPGs, the two “couldn’t be more different,” with CD ...
GamesIndustry

How Cyberpunk 2077 shaped CD Projekt Red's approach to level design

It's rare to be given an insight into the development of an AAA game like Cyberpunk 2077. But Max Pears, former senior level designer at developer CD Projekt Red, discussed the inner workings of the ...
Game Rant

FromSoftware: The Cases For and Against a Return to Linear Level Design

Jared is a writer, editor, and Communications Studies graduate who loves popular nerd culture (almost anything to do with Marvel, DC, Star Wars, or The Lord of the Rings) and the interactive ...