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 ...

Neverway already looks, sounds and feels like it's going to be something special — in a grim, grotesque and hellishly ...

I've been spooked by plenty of pixel-art horror games, like Signalis or Look Outside. But I can't think of an FMV game that's ...

But why has this happened? Have pixels proved themselves as the building blocks of a legitimate art form, or is it all just a retro fad? Pixel art was more or less essential throughout the ’80s ...

The Drifter is a fresh take on classic point-and-click adventure games. It’s packed with investigative puzzles and a pace that keeps the momentum going.

But most of all, I was wowed by its gorgeous, highly detailed environments constructed entirely of pixel art. "Pixel art has a lot of parallels with Impressionism," Pedros Medeiros says from the ...

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 ...

You can see it in the header image of this article. I hope it’s clear from this image that I love pixel art. Auro was a love letter to the amazing stuff Nintendo, Capcom, Konami and SNK produced ...

Diriyah Art Futures (DAF), the MENA region's first hub dedicated to New Media Arts, has announced a program of activities ...

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 ...

As pixel art has expanded into a popular art form, rather than just the evidence of technical limitation, so too have the tools that developers use to create it. Some stick with old favorites ...