Blender and 3ds Max are also good options for animation. For texturing and shading to give 3D models a higher degree of ...

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 ...

Cinematography is the art of capturing motion and everything that goes with it. 2D games are very dependent on artistry and typically do not have the beautiful cutscenes we get to see in 3D games ...

Necrofugitive showcases 2D stealth-action gameplay, shapeshifting mechanics, and hand-drawn pixel art in a medieval world. Demo available now on Steam.

Inti Creates has announced Majogami, a 2D action platformer coming to Switch 2 and Switch on October 30, followed by PC via Steam at a later date. The Switch 2 version will be priced at $39.99, ...

For those who need a primer, ‘HD-2D’ is an art style where characters in-game are depicted by 2D pixel-art animations set against detailed 3D backgrounds enhanced with immersive, realistic ...

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 ...

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 ...