Alexx Aplin – Phenixx Gaming

Someone Should Bring Back Marvel Heroes

Alexx Aplin — Wed, 01 Jan 2025 18:00:13 +0000

Games are canceled regularly these days. With multiplayer games like MMOs and Live-Service games, of course eventually things are going to get shut down. However, I’d like to discuss one game that was shut down that should make a return in one form or another, Marvel Heroes. In June 2013, Gazillion Entertainment (now closed) created a game called Marvel Heroes, later known as Marvel Heroes Omega.

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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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Phenixx Gaming’s Game of the Year 2024

Alexx Aplin — Fri, 27 Dec 2024 18:00:48 +0000

It’s that time again! The team at Phenixx Gaming has come together to deliver details on our Games of the Year for 2024. Because we come from such different backgrounds and gaming styles, we don’t just pick one game for our entire team. If you’ve been with us since we started, you know the drill, but here are a few guidelines for a refresher. No games in Early Access are included…

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Dreamlight Valley 2024: The Upside of Live-Service

Alexx Aplin — Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:00:43 +0000

I am not a fan of most live-service games. Outside of Honkai Star Rail and one or two others, the concept gets exhausting after a while. I only have so much time to play games, and I would rather immerse myself in games that have powerful or enjoyable storylines and complete gameplay loops. However, as we get into the 2nd year of Disney Dreamlight Valley, I realize that there are certain ways to…

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Inbento (PC) Review

Alexx Aplin — Wed, 25 Dec 2024 14:00:13 +0000

Food is a large factor in how people come together. Family units, friend groups, so many people bond over food. Inbento is a logic-based, sliding-based puzzle game that melds the love of food with puzzles and a heartfelt narrative. Inbento is a puzzle game that is entirely based on the Japanese practice of making Bento boxes. For each “recipe,” you have a variety of pieces/ingredients…

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Balatro (PC) Review

Alexx Aplin — Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:00:54 +0000

I love a good bit of Poker every now and then. I’m not exactly a gambler, but there was a time when I enjoyed visiting friends for Poker night. LocalThunk’s Balatro simulates the idea of Poker, mixing it with something else I enjoy, Rogue-likes. As a result, you get a very strategic, sometimes infuriating experience. Balatro looks complicated but is actually fairly simple. Each round of Balatro…

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Phenixx Gaming’s 2024 Holiday Greetings

Alexx Aplin — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:00:15 +0000

We have survived another year everyone! With storms, flooding in the Sahara Desert (that actually happened), and a variety of other climate-based issues, it wouldn’t be a stretch to say that getting to the end of 2024 was an exercise in tenacity and willpower. With the end of 2024 though comes a tradition here at Phenixx Gaming! Those of us who work here at Phenixx Gaming are taking a break.

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Alexx’s Steam Winter Sale Recommendations

Alexx Aplin — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 18:00:22 +0000

It’s that time again folks! Valve has hit the big red button and is holding our wallets at gunpoint. Hundreds of games are on sale, and it is hard to pick through the noise and decide what to buy, right? Well, here are a few recommendations to possibly pad your library or fill a last-minute gift need. Fields of Mistria – 20% off Fields of Mistria is in Early Access right now…

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Penny Blood: Hellbound Now Available on Steam

Alexx Aplin — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 14:00:01 +0000

I keep an eye on a lot of early-access games, especially Rogue-likes. However, after a while sometimes games slip through my field of view and I forget for a while. Penny Blood: Hellbound is one such game. However, it just came back to the forefront of my attention due to its full release. That’s right, Penny Blood: Hellbound hit 1.0 and was released out of Early Access on Tuesday, December 17th…

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Agatha Christie – Death on the Nile Announced

Alexx Aplin — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 16:00:18 +0000

As a fan of classic mystery fiction, including work by Agatha Christie herself, I love the resurgence in the popularity of her work over the last few years. Microids has done well to create a variety of solid games (though they have variable quality) adapting several of her most famous works. Now, the classic tale of Death on the Nile is next. While we do not have a release date…

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