Thanks to its retro-styled visuals and old-fashioned gameplay, Terminator 2D: No Fate genuinely feels like a blast from the ...

2D horror games deserve a spotlight just like big-budget ones, offering unique gameplay experiences. Carrion is a thrilling ...

Eduardo Ariedo is a video game journalist known among friends for leading Bohemians, an Irish football club, to a Champions League title in Football Manager—just mention the game, and his eyes light ...

The Legend of Zelda series may be blowing minds with games like Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom, but its humble beginnings as a top-down 2D action adventure RPG are still widely beloved to ...

Beyond marks the long-awaited return of the Nintendo series, but it still doesn't top the franchise's 2D entries.

Though the genre has since exploded, 2D platforming arguably owes its start to Super Mario. And even though it’s been 40 years since the first game came out, few 2D platformers have risen to the level ...

Super Mario Bros. 2 is seen as the black sheep of Mario games series. Released in 1988 for the NES and in 1992 for Japan, some players were sure they had played it before. They’d be correct, as the ...

How do you make old games attractive to modern players? Masaaki Hayasaka, the producer of the remake, explains the magic behind the HD-2D style. David Lumb is a senior reporter covering mobile and ...

Gaming has come a long way over the last few decades, and while the cynic in me loathes many aspects of 'modern gaming,' the medium has made mighty strides. Fans of the SNES have to check out this ...

Adam is a lifelong gamer who enjoys RPGs, action adventure games and a healthy helping of VR to boot. He has written for countless sites in the gaming medium, and you can find him playing the newest ...

Monkey Island creator Ron Gilbert isn't interested in making another 2D adventure game, despite having brought the series ...

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 ...