While the arrival of HDTV has generally been a boon to the game industry, it's definitely caused headaches for at least one shrinking but still important sector of the industry -- 2D sprite artists.

Forever ensnared in a love-fued between 1800s literature and modern gaming, Eman Fatima tries her best to appease both her hobbies by tapping away at her keyboard and writing about her favorite games ...

We’ve all seen video-game sprite art before, but these five artists on Etsy.com depict their favorite 8-bit characters in different ways. One specializes in bead work, another prefers cross-stitch, a ...

Daniel “Abysswolf” Oliver’s pixel art reminds me of the Metal Slug games, especially Barret’s look in the Final Fantasy VII piece above. But he’s mostly into JRPGs and recently, he remade the cast of ...

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 ...

Apple's new Sprite Kit development framework aims to make it easier to create 2D arcade style games for both iOS 7 mobile devices and the Mac desktop, and hints at a future strategy for games on Apple ...