Pixel art, with its nostalgic ... and used bright colors to create a surreal world full of ... was responsible for creating ...

Drakantos, an upcoming 2D pixel art MMORPG developed by indie studio Wingeon Game Studios, is holding a closed beta test from ...

2D games don't have to pixel art to look great. If you'd like a straight-from-the-horses-mouth take on just how beloved this game is, take a look at the Steam reviews, where many players actually ...

Sonic Superstars, the new 2D Sonic platformer from Sega coming out later this year, looks a lot like a fresh take on the famous blue blur. It ditches pixel art for a cartoony new visual style that ...

How HD-2D came about. The seed for HD-2D came in the mid-2010s when pixel art games were at the peak of popularity with titles like Shovel Knight and Axiom Verge.Around the same time, developers ...

Launching on the Switch in 2024, the game is a top-down open-world RPG that places emphasis on survival and brutal combat. You'll need to join one of two factions, each with their own values and ...

Octopath Traveler invented HD-2D, a unique art style that seems to capture how you remember 16-bit RPGs looking, rather than how they truly look. Detailed sprites are used around the world in a ...

Animal Well - the 2D pixel art adventure from developer Billy Basso - will launch this May.. Sharing the news, Basso said he "couldn't be prouder of how the game turned out" following seven years ...

Gorgeous 2D pixel art metroidvania Noreya launches on Steam. ... That world is split into two distinct variants for the differing paths, each of which evolve based on your chosen allegiance.

Iizuka described the game as an "evolution of the 2D Sonic gameplay," saying that "we look at the pixel art - it's great - but when we think about 10-20 years in the future, we don't think it's ...