In 2018, Square Enix released a new game called Octopath Traveler, which introduced a revolutionary new graphics format ...

With tools like Meshy AI and Tripo 3D AI, the world of 3D content creation is already in full swing and set to further ...

Walt Disney Animation might have gotten its start in the world of 2D animation, but for more than a decade now, it's transitioned almost exclusively to 3D animation. It’s a move that made sense at the ...

The model, called SHARP, can reconstruct a photorealistic 3D scene from a single image in under a second. Here are some examples.

Apple has released a new open-source AI model that converts 2D photos into 3D images, expanding tools for developers and ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Sonic Superstars, the new 2D Sonic platformer from Sega coming out later this year, looks a lot like a fresh take on the famous blue blur. It ditches ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook “The top-down gameplay style that has been used continuously in the series is very ‘Zelda-like’, ...

Video game graphics in the HD era have been heavily focused on visual fidelity and ever-growing polygon counts. With the release of Octopath Traveler in 2018 however, Square Enix presented a modern ...

How do you make old games attractive to modern players? Masaaki Hayasaka, the producer of the remake, explains the magic behind the HD-2D style. David Lumb is a senior reporter covering mobile and ...

HD-2D is the natural culmination of looking back to the NES and SNES eras of gaming for inspiration. In the 1980s and early 1990s, games sported pixelated art styles out of necessity. In 2024, that ...