In Video Games
WHS appearing within video games. This only includes examples of 'realistic' portrayals of WHS, in the sense that the locations are recognisable with some attempt at authentic portrayal.
Connected Sites
Site | Rationale | Link |
Acropolis | Assassin's Creed Odyssey | |
Ancient Thebes | Serious Sam HD – Temple of Hatshepsut; Assassin's Creed Origins (The Curse of the Pharaohs DLC) - Temple of Hatshepsut, Valley of the Kings, Karnak, Temple of Luxor | |
Archaeological Site of Delphi | Assassin's Creed Odyssey | |
Arles | A Plague Tale: Requiem features Arles Amphitheatre circa 1349. | |
Bamiyan Valley | Call of Duty: Black Ops II | |
Damascus | Assassin's Creed - Ummayad Mosque | |
Delos | Assassin's Creed Odyssey | |
Edinburgh | Forza Horizon 4 | |
Florence | Assassin's Creed II – Duomo, Ponte Vecchio | |
Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings | Marvel's Spider-Man - Guggenheim Museum | |
Frontiers of the Roman Empire | Hadrian's Wall in Assassin's Creed Valhalla | |
Giant's Causeway | Assassin's Creed Valhalla | |
Gros Morne National Park | Gros Morne appears as a playable area in the 2014 videogame Assassin's Creed Rogue. (wiki) | |
Guanajuato | Forza Horizon 5 | |
Historic Cairo | Serious Sam 3 – Mosque of Ibn Tulun | |
Imperial Palace | China: The Forbidden City - The game is set in 1775 in the Forbidden City. | |
Istanbul | Assassin's Creed Revelations – Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace; Painkiller (2004) - Hagia Sophia | |
Itsukushima Shrine | Nioh | |
Lake District | Forza Horizon 4 - Ambleside, Derwent Water | |
Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor | Qin: Tomb of the Middle Kingdom | |
Mycenae and Tiryns | Assassin's Creed Odyssey | |
Nubian Monuments | Serious Sam 3 – Abu Simbel, Philae | |
Old City of Acre | Assassin's Creed – Hospitaller Fortress | |
Old City of Jerusalem | Assassin's Creed – Dome of the Rock, Al Aqsa Mosque, Church of the Holy Sepulchre | |
Old Havana | Assassin's Creed IV – Castillo de San Salvador de la Punta, Havana Cathedral | |
Olympia | Assassin's Creed Odyssey - Temple of Zeus, Temple of Hera | |
Paris, Banks of the Seine | Assassin's Creed Unity – Notre Dame Cathedral; Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - Eiffel Tower | |
Prague | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 | |
Pyramids (Memphis) | Serious Sam 3 – Sphinx, Giza Pyramids; Assassin's Creed Origins – Sphinz, Giza, Bent Pyramid | |
Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos | Assassin's Creed Odyssey - Heraion of Samos | |
Rio de Janeiro | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Sugarloaf | |
Rome | Assassin's Creed Brotherhood – Colosseum, Castel Santangelo | |
Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France | Assassin's Creed Unity – Tour St Jacques (with historical church still attached) | |
San Gimignano | Assassin's Creed II | |
Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - depicts the Battle of Hamburg | |
Statue of Liberty | Deus Ex; Marvel's Spider-Man; Tom Clancy's The Division 2 (Warlords of New York Expansion) | |
Stonehenge | Assassin's Creed Valhalla | |
Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae | Assassin's Creed Odyssey | |
Teotihuacan | Forza Horizon 5 | |
Tower of London | Assassin's Creed Syndicate, Traitors Gate; Watch Dogs: Legion | |
Uxmal | Forza Horizon 5 | |
Vatican City | Assassin's Creed II – Sistine Chapel | |
Venice and its Lagoon | Assassin's Creed II – St Mark's Cathedral, St Mark's Square; Painkiller (2004) | |
Versailles | Assassin's Creed Unity, Versailles 1685 | |
Westminster | Assassin's Creed Syndicate – Parliament, Westminster Abbey; Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3; Watch Dogs: Legion | |
Works of Antoni Gaudí | Wheelman: Barcelona including the Sagrada Familia |
Suggestions?
Do you know of another WHS we could connect to In Video Games?
A connection should:
- Not be "self evident"
- Link at least 3 different sites
- Not duplicate or merely subdivide the "Category" assignment already identified on this site.
- Add some knowledge or insight (whether significant or trivial!) about WHS for the users of this site
- Be explained, with reference to a source