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 ...

Square Enix's upcoming action RPG uses the developers beautiful HD-2D aesthetic and is the perfect game for Zelda fans.

One of the more intriguing and exciting game styles under the Square Enix umbrella is HD-2D. What started as a visually distinct engine powering original IP like Octopath Traveler has become a label ...

Don’t you just love it when a “happy accident” comes along and creates something special you can bank off of for some time? In the case of Square Enix, that “happy accident” was the creation of the HD ...

In an recent interview with Digital Trends, Square Enix producer Masaaki Hayasaka talked about the methodology and thinking that goes into the publisher/developer’s HD-2D remakes, and the art style ...

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 managing editor for the mobile team, ...

When it comes right down to it, when a video game surprises you with either its announcement or its success, it resonates with you, and you don’t forget about it for quite a while. When Square Enix ...