Walt Disney Animation might have gotten its start in the world of 2D animation, but for more than a decade now, it's transitioned almost exclusively to 3D animation. It’s a move that made sense at the ...

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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. In 2024, that ...

This article contains spoilers for To Be Hero X Episode 10, “The Truth Behind Luck.” To Be Hero X has quite a lot going on for it. It's currently one of the most watched Crunchyroll series of the ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Sonic Superstars, the new 2D Sonic platformer from Sega coming out later this year, looks a lot like a fresh take on the famous blue blur. It ditches ...

I remember when I was a child playing Manic Miner and thinking, "This will never not be fun to me." And you know what? Even with my not fully formed, malleable kid brain, I was totally right. Manic ...

Snapchat has launched “Comic Bitmoji,” a 2D version of its avatars exclusive to “Plus” subscribers. The decision came after nearly 100,000 Snapchat users signed a petition calling for a switch from ...