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Apex Legends’ New Season and Third Anniversary

Just a little more than three months ago I wrote about the then-upcoming eleventh season for Apex Legends, which brought with it a new map and a new legend directly from Titanfall 2. Now it’s time for the celebration of the arrival…

Konami To Push Onward With NFTs

About a month ago, Konami announced its intent to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Castlevania series with the launch of a 14-piece NFT collection auction. These NFTs included visual art pieces, original pixel art, BGM tracks, and recorded gameplay clips. While…

Intellivision Swaps CEOs, Amico Still With No Release

I find it cute when kids today talk about “retro” games. As a medium the entirety of gaming history is not much longer than DARPA’s research work into making early computers connected, thus making the basis of the internet. While arcades ruled…

XSEED Opens Rune Factory 5 Pre-Orders with Incentives

Rune Factory 5 is releasing on March 22nd. I am very excited for the latest entry in the franchise, and I think it might be able to stand up to Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town as a premiere farming sim.…

Classic Sci-Fi Adventure Chronomaster Now on Steam

I’m always talking about preserving older games and allowing new generations to play games that haven’t been made available in a long time. Turns out, Throwback Entertainment has the same idea and has used its MIRROR Soft brand to bring back an…

GTA 5’s Next Gen’ Ports Get Release, GTA 6 In Development

Well, this was a surprise on Friday morning. It was finally announced that GTA V, a 9-year-old game, will finally release on the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S in March. Hopefully, this will finally add a stable and well-reasoned frame-rate on consoles to the…

Nintendo Has No Interest In Acquisitions

Is it unfair to say finally? No more acquisition news of the billion-dollar kind and no NFT article where I shout at the wall of stupidity. I’m just going to praise Nintendo for not doing something stupid. According to Bloomberg (via a…

Skater XL gets New Map and Esports Event

Skater XL has been a well-received foray into the Indie skating genre. Last year we had quite a few skating games take the proverbial stage, and Skater XL has a devoted fanbase. Now it seems that devotion is being rewarded with both…

Yooka-Laylee’s Spin-Off Is Free On Epic

Monday, we discovered when Alexx, Lisa, and myself will be ruining the future generations with poor education, this month’s Prime Gaming was revealed, and a shadow puzzle-based game got a release date. Tuesday, another farming-sim is coming to PC, Final Fantasy VII turned 25 telling me my age in May, and another…

Steam Sale Dates Leaked Through July 2022

Folks, I’ve written an article like this at least once a year every year without fail since Phenixx Gaming was founded. To be brutally honest with you, it’s starting to get a bit old. Thankfully, it seems Valve has telepathically caught wind…