The ‘CRT Effect’ myth says that the reason why pixel art of old games looked so much better is due to the smoothing and blending effects of cathode-ray tube (CRT) displays, which were ...

Pixel Studio Is the Easiest (If Not the Best) Way to Make AI Art on Your Pixel 9 You've got another AI image tool to try, if you own a Pixel 9.

[Japhy Riddle] was tired of creating pixel art. He went to subpixel art. The idea is that since each color pixel is composed of three subpixels, your display is actually three times as dense as you… ...

Crisply pixelated video games evoke nostalgia for decades past. But early games, played on boxy CRT televisions, just didn't look like that.

“We look at the pixel art—it’s great—but when we think about 10-20 years in the future, we don’t think it’s going to be a viable art style or presentation for our players,” said Iizuka.

Pixel art side-scrolling platformers RetroRealms: Halloween and RetroRealms: Ash vs Evil Dead announced for PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC Due out on October 18 for $24.99 each.

Govee, maker of all manner of smart lights, has a new product it showed off at CES 2025 that creates a quirky new product category. The Gaming Pixel Light displays still or animated pixel art set ...

The bare walls of my bedroom—bedecked as they are with sporadic small prints but devoid of lights—demand I add some flair to my usually nerdy living space. The Govee Gaming Pixel Light seemed ...

Publisher and developer Coldblood Inc., and publisher Outersloth have announced Neverway, a blend of horror, life simulation, and action RPG, co-created by the pixel artist behind Celeste. It will … ...

A massive new Dark Souls mod transforms the entire FromSoftware RPG into a low-res, pixel-art masterpiece, available to play right now.

Sonic Superstars is an exciting return to the Blue Blur's 2D origins, but its new art style exists because its developers don't think the classic pixel art approach will be "viable" in future ...

Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka said that pixel art may not be a viable art style for Sonic in 10 to 20 years.