Steam’s community-voted GOTY goes to Silksong Valve has revealed the winners of the 2025 Steam Awards, and Hollow Knight: Silksong walked away with Game of the Year — plus Best Game You Suck At. And yeah — if you want the simple “indie GOTY on Steam” angle, this is basically it. If it feels a…
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A Win for Indie Games December 2025 — GOG, the DRM-free digital game store, has been acquired by Michał Kiciński, one of its original co-founders. Previously owned by CD PROJEKT, the shift to Kiciński’s leadership could signal a stronger focus on indie games and player freedom. A New Chapter for GOG Kiciński confirmed the acquisition,…
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Panik Arcade says CloverPit is not on Nintendo Switch Developer Panik Arcade posted a public warning that an unauthorized game using the CloverPit name — titled “CloverPit Gamble” — appears on the Nintendo Switch eShop. The studio says the listing is not made by them, and urged players not to buy from impostors. 🚨 fake…
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Holiday traffic spikes hit store access and logins Steam access looked shaky during the holiday rush, but reports suggest things have largely stabilized again (for now). Attention then shifted to Epic, where users reported login problems affecting Epic Online Services and games that rely on it. If you’re following our Indie Game Showcase 2025 hub,…
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Lynwood Montgomery discusses traditional art training, AI in game production, Magic Online, creative direction, human-built games, and why strong creative judgment still matters in the games industry.
Ubisoft has acquired March of Giants from Amazon’s Montreal Games studio Ubisoft has announced it has acquired March of Giants, previously developed at Amazon’s Montreal Games studio, and that the project’s team will join Ubisoft to continue development on the free-to-play 4v4 “war MOBA.” Fix Gaming Channel will keep an eye on how this one…
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Why rising RAM and SSD prices hit PC gamers right in the gut I’m writing this not as a dry market analyst, but as someone who’s wrestled with PC-build budgets, late-night upgrade plans, and that deeply relatable frustration when a “good deal” becomes shockingly expensive. That’s what’s happening now: what used to be a quick…
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A $72 billion studio deal that also hands Netflix a full-blown AAA games publisher Netflix has agreed to buy the studio and streaming division of Warner Bros. Discovery in a cash-and-stock deal worth around $72 billion. If it clears regulators, the acquisition would close between late 2026 and early 2027 and give Netflix control of…
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Cloudflare’s huge outage – what actually went wrong? A few days ago, I wrote about how a sudden Cloudflare meltdown made huge parts of the internet feel “broken” – from games and gaming sites to tools many of us use every day. This follow-up is the short version of what Cloudflare has now confirmed actually…
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Who really owns Tanks Blitz now? A RU/BY-only case study in state ownership, platform rules, and transparency Editor’s note (Nov 19, 2025): Right-of-reply requests were sent to Lesta, IT Technologies, East-Games, Apple, and Google. No substantive responses were received by the deadline. We will update this article in full if any party provides a statement…
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Cloudflare outage impacts major websites and services It started as a typical Tuesday morning here at the Fix Gaming Channel HQ, but the digital silence that followed was anything but normal. On November 18, 2025, a significant chunk of the internet suddenly decided to take an unscheduled nap. From social media giants like X (formerly…
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Steam store pages just got wider—what devs should tweak today Valve has widened many Steam product pages from 940px to 1200px, and the Steam store page update is now live across desktop and the Steam client. The layout remains responsive on narrower windows, Steam Deck, and mobile. Official announcement. What changed Content area targets ~1200px…
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Capcom’s latest report shows a sharp post-launch slowdown for Monster Hunter Wilds—160k units in Q2 versus Rise at 254k—with Steam concurrency ~98% below peak.
Holiday-window target: Rockstar moves Grand Theft Auto VI to November 19, 2026 Rockstar has shifted Grand Theft Auto VI to Thursday, November 19, 2026 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, citing extra time for polish. GTA VI delayed once again, now to November 19, 2026, the new date lands six months after the previously announced…
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Xsolla updates Web Shop with Buy Button for Android (U.S.), creator storefronts, Offerwall, and smarter segmentation Xsolla has rolled out new Web Shop features, led by the Xsolla Web Shop Buy Button in the U.S. The update is aimed at helping mobile studios keep more revenue as external payments expand on iOS and Android, alongside…
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