A free-to-play Steam game with an engaging battle royale system is now available, and most of its reviews are highly positive ...

Terminator 2D: No Fate launch trailer reveals retro-inspired side-scrolling action based on T2. Play as Sarah Connor, John ...

Beyond marks the long-awaited return of the Nintendo series, but it still doesn't top the franchise's 2D entries.

Indie game developer Sinclair Strange and publisher Scarlet Moon Games unveiled their latest title, as we're getting a new platformer called Sir Noggin. The game is designed to pay homage to the ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Shinobi: Art of Vengeance is a 2D action platformer with, as our review of the game notes, a ...

Eduardo Ariedo is a video game journalist known among friends for leading Bohemians, an Irish football club, to a Champions League title in Football Manager—just mention the game, and his eyes light ...

There’s a myth that true immersion into video games requires three dimensions: sidescrollers are good for nostalgia, but the future belongs to photorealistic 3D worlds. Fiquet says he created ...

Super Mario Bros. 2 is seen as the black sheep of Mario games series. Released in 1988 for the NES and in 1992 for Japan, some players were sure they had played it before. They’d be correct, as the ...

Super Mario’s 40 year history is a testament to all the different ways you can make a little guy run from left to right across a screen. Nintendo’s line of 2D Mario platformers has gone through three ...

Though the genre has since exploded, 2D platforming arguably owes its start to Super Mario. And even though it’s been 40 years since the first game came out, few 2D platformers have risen to the level ...

Daniel has been playing games for entirely too many years, with his Steam library currently numbering nearly 750 games and counting. When he's not working or watching anime, he's either playing or ...

Pokemon Black and White 2 are considered the best 2D Pokemon games for their bold sequels and visually impressive sprites and backgrounds. Pokemon HeartGold & SoulSilver elevate the second ...