How Rayman 2 "offered 2D gameplay situations in a 3D environment" to deliver the best of both worlds

When he decided to present his Rayman video game project to Ubisoft, he brought a 150-page file describing the whole game and ...
gematsu

2D platforming boss-rush action game Onikura to be published by Astrolabe Games

Onikura is a 2D platforming boss-rush action game built around lightning-fast slashes and surgically precise parry actions. Every clash is a battle for survival—attack, parry, heal, and consume souls ...
Game Rant

8 Games That Bring Out The Best Of Unreal Engine 5

Vlad Mazanko is a list writer from Ukraine, and a passionate gaming enthusiast. One who enjoys not-so-great games like Anthem, Mafia 3, Mass Effect Andromeda, Marvel's Avengers, The Callisto Protocol, ...
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Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Proves Something That Hardcore Fans Have Known All Along - The 2D Games Are Better

LB Beistad is a writer and musician based in Nashville, TN. Her love of gaming began with her cousin introducing her to Banjo Kazooie and Jak and Daxter. It was love at first play. Since then, she has ...
PC Gamer

Monkey Island creator Ron Gilbert isn't interested in returning to making 2D adventure games: 'When we're all dead, it probably won't be the kind of thing that survives'

RPG 'A good idea, infinite drive, and lots of Diet Pepsi': How YouTube essayist Majuular's life changed course telling the story of Ultima across 2 years and more than 20 hours of documentaries Puzzle ...
bleedingcool

Terminator 2D: No Fate Releases New Launch Trailer

Play as Sarah Connor and the T-800 through a variety of thrilling missions as they take on the T-1000 and try to put a stop to Skynet's plans before the human race is annihilated. Lead the Resistance ...
Polygon

Surprising no one, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 looks phenomenal in HD-2D

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 ...
DualShockers

Best PS Vita Games With High Replayability

Josh Speer has been writing about videogames for more than a decade now, but he's loved them since he was a small boy. He grew up with Mario and Mega Man, moved onto RPGs with Chrono Trigger and Final ...
DualShockers

Games Set During Christmas Season

Eric Warner is a Journalist and Multimedia Producer based in New England with over seven years of experience producing stories for multiple print, online, radio, and video publications. Eric has been ...

2025 was the best year for ninja games ever, but all of them just made it clear that 2008's Ninja Gaiden 2 remains untouchable

This year's Ninja Gaiden 2 Black finally does right by a messy but one-of-a-kind action game.
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Disco Elysium devs built the RPG's visual style as a "cover band" for Obsidian's "great comeback game," Pillars of Eternity

RPGs We're getting Divinity over more Baldur's Gate 3 because Larian devs weren't enjoying "doing the D&D thing" RPGs Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 lead says the secret of the J'RPG's success is to "not ...