And with iOS 7—and Mavericks—comes Sprite Kit, which contains everything developers need to write a 2D game from scratch, without having to worry about OpenGL.

The game also uses a homebrewed 2D lighting engine that produces some great results without using any 3D rendering. The revamping of iconic 2D-sprite animation is, in my opinion, a worthy endeavor ...

The game lets you choose between touch and tilt controls on phones or tablets. Oddly there's no external controller support - though Redden shows as compatible with the SHIELD TV, it doesn't ...

Toby: The Secret Mine is a relatively new indie game inspired by Limbo. The similarity is immediately apparent. Both are 2D platformers. Both embrace heavy use of silhouettes. But as they say ...