Retaining pixel-art graphics for Extremely OK Games’ next title, a "2D explor-action" game called Earthblade, allows the team to spend their ambitions on elements like level design, combat ...

What makes a pixel art JRPG special is the combination of charming visuals and creative design. Good games in this style ...

the successful graphic design firm whose three co-founders and sole members — Sauerteig, Kai Vermehr, and Svend Smital — are widely regarded as the "godfathers" of pixel art. The trio came ...

Game Rant speaks with Death Howl creative director Malte Burup about the spiritual world of the game and how it was created.

[Japhy Riddle] was tired of creating pixel art. He went to subpixel art. The idea is that since each color pixel is composed of three subpixels, your display is actually three times as dense as ...

Two computer science researchers have come up with an algorithm that can take a low-resolution piece of pixel art and upscale it accurately to vector graphics ...

Coffee & TV has created the motion design for the new Tetris film, using a “blocky”, pixel art style and retro gaming cues to help ... onto the project at the post-production phase to create graphics ...

At 12 years old, Dark Souls is still one of the best-looking games ever, owing in no small part to the distinctive and expressive design work ... lower-resolution, pixel-art graphics.

"Monkey Island 1 and 2 weren't pixel art games. They were games using state-of-the-art tech and art," he said. "If I had stayed and done Monkey Island 3 it wouldn't have looked like Monkey Island 2.