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 ...

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 ...

If you’re the kind of gamer who loves saying “They don’t make them like they used to,” 2025 has been your year. In between modern behemoths like Death Stranding 2: On the Beach and Monster Hunter ...

Abstract: This paper studies attack-defense differential games for multiple 3D defenders and 2D or 3D attackers, where the attackers aim to attack a target region protected by the defenders with ...

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 ...

Oh man, nothing slaps harder than that ritual of blowing the dust outta a cartridge, jamming it in, and praying to the pixel gods it’ll actually start. Floppy disks? Please. Those things felt like ...

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 ...

Look, we need to talk about something that’s been bugging me for a while now. Square Enix goes and creates this absolutely gorgeous HD 2D art style that makes everyone’s jaws drop, and then what ...

When I first booted up the free Nintendo Switch 2 demo of The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales shortly after its reveal in the Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase, I wasn't expecting to love it ...

Welcome to our latest recap of what's going on in the indie game space. A bunch of new games dropped this week that are more than worthy of your attention, including a modern take on an old-school ...

Square Enix today has opened a brand-new X (formerly Twitter) account specifically focused on the HD-2D series of games. This account, @HD2DGames, will share information on all upcoming HD-2D titles, ...

Inspired by Japanese black-ink paintings, “Shinobi: Art of Vengeance” returns to the Sega classic’s 2D roots with stylish art and aggressive gameplay. There’s a myth that true immersion into video ...