Factorio’s Space Age expansion is out now, adding asteroid factories, Frostpunky iceworlds and rotting jungles

Back in the protean stink of 2013, the beast we call Factorio sprouted in lowercase early access form and began its meticulous, ravenous conquest of the emerging factory sim genre. Some say that Factorio gave that genre life, though I’d point at Dwarf Fortress as one among many notable forebears. Today, the terrain of factory simming is hotly contested by rival piles of conveyor belt spaghetti. I’m not just talking about Satisfactory or Shapez – they’re even making philosophical factory sims these days. They have cosy factory sims now.

Accordingly, the immense, smoke-rimmed cyborg eye of Factorio has turned from the exhausted soil to the relatively untapped heavens. Somewhere up there, there is unspoilt territory. Somewhere, there is land that has never known the roar of a smelter – and in Factorio’s behemothic Space Age DLC, out today, you will find it.

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Diablo 4: Vessel Of Hatred review: mildly pleasant clicking in very pretty jungles

Diablo 4: Vessel Of Hatred review The new Spiritborn class’s centipede Animorph is a great addition, and mercenaries widen buildcraft significantly. But Diablo 4’s core loop is still mostly unexciting, and the story here feels thin and laboured. Developer: Blizzard Entertainment Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment Release: Out now On: Windows, Linux From: Steam/Battle.net Price: £35/€40/$40 Reviewed … Read more

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