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Embracer Sells Gearbox to 2K; Layoffs Included

It is difficult to tell the owners of any given company now, as you’ll have noticed when looking up a developer on Wikipedia. Rockstar is owned by Take-Two which also owns 2K, Microsoft now owns Activision-Blizzard|King which in turn owns The Simpson’s Hit…

Hyper Light Breaker Early Access Announced

In March of last year, Hyper Light Breaker was first announced. This game is an open-world co-op roguelike set within the universe of Hyper Light Drifter, a popular indie action RPG released back in 2016. Hyper Light Drifter was ported to the Nintendo…

Godfall & Prison Architect Free On Epic

Monday, GRID Legends got a release date. Tuesday, this month’s PlayStation Plus games are interesting. Wednesday, an anime fighter is rolling back with updates, Ubisoft’s employees disagree the company is doing well following the bout of harassment claims last year, and Twelve Minutes released on non-Xbox consoles. Thursday, Apple won a stay on…

E3 2021 Gearbox Showcase News Rundown

E3 2021 is finally upon us! Phenixx Gaming’s E3 2021 coverage continues with a news rundown of all the things that were showcased during Gearbox’s E3 showcase. The show was 30 minutes, but it had lots of things to show. Let’s get…

Borderlands Movie Cast Shapes Up

In recent years, movie adaptations of video games are proving to be strong contenders instead of instant flops. Instead of The Super Mario Bros. Movie and pretty much anything Uwe Boll got his hands on being big stinkers, we’ve gotten awesome flicks in the…

Battleborn Shuts Down Permanently

In the age of online shooters and other multiplayer games, some things catch on quickly. The sad fact is that some games fade out even faster. One such example is Battleborn. If the name sounds familiar but you can’t quite place why…

Borderlands 3, (Almost) One Year Later

Right now, I’m fondly recalling the massive amounts of hype for Borderlands 3 in 2019. With the previous mainline game having been released seven years prior, its return was desired by tons of gamers after exhausting the massive replayability of Borderlands 2.…

Borderlands: The Handsome Collection Is Free On Epic

You know this song and dance by now, talking about news, days, people. To quote a fake Italian, let’s go! Monday, the Twitch Prime update came with an action-adventure game. Tuesday Sherlock’s gay youth was announced, and 2K is expected to be releasing more Switch ports. Wednesday,…

First Borderlands 3 Campaign DLC Announced

At this point, I don’t believe there are many series of the gaming world that I haven’t penetrated. However, Borderlands is just that, while I’m forever complaining about the grey and brown slumps we got into during the PS3-era, I’ve never been into this…

Take-Two Sent Two P.I.s To Investigate Leaker

In the last week, following the ESA’s leak of personal information of several YouTubers, Journalists, and other media and industry professionals with press badges, I had some concern with whom could get hold of said information. Last Friday and Saturday I had…