Classic 2D arcade platformers, brawlers and beat ’em ups can have amazing background art—with pixel perfect details and a wonderful color palette. Unlike the similarly awesome 2D fighter backgrounds, ...

Game art has come a long way since its origin in systems like the Atari VCS. Fully immersive 3D worlds are typical for video games these days, and even 2D style games look better now than ever. If you ...

In 2018, Square Enix released a new game called Octopath Traveler, which introduced a revolutionary new graphics format ...

Did you ever realize how silly 2D video game backgrounds are? Especially those in fighting games like in Street Fighter 2 or Samurai Showdown. Random people watching you fight with random objects like ...

How do you make old games attractive to modern players? Masaaki Hayasaka, the producer of the remake, explains the magic ...

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 ...

Pokemon Black and White 2 are considered the best 2D Pokemon games for their bold sequels and visually impressive sprites and backgrounds. Pokemon HeartGold & SoulSilver elevate the second ...

The Legend of Zelda has been going strong since 1987, with virtually every game in the series beloved for one reason or another. Each Nintendo console always has at least one Zelda game released for ...

The King of Fighters 2000/2001 contains two faithful ports of two great 2D fighting games at a pretty good price. The company formerly known as SNK, creator of the NeoGeo arcade hardware and such ...