‘RV There Yet?’ hits 1 million sales after a jam-born co-op road trip finds its crowd According to a team update from composer Dennis Filatov, RV There Yet? has crossed 1,000,000 copies sold. The achievement of RV There Yet reaching 1 million copies is a significant milestone. This milestone marks a breakout moment for a…
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CS2’s skin market just collapsed — why treating skins like “investments” is a terrible idea If you’re new to Counter-Strike 2, those flashy knives and gloves might look like “assets.” Don’t treat them that way. A small but seismic Trade-Up change on October 23–24, 2025 made knives/gloves dramatically easier to obtain. Within hours, prices across…
A floor chat with Facepunch on Rust’s monthly cadence and the road to s&box Fix Gaming Channel sat down with Grant Smith (Chief Business Officer) and Ash Cook (Marketing Manager) of Facepunch Studios at Gamescom Asia × Thailand Game Show (QSNCC, Bangkok) to talk about Rust’s monthly updates, the evolving roadmap for s&box, and why…
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Why I’m at gamescom asia: So Indies Don’t Drown I’m heading to gamescom asia with a simple goal: keep independent games visible. Addressing gamescom asia indie discoverability is key—not just for one team or a few friends, but for the whole indie ecosystem. If nobody fights for attention, great work sinks under the noise. The…
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Xbox rolls out new Game Pass tiers—Essential, Premium, and an upgraded Ultimate at $29.99 Xbox has overhauled Game Pass into three plans: Essential, Premium, and an expanded Ultimate. Ultimate adds Ubisoft+ Classics, higher-quality cloud streaming (up to 1440p), a revamped Rewards program, and—starting November 18—Fortnite Crew as a bundled perk. Microsoft is also renaming Game…
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EA to go private in a $55B all-cash deal at $210 per share Electronic Arts announced a definitive agreement to be acquired by a consortium comprising Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners in an all-cash transaction valuing EA at approximately $55 billion. Under the terms, stockholders will receive $210 per…
Indie PR that works: combine streamers and press. Timing, targeting, press kits, and outreach so your game isn’t drowned out by today’s release volume.
Steam’s PayPal support shrinks to six currencies; a dev says £80k is frozen as petitions and policy fights escalate Valve has confirmed that PayPal on Steam now only works when paying in USD, EUR, GBP, JPY, AUD, or CAD. The change followed an acquiring bank’s cutoff in July, and there’s no restoration timeline yet. The…
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Some days this feels like 10 years. Other days, 10 days. Here’s the truth. When I started Fix Gaming Channel, I told myself I’d post honest updates about what it really takes to run an indie outlet. I’ve kept that up—inside FGC circles and out in public. Still, most of the work sits underwater: writing,…
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tinyBuild and debut studio Fantastic Signals reveal The Lift — Steam Playtest is live Indie publisher tinyBuild and debut studio Fantastic Signals, a new team made up of veteran developers responsible for games such as Pathologic 2 and Ori and the Will of the Wisps, has announced The Lift, a first-person, narrative-driven supernatural handyman simulator…
Co-op sci-fi heist FPS with a techno-thriller twist from 10 Chambers Truth be told, there just aren’t enough decent heist games, or at least not enough decent ones where ‘tooling up’ with your friends in co-op to pull off a daring raid on someone’s hard-earned wealth is concerned. It wasn’t until the Payday trilogy of…
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Retro-futuristic noir adventure invites players to help shape its branching narrative and design before release MEDIA ALERT — September 8, 2025 — Indie developer Tetrarchy Studios is inviting playtesters for Mandated Fate, a story-driven, retro-sci-fi adventure set in an alternate 1985 under a technocratic empire. Join the Mandated Fate playtest and immerse yourself in the…
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Why playtests matter, how to join safely, and the exact feedback devs need
A narrative puzzle-adventure from JINO Games and NEOWIZ set in a post-apocalyptic Seoul—now crowned Indie Arena Booth “Best Game.” NEOWIZ and JINO Games added a major accolade to Goodbye Seoul at gamescom 2025: the Indie Arena Booth “Best Game” award (announced Aug. 25, 2025). It builds on the game’s earlier wins at the 2024 Busan…
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