Hardspace: Shipbreaker News

Hardspace: Shipbreaker comes to PC Game Pass next month with v1.0

Hardspace: Shipbreaker is the latest title to join the ever-expanding PC Game Pass lineup, arriving on the subscription service when it leaves Early Access on May 24. The Version 1.0 release of the sci-fi spaceship scrapping simulator is set to add a final act to the campaign, with a "powerful and satisfying conclusion to the events set in motion over the course of acts one and two."

While it may initially seem like a very gameplay-first title, Hardspace: Shipbreaker's narrative of a worker trapped in an exploitative, debt-ridden contract for the Lynx Corporation has a rather dark edge to it. The story sees the monolithic company owning the player character's DNA and charging them for such "luxuries" as equipment rental and respawns (through the use of cloned bodies) while any money earned by the player simply eats away at their initial one billion credit debt.

Story aside, the real joy of Hardspace: Shipbreaker is undoubtedly the physicality of tearing apart giant, decommissioned spaceships piece by piece and hurling those parts across space into giant recycling and incineration vats. With the ships being increasingly gargantuan in size, many players will be glad to hear that Version 1.0 also introduces the ability to save your salvage progress mid-ship, should you choose to step away.

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Hardspace: Shipbreaker launches out of early access and onto Game Pass in May

The excellent ship-dissecting salvage game Hardspace: Shipbreaker will hit version 1.0 and launch out of early access on the 24th of May, the makers announced today. And oooh it'll come to Game Pass the same day. It has been a cracking game even in early access, a satisfying first-person simulation of carefully cutting up junk spaceships with industrial lasers for maximum profit and minimum workplace injury.

Release Date Reveal

Greeting Shipbreakers,

[h3]Dust off your mag-gloves and charge your split-saw, we’ve got some great news! The date for Hardspace: Shipbreaker’s 1.0 Update, and its full release from Early Access, is set. Your first shift in the full version will begin on May 24, 2022.[/h3]
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Your chance to play the complete Hardspace: Shipbreaker experience is right around the corner! We’ve talked before about what to expect from the 1.0 Update, but here’s a quick recap:

Final Campaign Act Added - A powerful and satisfying conclusion to the events set in motion over the course of Act’s One and Two.
Save & Load Ships - Save your in-progress salvage! No more losing value on a behemoth ship because you need to step away.
Improved Progression, Economy & Upgrades - With the help of our fantastic community, the pace of progress has been tuned to perfection
Improved Performance & Stability - We’ve diligently worked out a ship-load of kinks to provide the smoothest and most reliable version of the game yet
Steam Achievements / Trading Cards / Emoticons / Backgrounds - Show-off your salvaging prowess with these rewards.
Quick reminder that this update will be the final progression reset!

After nearly two years in an incredibly fun and successful Early Access run, we’re unbelievably proud and excited for Hardspace: Shipbreaker to reach Full Release! As always, we owe a massive billion-credit debt to our Early Access community for supporting the game and helping shape and improve it. Shipbreaking may be a one-person job (as dangerous as that may be), but it took all of you to help us get to this point.

We can’t wait to get this version into your hands! If you happen to be attending PAX East 2022 Apr 21 - 24, the latest version of Hardspace: Shipbreaker will be available to check-out on the show floor!

Take it easy Cutters,

The Shipbreaker Dev Team

Homeworld 3 and Hardspace studio switching to four-day working week

Blackbird Interactive, the makers of Homeworld 3 and Hardspace: Shipbreaker, have announced plans to switch to a four-day work week for all employees. They join a small but growing number of game studios aiming to actively combat burnout by giving employees more time to themselves. Like many others who've tried a four-day week, they say that not only were people happier, productivity was not harmed. Cool. Who's next?

Splendid spaceship-dismantling sim Hardspace: Shipbreaker is winding up to leave early access this spring, with the developers saying the next major update will see the game blast off to a full launch. After entering early access in June 2020, they're getting ready to wrap up the story campaign with its final act. Who knows, maybe we'll actually make enough money from salvaging spaceships to escape our crippling debt?