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While the arrival of HDTV has generally been a boon to the game industry, it's definitely caused headaches for at least one shrinking but still important sector of the industry -- 2D sprite artists.

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 ...

Daniel “Abysswolf” Oliver’s pixel art reminds me of the Metal Slug games, especially Barret’s look in the Final Fantasy VII piece above. But he’s mostly into JRPGs and recently, he remade the cast of ...

A new piece of software just released from animation startup Midas Touch Interactive called Midas Creature is designed to add secondary animation to 2d characters – automatically. Midas Touch ...

There are a lot of things that the Nintendo Switch is good for, but if I had to pick one of my favourite reasons to own the console, it would be for playing classic JRPGs. The system is beefy enough ...

Sprunki is a Roblox experience where you drag various elements onto 2D characters to morph them and give them a unique look. This game has you try out different morphs and learn more about them in the ...

Nintendo and Square Enix’s remake of the cult 1994 role-playing game Live A Live is one of the more interesting reissues of the last few years. Mostly, that’s due to the source material itself. Live A ...

Octopath Traveler 0 launches across multiple platforms, specifically the PS5, PS4, Switch 2, Switch, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, on December 4. To craft this new game in the turn-based RPG franchise, the ...

Fans of Marvel vs. Capcom might already have Udon’s previous Marvel vs Capcom: Official Complete Works ...