HD-2D is the natural culmination of looking back to the NES and SNES eras of gaming for inspiration. In the 1980s and early 1990s, games sported pixelated art styles out of necessity.

Vanillaworks’ games are renowned for their amazing 2D art styles that look like moving paintings. Each of the studio’s releases deserves a spot on this list, but we’re giving the nod to ...

10 2D Video Games That Couldn't Survive the Jump to 3D. The box art for Contra: Legacy of War. PS2, PS Vita, Ps5. Guybrush in Escape From Monkey Island. Escape From Monkey Island -1.

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 ...

Terminator 2D: No Fate was announced out of nowhere earlier in the year, and as far as retro-inspired titles go, it's looking ...

Finally, a mainline game where you get to play as Zelda. This phenomenal twist on the classic 2D Zelda formula brought Breath of the Wild's "see everything, do anything" design philosophy to the ...

Modern games often pay homage to these classic 2D platformers. For instance, games like Shovel Knight and Axiom Verge draw inspiration from the challenging gameplay and pixel art aesthetics of ...

Octopath Traveler is certainly an ideal game for the video game art book treatment. Its HD-2D graphics are absolutely stunning, and the upcoming book will show how those visuals came to life.

Drakantos, an upcoming 2D pixel art MMORPG developed by indie studio Wingeon Game Studios, is holding a closed beta test from July 25 to 27.

A 2D video game that combines platforming and action with a touch of exploration, control Morkull, God of Death and Darkness and Lord of the Ragast. ... Art and Animation.