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Dead Island 2 is free on Epic

Monday, Mafia: The Old Country let me remind people that even the Mafia hate fascists, and we’ve got done much-needed maintenance to the site. Tuesday, It Has My Face is Mission Impossible 2, there are rumors of a GTA IV port/remaster on…

Doctor Who “The Well” – Review

Well, in another life we did indeed say “The Midnight sky’s the road I’m takin’,” but that’s enough about an episode with Merlin in it. Written by Russell T Davies, and importantly, there is a use of an ampersand between him &…

Switch 2 User Agreement Isn’t Anything New, But is Telling

(Editor’s Note: The following article contains mention of ROMs or other legal “grey areas.” Phenixx Gaming is not encouraging such activities.) There’s a lot of chatter online this week about the Nintendo Switch 2 User Agreement. A specific section concerning what the…

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Trilogy Enhanced Editions announced

If there is one set of PC-centric titles that I wanted to get into early on, it has to be GSC Game World’s S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series. Starting in 2007 with S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, the series focuses sci-fi-ish take on the Chornobyl disaster,…

Star Vortex Early Access (PC) Review

When I first heard the idea of “Diablo 2 in space”, my attention was immediately caught. That’s how Star Vortex was pitched to me, and it’s how the game is advertised in the very first sentence on its Steam page. The action-RPG formula has…

Xbox Company Microsoft Lays Off 3% of Workforce

Tariff uncertainty and prolonged inflation post-COVID are leaving many executives scrambling for solutions to appease shareholders despite continued record profits. There are a lot of things going right for Xbox right now, including finding newfound success selling its games on PlayStation 5.…

Tony Hawk Wants to see a THUG Remaster too

I’ve recently said that we’re in the age of remakes/remasters, and I think that’s true. The late ’80s and early ’90s were a golden age of platformers. RPGs and the early 3D platformers took the late ’90s, and if you are old…

Dragon is Dead Gets Full Release Date

The Dark-Fantasy-meets-Rogue-lite pipeline has been flourishing for quite a while now. Games like Darkest Dungeon and Death Must Die have been a raging success. Now, PM Studios’ Dragon is Dead is coming out of Early Access. Dragon is Dead will get its…

GTA IV Port/Remaster Reported for This Year

If we’re in any age of gaming right now, we’re in the age of remasters/remakes. Almost everything from 80s and 90s classics to 2000s RPGs like Oblivion (which I’m getting the review out on soon) are being remade into ultra-sexy Unreal Engine…

Horror Rogue-like It Has My Face to Release this Year

The idea of cloning has always inspired horror content. Movies like Face Off (spawned from a Stephen King novel) have played with the idea of the horrors of something wearing our faces. Now, Behavior Interactive is excited to publish a game from…