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Modding and Custom Content: Extending a Game’s Life Cycle

I’ve been thinking about a lot of games that have come and gone over the years. In the early days of gaming, a game was released, you played it and potentially your friends played it. After that, either you talked about it…

Espresso Tycoon is Part of Steam Simfest

Due to the success of the Steam Next Fests, Valve has begun branching out a little bit. From March 28th to April 4th, Steam is holding a Steam Simfest. This is (as you can guess) an event centered around game demos to…

Young Souls (Switch) Review

There are some games that try to mash the best parts of other genres together. Sometimes they succeed and sometimes they don’t. Young Souls succeeds in some areas but fails in others. It has some great ideas, but also some frustrating elements.…

Dorfromantik Gets Full Release Date

I mentioned it a few times last year. I love chill, relaxing City Builders. Specifically, games like Dorfromantik, which allow you to stretch your creative muscles in a relaxing, low-stress environment. After a successful Early-Access period, there’s finally a full release date…

Ghostwire Tokyo (PS5) Review

After spending some time with Ghostwire Tokyo, I really started to notice that the game had something special in it. My preview article gave the rough points of it, but as I played a bit more I really started to dig deep…

Great Games Free on Xbox This Weekend

It always happens. You finish a game, and there’s suddenly a void where that game was in your life. Especially if you’ve just spent 200 hours beating a long RPG or if you’re one of the people just coming up for air…

Dance Fever Could be Florence Welch’s Best Album Yet

Now I know what you’re thinking. Florence and the Machine’s upcoming album Dance Fever hasn’t even been released yet. However, from the first three singles/music videos that have been released, it already feels like both a return to form and something strangely…

The Cruel King and the Great Hero (Switch) Review

I’ve been a fan of NIS America’s work for a very long time. Most people know them for their large tactical RPGs, games like the Disgaea franchise, or things such as Phantom Brave. However, every so often NIS America (or rather, Nippon…

Ghostwire Tokyo (PS5) Preview

I’ve had my eye on Ghostwire Tokyo since it was first announced at E3 back in 2019. I had followed along with The Evil Within franchise and knew that this action-adventure game by Shinji Mikami and the people at Tango Gameworks would…

Battle Bands Comes to Early Access

We’re no stranger to Roguelike Deckbuilders here at Phenixx Gaming. However, it isn’t common to find one that is designed for cooperative play. Yet Battle Bands, developed by Aerie Digital, seems to be shooting for just that. Thanks to Aerie Digital’s latest…