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Sultan’s Game (PC) Review

Editor’s Note: Sultan’s Game features strong themes that will be referenced in this review, such as murder and depravity. Reader Discretion is advised. After reviewing games for over 10 years, sometimes things begin to feel a little bland. Sultan’s Game is one…

Edens Zero (PC) Review

I’ll admit, I have no real knowledge of Edens Zero’s source material. All I knew going in was that Edens Zero is an anime and manga series by the same man who created Fairy Tail, Hiro Mashima. It was an impulse urge…

Nicktoons and The Dice of Destiny gets Extended Trailer

During Summer Game Fest, one of the games that I found interesting was Nicktoons & The Dice of Destiny. I was a Nickelodeon kid growing up (I liked Disney too, of course), so characters like Timmy Turner, Jimmy Neutron, Aang the Avatar,…

The Book of Aaru (PC) Review

I love Egyptian mythology. One of my favorite things as a kid was going to the Egyptology exhibit at our local museum, then coming home and reading tales of the various myths from books I checked out at the library. The Book…

Hell Clock (PC) Review

One of the most interesting trailers (and announcements) I saw during Summer Game Fest this year was for a game called Hell Clock. Based on a real-world event, The War of Canudos in Brazil in 1896, Hell Clock reframes a real historical…

Kaizen: A Factory Story is Out Now on Steam

During the overwhelming deluge of trailers and announcements that was Summer Game Fest, one of the games that caught the attention of some of us here at Phenixx Gaming was Kaizen: A Factory Story. Most of us on Staff like a good…

Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound Demo Preview

I’m a little late on this, but better late than never, as they say. I am a vocal lover of The Game Kitchen’s Blasphemous series. Naturally, when it was announced that the studio would be working with Dotemu on the latest Ninja…

Raidou Remastered (Nintendo Switch 2) Review

I am a big fan of the Shin Megami Tensei franchise. However, those familiar with the franchise are aware that it is expansive, branching out into spinoffs and subseries such as Devil Survivor (a strategy subseries), Soul Hackers (a pseudo sci-fi subseries), and…

Sultan’s Game Sells 1 Million Copies, New Content Announced

Since I saw Sultan’s Game on my Steam discovery queue a while ago, I found myself intrigued by the concept. A “card-based narrative-driven RPG” based on the One Thousand and One Nights tale, just hits a good spot. Now, after watching the…

Occult Narrative Solitaire Game Occlude now on Steam

The title of this article probably made you go “huh?” because Solitaire isn’t exactly something you’d think of being a recent release. However, the cosmic horror narrative card game from Tributary Games caught my eye during the last Steam Next Fest. Now,…