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COVID-19 Quarantine Breaking Xbox Live Records

With many places around the world requiring people to stay home unless absolutely necessary, people are using at-home entertainment more than ever. That includes Xbox Live. While some are out of jobs, others are working from home, but numbers suggest many are…

Official Xbox Magazine Shutting Down Production

The Official Xbox Magazine (OXM) is officially halting the production of its long-running Microsoft-focused gaming magazine. The magazine nearly made it to 19 years in publication, before folding due to the slow end of magazines and COVID-19 slowdowns. OXM started in November…

Ori and the Will of the Wisps (XBO) – Review

Moon Studios left gamers in awe with 2015’s Ori and the Blind Forest. Does 2020’s Ori and the Will of the Wisps compare? Yes, and in rare fashion, builds on a great series debut with enhanced experiences worth all the trouble several of the…

Gaming Employees Homebound from Coronavirus

Three major games companies are keeping their workers at home for remote work for the time being. This is due, in part, to the Pacific Northwest’s outbreak of the Coronavirus. While the United States is still vastly unaffected by the disease in…

Microsoft’s Xbox Series X Plan? Be Bold

I think a lot of people were surprised to see the Xbox Series X, a brand new Microsoft console, revealed at last year’s Game Awards. For one, the awards are usually about achievements and upcoming games. Instead, Phil Spencer shocked gaming fans…

Gears of War: Ultimate Edition (Xbox One) Review

I have been a PlayStation fan for years. I love playing the wonderful exclusives like Bloodborne, The Last of Us, and Horizon Zero Dawn have kept me captivated in the Sony ecosystem for the majority of my gaming life and until recently that has…

E3 Still Matters, Even If Things Are Changing

As reported here at Phenixx Gaming and literally every other gaming news outlet, Sony is officially out for E3 2020. Is E3 dead in the water? Not even close. I’m not the type to go out to events like this, so I…

Halo: Reach 4K Remaster Out Now

It’s not a full blown remaster, but Halo: Reach has been given the 4K, Xbox One X enhanced treatment. All the updated visuals and timeless gameplay are now a part of the Master Chief Collection, and are free to Game Pass subscribers. Back…

What The Next-Generation Of Gaming Has To Do

Sony vs. Microsoft. A tale as old as 2001. What’s depressing about that is how some of you reading this may not have been born by then, which makes the PlayStation 2 (Sony’s big boy in the fight), and the original Xbox…

Early Reviews of Project Xcloud are Trickling In

Project Xcloud, the mobile streaming method for playing Xbox and PC games on Android devices, is ambitious and possibly game-changing. With a number of gamers insisting they’d like to play where they want to play, Microsoft is tackling the interest head-on. Beta…