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5 Switch Games to Play on Winter Break

When this article goes live, Phenixx Gaming’s staff will be on its Winter Break, taking the weeks of Christmas and New Year to spend with our families. This got me to thinking about games that are great to play when you’re off…

Phenixx Gaming’s 2022 Holiday Greetings

Keeping with tradition, every year I like to wrap up the year with a little love letter to you, our readers. 2022 was a rough year for a lot of us. Several of us on staff struggled with health issues, mental and…

Arcade Paradise Gets First Licensed Arcade Cabinet DLC

Arcade Paradise is easily one of the most fun indie games I played in 2022. Since it was released, the developers have been supporting the game with new music and arcade cabinet DLCs. Yesterday, developer Nosebleed Interactive announced a new collaboration with…

Star Ocean: The Divine Force (PS5) Review

I have been a fan of the Star Ocean franchise for a long time. In fact, there was a time in my life when I felt that Tri-Ace RPGs were the pinnacle of RPG craftsmanship, even beyond the Final Fantasy franchise. Hopefully,…

Romancing SaGa -Minstrel Song- Remastered (Switch) Review

SaGa Frontier Remastered was my very first SaGa experience. I had heard a variety of things about the franchise and found myself surprisingly really enjoying it. So, when Romancing SaGa -Minstrel Song- Remastered was announced, I knew I had to give it…

Asterix & Obelix: The Ram from Hibernia (Switch) Review

I like a good beat-em-up as much as the next person. I grew up on games like Streets of Rage, Golden Axe, and the old TMNT arcade-style games. I wasn’t familiar with the Asterix and Obelix IP though, so I decided to…

Wavetale (PS5) Review

Sometimes I feel bad for developers that release games late in the year. Most of the time by December you’ve already got your Game of the Year picked out, and you’ve already blown your game budget on a sale of some sort.…

Evil West (PS5) Review

Back in the PS2 era of gaming, there was a game that captured my attention called Darkwatch. It was a dark fantasy game set in the old west, where you fought vampires, demons, etc. I mention this because when I saw the…

Kukoos: Lost Pets (Switch) Review

Indie interpretations of classic genres never cease to interest me. It is fascinating to see people try to emulate and improve on things they loved as a kid, to varying degrees of success. Kukoos: Lost Pets is a game that emulates the…

Persona 5 Royal (Switch) Review

The Persona franchise is quite easily one of my favorite RPG franchises of all time. Each game covers a powerful theme, and the mechanics and characters always make for an engaging experience. Now that Persona 5 Royal (and soon Persona 3 and…