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Valve’s New Steam Project “Experiment 008” is Now Live

I was very recently made aware of the fact that a new Steam-related project developed by Valve is now at least partially available. As an aspiring PC gaming connoisseur and Phenixx Gaming’s unofficial “Steam correspondent,” I consider it part of my civic…

Need For Speed Returning to UK Based Criterion

UK Games Studio Criterion lately has been big in helping DICE on games like Battlefront II and Battlefield V. Before their recent work on first-person shooters, they were in charge of the popular Need for Speed franchise. EA is going to be going…

Kingdom Come: Deliverance & Aztez Free On Epic

Is there a week that won’t be busy? Probably not. This week we tried getting in contact with the System Shock 3 developer amid the rumors of their entire team being laid off. YAGER, the Spec Ops: The Line developer, will continue self-publishing thanks to a…

Outriders Coming to Next-gen consoles This Holiday

Outriders, Square Enix and developer People Can Fly’s new mysterious game was first announced at E3 2019. The game has finally seen some recent news by way of a gameplay reveal trailer. The title was previously announced for current-gen consoles PlayStation 4,…

Nintendo Switch Airport Lounges Coming to U.S.

A huge complaint about Nintendo during the Wii U days, among many, many other things, was their marketing. We didn’t really see many ads for the console, and we essentially knew nothing about the product. Well, the Switch era is garnishing a…

L.O.L. Lack of Love Receives Full Fan Translation

Love-de-Lic was a small game studio that only existed from 1995 to 2000, but within those years the studio released three unusual games. The most famous out of that trio was Moon: Remix RPG Adventure, a subversive RPG cult classic that’s also…

Rune Factory 4 Special First Look is a Mixed Bag

Nintendo is the king of remastering games from older consoles for the next generation. Unfortunately, some of those games don’t necessarily get remastered, so much as ported with minimal updates. I was worried when I saw news that Rune Factory 4 Special…

Yager Receives Investment From Tencent

It is hard to believe that it was only 11 months ago we launched Phenixx Gaming. It has almost been a full year since I reviewed YAGER’s Spec Ops: The Line in possibly the weakest way imaginable, but it is still one of…

System Shock 3 Team “Laid Off”

When you think of 90’s classic PC games, you’re probably thinking of RPGs or possibly management games. One of them I’ve prattled on about for long enough, Theme Hospital, others would hammer in that Deus Ex, Fallout, or System Shock are the pinnacle. Given I’ve…

Blizzard Sees Notable Uptick in WoW Subscriptions

If you’ve read any of the articles I’ve written on the subject of World of Warcraft Classic, especially my earlier editorials that were published before Classic actually launched, you’ll know I originally counted myself among the portion of WoW’s subscriber base who…