Prime Gaming – October 2023
The only thing spooky about this month is the fact I want to send some people 6 feet under for being annoying, oh, and a not-so-great selection of games for Prime. I’ll say it until I’m blue in the face, you can once…
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Before The Night Brings Retro Horror to Nintendo Switch
We’re almost in peak spooky season. It’s that time of year horror fans rejoice and easily-scared folks like myself pretend we like scary things. Luckily, a lot of video games that are horror-adjacent are fitting for the season without giving you a…
Wallace and Gromit Mixed Reality VR Coming Soon
Wallace and Gromit is one of those strange film series that sounds terrible on paper but in actuality is fantastic. Though I don’t much care for VR, I love Wallace and Gromit and was a big fan of the classic video game…
Soulstice & Model Builder Are Free On Epic
Monday, games are apparently still releasing on the Game Boy Color because hipster wasn’t the slur it once was, and Rusty Rabbit sounds like your mother’s favorite game coming to the Tokyo Games Show. Tuesday, A new trailer was released ahead of Doctor Who‘s 60th anniversary, but don’t…
SNW “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow” – Review
If he can’t shag his way across space, let him do it through time instead. This is another episode with Onitra Johnson listed as staff writer, plus David Reed who is best known for the likes of The Boys, The Magicians, and a…
The Shape of Things (Switch) Review
After a long day, sometimes I don’t want to play anything that requires a lot of action. Sometimes I want to relax and enjoy something a little more casual. I often lean toward puzzle games for this, but there are a variety…
Fortune’s Run: Why Did Steam Reject Its Build?
*WARNING* This article discusses depictions of sexual assault. Viewer discretion is advised. There are a lot of games on Steam, more than you could fathom. The de facto online gaming marketplace that got its start as a Half-Life 2 hub has become…
Turn-Based RPG WitchSpring R Is Now on Steam
If you have spent time on Phenixx Gaming at all since we opened in 2019, you’ve probably noticed that I review a lot of RPGs. It is one of my favorite genres and as such it has somewhat become my niché. A…
We Need A New SWAT Game
Last seen with a launch in 2005, we’ve not seen a new Police Quest title since 1998 with Police Quest: SWAT 2 and its SWAT subseries since 2005. I’ve been playing a lot of SWAT 4 recently, the 2005 (2006 with the Gold Edition) take on a first-person real-time tactics…
The Talos Principle 2 to Release in November
Admittedly, I’ve never played The Talos Principle. However, I was always intrigued by the game that attempted to mix puzzles, philosophical ideas, and metaphysical concepts. Now, developer Croteam has announced the release date of its sequel, The Talos Principle 2. In a…