Gaming Industry – Phenixx Gaming

5 Easily Overlooked Games You Should Own

Alexx Aplin — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 16:00:38 +0000

It seems like between indie games and AAA blockbusters, every week we’ve got something new to play. This is a great thing on the grounds that the gaming industry (despite its issues) is thriving. However, it also means that you may have missed out on seeing (and playing) a game that could be your favorite. Let’s look at a few games that you could pick up — whether they’re on sale or not — that you…

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2024 in Games: A Review

Alexx Aplin — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 18:00:15 +0000

At the end of the year, I always like to look back and see how the gaming industry performed. I think anyone who pays attention to gaming trends can usually tell when a year is less interesting or enticing than others. 2024 might have seemed at first like it could have been a lean year, but as we close out the year, I’m inclined to believe that it was actually a really solid one.

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US Rep calls on Valve to ban Pro-Palestinian game

Keiran McEwen — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 18:00:45 +0000

Sure, that’s what we should do, listen to someone who is viewed as an ally to the cryptocurrency industry and says he has “revulsion” for a non-violent movement that he describes as “extremism.” So last week I spoke about the pro-Palestinian game Fursan al Aqsa: The Knights of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. A game that is in poor taste, actively tries to provoke, and exclusively feeds off of news stories…

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Pro-Palestinian Game Banned by Counter Terror unit

Keiran McEwen — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 16:00:37 +0000

Let’s get two things straight, and one thing gay: Killing someone is generally frowned upon as it should, and governments restricting only very specific types of “artistic” endeavors are quite annoying. Honestly, I don’t have a third thing here that is gay, I just wanted to make it light-hearted before I have to talk about something serious. As you might have seen, given that Etsy has decided to…

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Keiran’s Steam Autumn Sale Suggestions

Keiran McEwen — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 18:00:33 +0000

The sun saw fit to rise again, so I guess it is time for another lot of sales across the board. So without wasting too much time, let’s talk discounted titles on Steam (and probably elsewhere) to pick up if you haven’t already. Perfecting the Dark Souls formula within the series itself (Elden Ring refined it to a point), Dark Souls III is the very best of the series from a mechanical…

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1.3-Million Insomniac Files Leaked

Keiran McEwen — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 17:00:31 +0000

It’s all leaks, all the time this month, apparently. Between Rocksteady’s need to ask players to avoid the spoilers for its upcoming title Kill the Justice League, another story has been brewing under this. You may have heard that a group called Rhysida had ransomed a large amount of data from the studio behind the recent Spider-Man titles and of course Ratchet and Clank. Well…

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The Game Awards 2023 News Roundup

Alexx Aplin — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 15:00:35 +0000

We’ve made it to December and with that comes The Game Awards. Despite some people acting as though the year was slow, we’ve got some heavy hitters, including Tears of the Kingdom and Baldur’s Gate 3. Who took home the Game of the Year title though? Well, let’s get into everything. First up let’s start with the Pre-Show, because of course The Game Awards can’t save its announcements for the main…

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The ACP’s 2023 Game Awards Choices

Matthew Lomas — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 15:00:36 +0000

Editor’s Note: In the Spirit of the Season, we’ve decided to promote one of our writers’ side projects. If you’re interested and want to support them please do so. Anyone who works with Phenixx Gaming is a part of the PG family, and thus we want to support them when they ask for it. Please check out this sponsored post. The Asymmetrical Controller Podcast is a relatively new podcast that…

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Gabe Newell Ordered to In-person Deposition

Keiran McEwen — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 13:00:29 +0000

Oh, you better watch out, you better not sue, better not pirate, I’m telling you why, Santa Gabe is coming to court! Ok, yeah it’s a touch contrived, but you write about anti-trust lawsuits and make it sound interesting. It is not easy. According to a three-page court order (via Gamesindustry.biz) the 61-year-old co-founder and president of Steam developer Valve has been ordered to make an in…

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Sequel Bait – InFamous

Edward Harding — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 15:00:10 +0000

With Sony’s Spider-Man 2 releasing soon, I thought now would be a good time to look back on a superhero game series that has seemingly fallen into obscurity. I find the disappearance of Infamous from the modern gaming market quite baffling given the popularity of superhero media has never been higher. The last game in the series, inFamous: Second Son was released almost ten years ago back in 2014.

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