Mario games like Super Mario Bros. set the standard for 2D platformers. Switch offers a variety of 2D platformers beyond Mario, like Sonic Mania and Pizza Tower. Diverse titles like Kirby Star Allies ...

Video game graphics in the HD era have been heavily focused on visual fidelity and ever-growing polygon counts. With the release of Octopath Traveler in 2018 however, Square Enix presented a modern ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

Review: Clawpunk is a chaotic 2D action game in which you fight to not only free your feline pals, but also reclaim Feral City.

Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake was one of my favorite games of last year. I scored it a 9 in my review, finding it to be a shining example of how to remake a classic RPG. Square Enix took everything that ...