Top 15 Most Instagrammable Gaming Locations
| Rank | Location | Country/City | Video Game | Instagram hashtags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brooklyn Bridge | New York, USA | GTA IV | 3,654,314 |
| 2 | The Colosseum | Rome, Italy | Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood | 1,873,369 |
| 3 | The Space Needle | Seattle, USA | Infamous – Second Son | 1,090,614 |
| 4 | Santa Monica Pier | Los Angeles, USA | GTA V | 1,050,165 |
| 5 | Hagia Sophia | Turkey | Assassin’s Creed Revelations | 535,531 |
| 6 | Lincoln Memorial | Washington DC, USA | Fallout 3 | 466,661 |
| 7 | Topkapi Palace | Istanbul, Turkey | Uncharted 2 Among Thieves | 197,340 |
| 8 | Paramount Studios | California, USA | Overwatch | 70,696 |
| 9 | The shores of Phang Nga Bay | Thailand | Tomb Raider Underworld | 66,572 |
| 10 | Il Duomo cathedral | Milan, Italy | Dark souls | 56,367 |
| 11 | Bank of China | Hong Kong, China | Sleeping Dogs | 21,027 |
| 12 | The Manchester Cathedral | Manchester, England | Resistance: Fall of man | 19,959 |
| 13 | Los Angeles Theater | Los Angeles, USA | LA Noire | 17,462 |
| 14 | San Francisco Bridge | San Francisco, USA | Watch Dogs 2 | 13,765 |
| 15 | The Carfax Tower | Oxford, England | Gray Matter | 3,231 |
Folder containing images of each location – here
Ranking in first place is the Brooklyn Bridge with a staggering 3.6 million Instagram hashtags– which is portrayed in the fourth installment of the Grand Theft Auto series. The GTA IV map is based on four famous locations: Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Manhattan, where multiple well-known landmarks are recreated to help portray the feeling of legitimacy within the game.
In second place with 1.8 million Instagram hashtags is Rome’s Colosseum, which was recreated in Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood as well as featuring in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey and Origins. However, the near 2,000 year old structure is represented much differently to how we see it today, as in the games it is shown as being in its complete form, as opposed to ruins.
Third place is The Space Needle in Seattle which has been created within the world of Infamous – Second Son. The space-age themed tower has accumulated 1,090,614 instagram hashtags.
Here are six larger locations that are replicated in popular video games
| Location | Country/City | Video Game |
|---|---|---|
| Manhattan | New York, USA | Crysis 2 |
| Streets of Kathmandu | Nepal | Uncharted 2 Among Thieves |
| Himalayas | India | Far Cry 4 |
| Boston | Boston, USA | The Last of Us |
| New York City | New York, USA | The Division |
| Chicago Skyline | Chicago, USA | Watchdogs |
A spokesperson for FindMyCasino has stated
“Some of the most successful video games of recent times have featured real-life locations. A great example of this is Rockstar’s portrayal of Los Angeles in Grand Theft Auto V, where developers chose to replicate popular tourist destinations. In doing this, games are bridging the gap between reality and virtual reality, allowing fans to visit places they have spent hours exploring from behind their screens. This has also followed the same direction that film has, by including accessible locations into scenes that allow people to relive the emotion they experienced whilst watching.”
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Methodology –
1 – FindMyCasino.com sought to find the most Instagrammable real life gaming locations
2 – Firstly, a seed list was collated of video games that featured real life locations using Oneesports, Ranker, Thefairytaletraveller, Tigets and thegamer
3 – Each location was searched on Instagram to determine how many hashtags it had. (Each location was searched without the word „The” prefixed as hashtag data was too low of a value and much less likely to be used as a hashtag)
4 – The locations were then ranked in order of highest to lowest to determine 'most instagrammable’
5 – Data was collected on 27/07/2022
All Inclusive
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