Something is enduring about pixel art that keeps drawing us back. A handful of coloured squares shouldn’t have much power, ...

Confederate Express , a just-announced tactical RPG from indie developer Kilobite , will feature all of my favorite things: permadeath, zombies and 2D sprite graphics. It is almost completely funded ...

Nintendo’s line of 2D Mario platformers has gone through three distinct eras since 1985 – the original game revived the video ...

There are many Disney fans out there who long for the days of traditional, artful, hand-drawn animation, harkening back to the golden days of the Disney Renaissance. Now, after practical years of ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. As we have seen time and time again in PlayStation-era role-playing games, mixing 2D sprite animation with 3D graphics can have mixed results.

One cutscene in particular that players have praised is after Sonic gets a Chaos Emerald, where he performs a fun little dance before twirling around and smiling at the camera. This scene usually ...

Founded in 2005, The Rookies is an online platform renowned for helping aspiring artists turn their passion for creative media and entertainment into successful careers. Dedicated to film, games, ...

Disney's decision to use CGI instead of traditional animation for their latest film, Wish, feeds a persistent trend of underestimating the medium and disregarding its strengths. The studio has focused ...

Traditionally, 2D animation involved paper and transparent animation cells being photographed frame by frame by a film camera. Like all forms of animation this process is time intensive but it is ...