Game engines are immensely important to the development of a game, acting as frameworks for developers to build on and giving them the necessary tools to do so. With the power of consumer-level game ...

The first-person shooter is among the most saturated video game genres in the modern day, recently enjoying a resurgence in the boomer shooter subgenre. This sub-genre is particularly notable for its ...

Animation and gaming, kindred worlds from the start, have converged in various ways over the decades. The industries have shared writers, designers, characters, franchises. Technology, too: recently, ...

Imagining a game as beautiful as Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 getting even prettier is a tall task, but there’s one thing that does the job: turning it into HD-2D pixel art, the striking art style ...

The game is called Sheep Lad and its indie dev, Robin Poe, calls it a spiritual successor to Zelda 2, and this pixel art adventure is racing to the top of the must-play list. The game takes ...

Today I learned Monkey Island creator Ron Gilbert is working on a new game, which he describes as "Classic Zelda meets Diablo meets Thimbleweed Park". Well, hello there! Work on this project actually ...

About half a year ago, Sony and Microsoft started trying to convince people to spend several hundred dollars on powerful new consoles. Generational shifts don’t happen that often in the video games ...

A 2D pixel art Metroidvania based on Dark Souls III was seemingly rejected by Bandai Namco. According to artist Thomas Feichtmeir (via Twitter), the side-scrolling Dark Souls 3 game was pitched to the ...

Sonic Mania – was this the last time fans will ever see a Sonic game with the classic pixel art? (Picture: Sega) The makers of Sonic Superstars think pixel art is going to become an even bigger niche ...