With several games getting successful HD-2D remakes, it opens the door for the following open-world titles to receive their own upgrade.

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 ...

HD-2D is the natural culmination of looking back to the NES and SNES eras of gaming for inspiration. In the 1980s and early 1990s, games sported pixelated art styles out of necessity.

While 2D games might look easy to make, Square Enix, one of the most popular companies when it comes to the HD-2D style, says that it is actually more expensive than most people think.

The Legend of Zelda series innovates visuals, from pixel art to cel-shading, highlighting each title's unique identity. Games like A Link Between Worlds show creativity in blending 2D and 3D ...

Link to the Past’s art is the retro style most commonly associated with 2D Zelda games, and one that was briefly resurrected again for the original Four Swords when A Link to the Past was re ...

The game has been remade in “HD-2D,” a kind of style template within Unreal Engine that Square Enix created, alongside developer Acquire, for 2018’s superb retro RPG Octopath Traveler.

Every time a new Zelda game comes out, it’s an event, with the series split into two different gameplay styles. So, let’s rank every 2D Zelda game from worst to best! Ranking Every 2D Zelda ...

Over the last few years, Square Enix’s HD-2D games have gotten a lot of positive attention from gamers. Titles like Octopath Traveler and Triangle Strategy have really captured the attention of ...

Josh Tsui, a game designer and artist, formerly of Midway and EA, believes many 2D games made in the early 3D era held their weight. “3D was too young at the time and a lot of those games look ...