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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A one-button bullet-heaven that stays calm, even when the screen turns into neon chaos Reviewed on PC.Score: 8.5/10 Year-ender note: This Game of the Week post is going live on December 26, 2025 due to the holiday break — and it’s our final GOTW spotlight of the year. After just under two hours with THE…
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A vampire roguelite that’s rough around the edges — but easy to keep playing Reviewed on PC.Score: 7/10 Night Swarm is part of our Indie Game Showcase 2025 — and yes, it’s also in the key pool for our Indie Showcase giveaway. If you like bullet-heavy roguelites with fast runs and steady power growth, this…
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A post-nuclear survival trek on the Norway–Russia border is opening up playtest access Polyaris, a first-person single-player survival game set in the far north, has opened up closed beta playtest access via Steam. The premise puts you in the boots of an engineer and polar explorer who survives the immediate impact of a nuclear explosion…
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Indie Game Showcase 2025 — hub, giveaway entry, and Community Choice results Welcome to the Indie Game Showcase 2025 hub on Fix Gaming Channel. This page collects the latest Showcase coverage, the live giveaway entry, and the Community Choice results in one place. Community Choice GOTY 2025 winner: Millennium Whisper (30%) Runner-up: Last Outpost (15%)…
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A one-button bullet-heaven that stays calm, even when the screen turns into neon chaos Reviewed on PC.Score: 8.5/10 After just under two hours with THE KULKA, I walked away surprised by how relaxing it can feel — even when the game is clearly trying to push your reactions. This is a one-button arcade roguelite that…
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25 winners. 3 digital game keys each. The Indie Showcase giveaway is live. We’re rolling out our Indie Showcase 2025 coverage across the site — and we’re celebrating with a giveaway prize pool of digital game keys. We’re picking 25 winners. Each winner receives 3 digital game keys from the Showcase pool. Some winners may…
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Community Vote — Fix Gaming Channel Game of the Week Awards Voting is open until December 31. The Community Choice winner will be revealed on January 1. Our Game of the Week picks have been building into something special — and now it’s your turn. Vote for your favorite GOTW title from the list below….
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Backlog fuel for less: the Winter Sale picks worth grabbing Another orbit around the Sun, and the Steam Winter Sale is here again. With budgets feeling tighter for a lot of us, this year is perfect for hunting down real Steam Winter Sale bargains. A proper rummage through the discounts hits differently this time of…
A martial arts roguelite where practice becomes power Reviewed on PC.Score: 9/10 There’s a specific kind of confidence that only shows up when a game makes you feel smarter than you were five minutes ago. Forestrike did that to me again and again — not by handing out overpowered upgrades, but by teaching me how…
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A first-person sci-fi “stalk ’em up” where a lone software engineer and their C.A.T. tool pick through a silent moon base. Platform played: PC (Windows) — preview build. ROUTINE is a first-person sci-fi horror “stalk ’em up” set on an abandoned lunar base built around an ’80s vision of the future. You’re a software engineer…
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A 1999 relationship sim where AI, rumours, and real performances collide Reviewed on PC.Score: 7/10 Every now and then, a game arrives that feels completely out of step with what everyone else is doing – in a good way. Millennium Whisper is one of those projects and has been chosen as the Game of the…
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Shape of Dreams v1.1 adds mod support, Hardcore mode, and a hidden boss on Steam Shape of Dreams is rolling out a major v1.1 update on Steam today, bringing full mod support, a new Hardcore Challenge mode, a hidden boss encounter, and broad balance tweaks aimed at making late-game runs more rewarding over the long…
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Millennium Whisper, ethical AI, and acting for algorithms Set at the tail end of 1999, Millennium Whisper is an Early Access relationship sim where all the AI runs locally on your own hardware, and every character model is trained on in-house performances rather than scraped data. It’s a strange, ambitious mix of late-90s college life,…
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Esports Manager 2026 demo goes live for Steam Sports Fest with real teams and real pressure Esports Manager 2026, the behind-the-scenes esports management sim from Neurona Games and indie.io, has dropped its first public demo on PC as part of Steam Sports Fest. Available now on Steam, the free demo lets you run a professional…
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