Polygon Nintendo Direct Game reveals, trailers, and what’s next from the house that Mario built. Get more news→ 2D sprites moving in a 3D plane has been the hot new trend for Japanese roleplaying ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. As part of June 2026’s Nintendo Direct, Square Enix has revealed a ...

Publisher LightWitch and developer Blue Lily have announced Moonlight Pale, a 2D hand-drawn style survival horror game set in a late 1800s female seminary. It will launch for PC via Steam in Q4 2026 / ...

Do you love Metroidvanias? Do you like Doom? Are 2D platformers right up your street? Then say hello to Doomblade, this week's free PC game on the Epic Games Store, an award-winning 2D extravaganza ...

Atlanta Hawks guard Dyson Daniels #5 goes up for a shot as New York Knicks forward Og Anunoby #8 jumps to defend. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post ATLANTA — We can play word games and break down the ...

In celebration of Castlevania's 40th anniversary, Konami has announced Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, a new stylized 2D Castlevania game co-developed by Evil Empire and Motion Twin. It's due out in ...

The Dark Souls franchise is the stuff of legend. A virtually flawless series of games so influential that an entire genre, Soulslikes, sprung up to meet the overwhelming demand of gamers who could not ...

Python has become one of the most popular programming languages out there, particularly for beginners and those new to the hacker/maker world. Unfortunately, while it’s easy to get something up and ...

There’s an optimal strategy for winning multiple rounds of rock, paper, scissors: be as random and unpredictable as possible. Don’t pay attention to what happened in the last round. However, that’s ...

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 ...