Dimensionality has been in the news this week. Autodesk announced it was pushing 3D graphics in mobile games with the release of Maya LT 2014, while Nintendo revealed the 2DS and Unity announced its ...

If you’re curious about the software--or game development in general--consider picking up this Unity 2D Game Developer Bundle, which offers 15 hours of coursework for just $40.

GameMaker What is it? An all-inclusive development suite for 2D games. You can either create rules with a drag-and-drop interface, or write code in its scripting language, GML.

Create 2D and 3D Games The right software in question is called Superpowers, and it’s all about making it possible for folks to create 2D and 3D video games.

Sonic Mania is a brilliant game, and it shows that Sega needs to commit to regular 2D Sonic releases once and for all. Sonic Mania is unlike any other Sonic game made in the past 23 years.

New technology from a virtual worlds platform developer will ultimately make it possible for developers to put out both Flash and 3D versions of a game and let players interact between the two.

The 2D Zelda series has consistently been pretty good, but there are some that stand above the rest.