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Mario Kart World (Switch 2) Review

Launch titles can make or break a console’s out-the-gate sales and impressions. Despite the Nintendo Switch’s massive success, the Japanese company knew that the successor to the home-hybrid console needed to launch with a heavy hitter. Why not go with the next…

Xbox Games Showcase 2025 Rundown

Summer Game Fest hasn’t really had a wow moment this year, if you ask me. I’ve enjoyed a lot of the shows, but there aren’t a lot of reveals nowadays that really give me that old-school E3 feeling. With a slate of…

Day of the Devs Summer Game Fest Edition 2025 Rundown

Day of the Devs is a fun event where indie developers get their time to shine. This year’s event was packed with a ton of great games, sure to make everyone happy. Here’s our complete rundown of the Summer Game Fest Edition…

Sony State of Play June 2025 Rundown

Predictions that we might see a Sony State of Play sometime around Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest came true. That means a recently quiet PlayStation company had a chance to prove naysayers wrong and show a slate of games worth building hype…

IO Interactive Reveals New James Bond Game Title

IO Interactive is known to be working on a James Bond game, but up until this week, that’s just about all we knew. Everything from the title to the release date is weighing heavily on the minds of fans of the spy…

Nintendo Switch Mobile App Adds Key Features

If you want to get Nintendo Switch news, you have an app for that. If you want to access things like your favorite in-game soundtracks and sounds, there’s an app for that, too, but it’s separate from the news app. Managing parental…

Switch 2 Needs a Pokémon Conquest Sequel

Pokémon Conquest isn’t the type of game you name-drop to your friends and begin a deep, long conversation about memorable moments like you would a mainline Pokémon game. Even the Pokémon Snap franchise gets more nostalgia-laced discourse going online than the 2012 tactical…

Sugardew Island (Nintendo Switch) Review

The core appeal of games like Harvest Moon has persisted in countless farming and easy-going life sims for decades. Since the release of Stardew Valley, an entire new generation of gamers has fallen in love with the slower, more casual experience of these cozy…

PNY Launching microSD Express Card Just In Time for Switch 2

In an increasingly digital age, storage space to store your digital downloads is less of a luxury and more of a necessity. When the Switch 2 reveal included details about the need for a MicroSD Express card for any external storage, gamers…

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…