Narrowing over forty years, dozens of platforms, a menagerie of genres, and a multitude of game city types (and styles) down to the 45 entries of the Virtual Cities atlas wasn't an easy task. I will not bore you with the details, but know that a few hundred hours were dedicated to researching, playing, re-playing, reading, and finally deciding on 41 of those cities. The remaining four were selected with the help of the four super generous 'Name A City'-level backers; well, three of them were, as one is still being discussed, though I will of course let you know as soon as this last entry has been picked.
For now, without further ado, and in random order here are 44 of the 45 cities Virtual Cities will be covering:
- The City, Thief: The Dark Project
- London, Fallen London
- Dunwall, Dishonored
- City 17, Half-Life 2
- New Vegas, Fallout: New Vegas
- Citadel, Mass Effect series
- Hong Kong, Shadowrun: Hong Kong
- Midgar, Final Fantasy VII
- Lizard Breath, It Came From The Desert
- New Orleans, Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
- Silent Hill, Silent Hill
- Kamurocho, Yakuza 0
- Wan Chai, Shenmue II
- Steelport, Saints Row: The Third
- London, Assassin's Creed Syndicate
- Antescher, Ant Attack
- Rubacava, Grim Fandango
- Whiterun, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Sigil, Planescape: Torment
- Anytown, 0°N 0°W
- Anor Londo, Dark Souls
- Seaside Valley, Bus Simulator 18
- Dun Darach, Dun Darach
- Novigrad, The Witcher III: Wild Hunt
- Rockvil, A Mind Forever Voyaging
- Mega Primus, X-COM: Apocalypse
- Orgrimmar, World of Warcraft
- Terrapolis, B.A.T.
- Olympic City, Need For Speed Underground
- Pripyat, STALKER: Call of Pripyat
- Metro City, Final Fight
- Raccoon City, Resident Evil 2
- New Bretagne, Lamplight City
- New York City, Deus Ex
- Yharnam, Bloodborne
- Clock Town, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
- Fourside, Earthbound
- Woodtick, Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
- New Donk City, Super Mario Odyssey
- Tarsonis City, Starcraft series
- Gotham City, Batman: Arkham Knight
- Neketaka, Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
- Milton, The Long Dark
- Propast, Europolis, Dreamfall Chapters
- [edit] Union City, Beneath A Steel Sky