The ‘CRT Effect’ myth says that the reason why pixel art of old games looked so much better is due to the smoothing and blending effects of cathode-ray tube (CRT) displays, which were everywhere until ...

Strategy games have traditionally avoided pixel art aesthetics, but indie developers have brought a flood of pixel art strategy games to the scene. Hero's Hour is an accessible indie strategy game on ...

Think pixel art is only for simple 2D games? Not necessarily. Modern hardware and a bit of technical wizardry allows today's ...

Pixel art has a certain retro appeal to it that harkens back to the 8, 16 and 32 bit console eras. Today though, it is more likely to be found in any number of indie and mobile games and is currently ...

I've wanted to write this article for some time now, and this seems like the perfect opportunity to do so. For those of you who are aware of Dinofarm Games and our recent release, Auro, for iOS and ...

Hank Whitson is a pop culture omnivore, gaming geek, escapism nerd, and unrepentant anime addict who has been writing for Game Rant since 2020. He plays and writes about literally everything, but ...

Pixel art is digital art in which an image is drawn using pixels as the only building blocks. It was traditionally used by developers to create images with limited computer resources. It is also used ...

About half a year ago, Sony and Microsoft started trying to convince people to spend several hundred dollars on powerful new consoles. Generational shifts don’t happen that often in the video games ...

Google has finally announced the release of the January 2026 update for compatible Pixel phones. The first security patch of ...