To mark Mario’s 40th anniversary, we’re ranking every 2D mainline Mario game, from Super Mario Bros. to Super Mario Wonder.

With the original Super Mario Bros. game turning 40 this year, it’s time to look back on which games nail those core tenants and which struggle to make it past the first goomba. Here’s every 2D Super ...

Action Games This Metroidvania-tinged old-school 2D action game is more than another Sega retro revival: it's the highlight of my Summer Game Fest Action RPGs Phantom Blade Zero is "neither a ...

Square Enix’s H2-2D line of games can sometimes feel like something of a conveyor belt. Since 2018, we’ve had seven games, both remakes and new titles, in the official series. We are now at the point ...

Neverway's development could be described as the result of a game that allows more features to creep in, and is typical of the best indie games you'll play. As a farming life-sim RPG that's also a ...

What are the best 2D Mario games? We rank every side-scrolling platformer in the Nintendo mascot's history.Super Mario’s 40-year history is a testament to all the different ways you can make a little ...

Konami has announced a new gaming making platform, Wai Wai World Craft, which will let you build a variety of little games.

Two-dimensional nanomaterials only a few atoms thick are being explored for a range of critical applications in biomedicine, electronics, nanodevices, energy storage and other areas, especially to ...

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

New strategic options and a major art and UI overhaul bring the new Tiny Metal closer to the series that inspired it.

JRPGs "A lot of RPGs have adopted more action gameplay elements," says Dragon Quest remake producer, making old-school turn-based JRPGs "actually rare nowadays" and "considered fresh again" Dragon ...

As players progress through Shinobi: Art of Vengeance's main campaign, they may start to notice that enemies will sometimes appear as shadowy figures moving in the background on certain stages. Not ...