2D horror games deserve a spotlight just like big-budget ones, offering unique gameplay experiences. Carrion is a thrilling ...

Beyond marks the long-awaited return of the Nintendo series, but it still doesn't top the franchise's 2D entries.

There’s a myth that true immersion into video games requires three dimensions: sidescrollers are good for nostalgia, but the future belongs to photorealistic 3D worlds. Fiquet says he created ...

In 2018, Square Enix released a new game called Octopath Traveler, which introduced a revolutionary new graphics format ...

How do you make old games attractive to modern players? Masaaki Hayasaka, the producer of the remake, explains the magic behind the HD-2D style. David Lumb is a senior reporter covering mobile and ...

Look, we need to talk about something that’s been bugging me for a while now. Square Enix goes and creates this absolutely gorgeous HD 2D art style that makes everyone’s jaws drop, and then what ...

JRPGs A JRPG series that's been running for 21 years is going back to remakes because "the player base was shrinking" Games "I feel a strong need to prevent Japanese-style game development from being ...

Terminator 2D: No Fate launch trailer reveals retro-inspired side-scrolling action based on T2. Play as Sarah Connor, John Connor, and the T-800 with classic arcade gameplay and pixel art style.

Mark has been thinking and writing about games since a Gameboy Pocket and a copy of Link's Awakening was first placed into his tender, seven-year-old hands. Since then, he snagged a creative writing ...

“Well now… In a long-running series, novelty and continuity are both important, but we wanted this title to fully convey the appeal of Donkey Kong as a character. Meanwhile, we thought that by ...

Astrolabe Games will publish Too Dark Games-developed 2D platforming boss-rush action game Onikura when it launches for PC via Steam in the second half of 2026, the companies announced.