Think pixel art is only for simple 2D games? Not necessarily. Modern hardware and a bit of technical wizardry allows today's game developers to give 2D game art the illusion of depth, but many people ...

Mega Man X upgraded sprite design for the Blue Bomber, making every frame count with visual flair and animation. Final Fantasy 6 showcased emotional power through expressive sprites, opera scenes, and ...

Unity, the increasingly popular “build once, deploy anywhere” 3D game engine, is going 2D. At the company’s UNITE conference in Vancouver this morning, CEO David Helgason announced three things: ...

Buried in the avalanche of publicity surrounding the release of iOS 7 was the introduction of a new framework, called Sprite Kit, designed to help developers more easily and efficiently build 2D games ...

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 ...

Apple's new Sprite Kit development framework aims to make it easier to create 2D arcade style games for both iOS 7 mobile devices and the Mac desktop, and hints at a future strategy for games on Apple ...

Forever ensnared in a love-fued between 1800s literature and modern gaming, Eman Fatima tries her best to appease both her hobbies by tapping away at her keyboard and writing about her favorite games ...