SQUARE ENIX's HD-2D was one of the visual innovations of its time. By blending modern rendering techniques and 3D effects ...

Why the Adventures of Elliot is almost brilliant.

Square Enix launches its first HD-2D action RPG on PS5, Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox, and PC today scoring 82 on OpenCritic from ...

As part of the June 2026 Nintendo Direct, Square Enix revealed Final Fantasy Resonance, an HD-2D turn-based RPG that's set to ...

When it comes to action games, The Legend of Zelda is among the best and most well-known. Exploring mysterious ruins, solving puzzles, discovering hidden secrets, and slowly uncovering the history of ...

'The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales' is at times a love letter to classic 'Zelda' games, and other times, it is a ...

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, ...

Square Enix’s HD-2D style has been an undeniable success since Octopath Traveler first popularized it. The beautiful pixel-based art style has been used for some of the best RPGs of recent years, but ...

Final Fantasy Resonance is a turn-based, HD-2D RPG that brings in characters and elements from classic Final Fantasy games of ...

The last five years have seen a tremendous resurgence of role-playing games, from the turn-based masterpieces of Baldur’s Gate 3 and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, to the action-packed Final Fantasy 7 ...