Who makes add-ons these days? Wube Software! Who? Well, the developers of Factorio, one of the best-rated games on Steam (97 percent positive reviews).
Their expansion of the successful factory simulation with construction elements (3.5 million copies sold, as of December 2022) is no boring DLC, is called Factorio: Space Age and finally has a release date.
Space Age will be released on October 21, 2024 and it will be huge. Because Wube Software has in a detailed blog post now introduced a number of innovations. Important information about the price:
But there is also plenty of fresh content – and free update to version 2.0 not to mention. To get started, watch the trailer:
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Gigantic addon Factorio: Space Age breaks boundaries
Space Age will be the big content bomb for Factorio
Space Age takes you, as the name suggests, into space, more precisely into the star system surrounding the starting planet Nauvis. Four new celestial bodies are included, where you build huge facilities made up of factories, pipes, trains and assembly lines to produce all kinds of goods:
- Vulcan: Fire world, where you transform lava into iron and copper, refine tungsten and build a blacksmith industry.
- Fulgora: Cold and barren world where you explore the remains of a lost civilization. You transform the lightning from dangerous storms into energy and thus produce the element holmium.
- Soil: Swamp planet where food production is particularly productive thanks to new exotic fruits.
- Unknown Planet: The developers are saving this surprise until the launch, but the world is supposed to be “dark and cold.”
Factorio: Space Age – View screenshots of the big factory addon
For the first time, you can also settle directly in space, on flying factoriesThese platforms are important for expansion; here you shoot, catch and dismantle asteroids with valuable resources and send the components back to the planet’s surface with spaceships.
There is now the possibility Train tracks on stilts in order to use the space underneath for other constructions. Even oceans can be crossed by railroad and different tracks can be connected at intersections.
In addition, Space Age a quality system
This is what Factorio 2.0 offers
So while Space Age sounds more like a full-blown sequel than a simple expansion, the main game’s major new update is scheduled to be released at the same time as its release on October 21, 2024. In contrast to the add-on, this is completely free.
Wube Software has already discussed the contents of Factorio 2.0 in more detail in the past. However, the developers are introducing new features every week. Confirmed so far are more intelligent robot workers, new rails (without stilts), the remote view feature for building in remote locations and a new fluid system.
The developers have also announced improvements to train control, terrain randomization on Nauvis, circuits, and the logistics interface.