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enMon, 11 Mar 2024 13:26:45 +0000Homeworld 3 studio Blackbird Interactive hit with layoffshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/homeworld-3-studio-blackbird-interactive-hit-with-layoffsAlice O'ConnorThu, 15 Feb 2024 11:19:47 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/homeworld-3-studio-blackbird-interactive-hit-with-layoffsGearbox SoftwarePCFocus Home InteractiveBusinessMultiplayer CooperativeSingle PlayerHomeworld 3SimulationGearbox PublishingBlackbird InteractiveThird personBird view / IsometricStrategyFocus EntertainmentHomeworld: Deserts of KharakHardspace: ShipbreakerMultiplayer CompetitiveLayoffsStrategy: Real-Time Strategy

The studio behind Homeworld 3, Homeworld: Deserts Of Kharak, and Hardspace: Shipbreaker have cut a number of jobs, explaining this is "part of a realignment plan that's necessary because of new projects that were shelved by some of our partners". Blackbird Interactive haven't confirmed the number of people who lost their jobs, nor have they said what the mystery projects were. It's been a grim year for people working in the video games industry, with thousands losing their jobs, and we're only halfway through February.

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Hardspace: Shipbreaker and the joy of doing a boring spacejob perfectlyhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/hardspace-shipbreaker-and-the-joy-of-doing-a-boring-spacejob-perfectlyAlice O'ConnorThu, 07 Sep 2023 15:50:35 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/hardspace-shipbreaker-and-the-joy-of-doing-a-boring-spacejob-perfectlyThe Game PassengerPCBlackbird InteractiveFocus Home InteractiveHardspace: ShipbreakerSingle PlayerStrategyFocus EntertainmentSimulation

Space will neither save nor free us. Like Starfield, it will not be glamorous or exciting. As billionaire jebends plot to establish their own corporate fiefdoms amongst the stars, our descendents' potential spacelives are looking as miserable as collecting 5 spacewolf livers. But I find some hope in spaceship salvage sim Hardspace: Shipbreaker, both in the overt plot about unionisation and in the small satisfaction of doing a job well. Head down, shut up, and focus on dismantling this spaceship carefully and efficiently. It's an attitude that won't save the world but can get you through one more day, and sometimes that's enough.

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Every last RPS Bestest Best review of 2022https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rps-bestest-bests-2022Rachel WattsWed, 28 Dec 2022 17:00:00 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rps-bestest-bests-2022Marvel's Midnight SunsElden RingStrange HorticultureWot I ThinkLil Gator GameRPS Year In ReviewPentimentUnexplored 2: The Wayfarer's LegacySifuWarhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - DaemonhuntersOlliOlli WorldStrayGod of War (2018)DorfromantikHardspace: ShipbreakerBlockbusterCult of the LambSignalisBestest BestsWeird WestMonster Hunter RiseIndieTurbo Overkill

I've been looking back over an entire year of RPS reviews and, well, we've written a lot. Over the past twelve months, the RPS treehouse and our merry band of freelancers have reviewed 168 games in total - and that includes early access reviews, PC-port reviews, group reviews, reviews-in-progresses, and your common or garden fully-fledged reviews. 168! Damn. Even though game releases are still suffering from pandemic pushbacks, 2022 has been a busy year for games. There wasn't a huge number of big name releases - although the ones that did come out were plenty big enough - but, as always, we've had a wealth of wonderful indies releasing all year round, and we scooped up as many of them as we could.

Out of all the games we’ve given any kind of review treatment throughout the year, only a handful of them recieved RPS’s coveted Bestest Best badge; just 23, to be exact. I've gathered them all in one big round-up bundle below (there are round-ups of our favourite bits from other sections of the site, too), and they make a great collection of games. Have a scroll and click on any that take your fancy for the full review. Enjoy!

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Our 24 favourite games of 2022https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rps-game-of-the-year-2022Katharine CastleTue, 27 Dec 2022 10:00:00 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rps-game-of-the-year-2022Xbox OneBandai Namco EntertainmentAtlus USAHorrorBethesda SoftworksBlackbird InteractiveChinatown Detective AgencyThird personDevolver DigitalGhostWire: TokyoBad VikingJump Over the AgePS4Tango GameworksCosmo D StudiosSquare EnixBestest BestsThe QuarryBetrayal At Club LowBlueTwelve StudioArcadeMultiplayer CompetitivePCFellow TravellerMacMultiplayer CooperativeTextXbox Game StudiosFromSoftwarePuzzleThe Case Of The Golden IdolVampire SurvivorsWarhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - DaemonhuntersObsidian EntertainmentNintendo SwitchSupermassive GamesShooterXbox Series X/SFrontier FoundryPlaystackReturn to Monkey IslandCitizen SleeperLucasfilm GamesStrategy: Turn-Based Strategyponcle2K GamesSide viewElden RingAction AdventureFocus Home InteractivePowerWash SimulatorPS5PlatformerFinjiFirst personPentimentWho's Lila?AtlusColor Gray GamesJudgmentGeography Of RobotsStrategyHack & SlashIceberg InteractivePoint and ClickSegaNorcoGroundedMassive MonsterVisual Novel & DatingPersona 5 RoyalNeon WhiteIndieRaw FuryRPGSingle PlayerStrange HorticultureSimulationBird view / IsometricFocus EntertainmentSaturnaliaStrayFuturLabHardspace: ShipbreakerBlockbusterCult of the LambTunicGarage Heathen

With all the doors on our RPS Advent Calendar well and truly busted open for 2022 now, we thought it was high time to gather all of our favourite games of the year together in one handy location. If you've been diligently scoffing our Advent treats throughout December, then you'll already know what our game of the year picks are for 2022, but just in case you missed them or want to go through them one final time, we've got 'em all right here for you in our definitive Games Of The Year list. Enjoy!

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The RPS Advent Calendar 2022, December 20thhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2022-december-20thRPSTue, 20 Dec 2022 13:00:00 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2022-december-20thThe RPS Advent Calendar 2022Blackbird InteractiveHardspace: ShipbreakerAdvent CalendarIndieFocus EntertainmentSimulation

Exercise caution when opening door number 20 on the RPS Advent Calendar, because it's an uncaring world of manual labour in space out there. If you open the door wrong you could cause a huge explosion that kills you - but to mitigate that risk you can spend money buying an Official Safe Door Opener. Don't worry, you can just work more to pay it off.

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Our favourite games of 2022 so farhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/our-favourite-games-of-2022-so-farKatharine CastleThu, 30 Jun 2022 11:00:00 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/our-favourite-games-of-2022-so-farLittle Witch In The WoodsElden RingV RisingRogue Legacy 2Who's Lila?Chinatown Detective AgencyGhostWire: TokyoVampire: The Masquerade - SwansongThe Cycle: FrontierWarhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - DaemonhuntersHardspace: ShipbreakerBlockbusterNorcoBestest BestsCitizen SleeperTunicThe Quarry20 Minutes Till DawnNeon WhiteIndieThe Stanley Parable: Ultra DeluxeSniper Elite 5Turbo Overkill

Against all possible odds, we're officially halfway through 2022. What a year it's been so far! After one of the busiest starts to the gaming calendar in recent memory (looking at you, Elden Ring), my backlog is barely keeping it together right now. I've started so many things on as many different services that just keeping track of what I've played when is fast becoming a second job. If you, too, have been feeling overwhelmed by the sheer number of new and exciting releases coming out, then why not have a gander at this freshly compiled list of all our favourite games from the year so far? Maybe you'll find something that will similarly catch your eye, just as it's done ours. I'll warn you now, though. It's a big list.

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Hardspace: Shipbreaker review: moreish sci-fi work sim sticks the landinghttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/hardspace-shipbreaker-review-moreish-sci-fi-work-sim-sticks-the-landingLiam RichardsonFri, 27 May 2022 15:30:00 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/hardspace-shipbreaker-review-moreish-sci-fi-work-sim-sticks-the-landingBlackbird InteractiveHardspace: ShipbreakerIndieIndiescoveryWot I ThinkFocus EntertainmentBestest BestsSimulation

Friends and loved ones will agree, I have big “background character” energy. If I lived in the Star Wars universe, I wouldn’t be a Jedi or a Sith inquisitor. I wouldn’t even be one of those rebels who wear the long funny bike helmets. There would be no “Liam: A Star Wars Story” premiering on Disney+. Instead, I'd be the guy who changes the bedding at a grungy BnB on Tatooine. I would spend my days just sort of vibing on the fringes of all the excitement, blissfully unaware of the very important adventures occurring in a galaxy very-very-close-actually.

Maybe this is why Hardspace: Shipbreaker appeals to me so much. As a cutter, a nameless employee of the LYNX Corporation, you’re about as important to this particular vision of the future as the lad who polishes the floors on the Death Star. You are a nobody. But Shipbreaker relishes in how much that still makes you somebody.

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Hardspace: Shipbreaker now has a finished campaign and has left early accesshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/hardspace-shipbreaker-now-has-a-finished-campaign-and-has-left-early-accessGraham SmithTue, 24 May 2022 20:48:24 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/hardspace-shipbreaker-now-has-a-finished-campaign-and-has-left-early-accessSurvival & CraftingBlackbird InteractiveHardspace: ShipbreakerFocus EntertainmentSimulation

Hardspace: Shipbreaker was one of our favourite games from 2020, and after several years in early access it has now reached 1.0. Today saw the release of the spaceship salvage sim's third and final act, along with a full game re-balance and hundreds of bug fixes.

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Vampire Survivors, Sniper Elite 5 heading to Xbox Game Pass this monthhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/vampire-survivors-sniper-elite-5-heading-to-xbox-game-pass-this-monthGraham SmithWed, 18 May 2022 18:07:50 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/vampire-survivors-sniper-elite-5-heading-to-xbox-game-pass-this-monthLittle Witch In The WoodsGame PassHardspace: ShipbreakerVampire SurvivorsIndieMicrosoft

Game Pass is particularly ideal for two kinds of games: indie games you're not sure you'll like enough to commit to the upfront cost, and decent-not-great blockbusters you know almost certainly aren't worth the cost but would quite like to play for at least a bit.

There are plenty of games that fit into both of these categories joining the subscription service before the end of May, including Vampire Survivors, Hardspace: Shipbreaker, Sniper Elite 5 and Jurassic World Evolution 2.

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Hardspace: Shipbreaker launches out of early access and onto Game Pass in Mayhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/hardspace-shipbreaker-launches-out-of-early-access-and-onto-game-pass-in-mayAlice O'ConnorThu, 14 Apr 2022 10:47:52 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/hardspace-shipbreaker-launches-out-of-early-access-and-onto-game-pass-in-mayBlackbird InteractiveFocus Home InteractiveHardspace: ShipbreakerScience FictionSimulation

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.

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How Hardspace: Shipbreaker became the video game union movement's final frontierhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/how-hardspace-shipbreaker-became-the-video-game-union-movements-final-frontierEdwin Evans-ThirlwellFri, 08 Apr 2022 13:00:00 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/how-hardspace-shipbreaker-became-the-video-game-union-movements-final-frontierBlackbird InteractiveHardspace: ShipbreakerIndieInterviewFocus EntertainmentSimulation

Pop your head round the door of a Hardspace: Shipbreaker planning meeting and, according to Blackbird Interactive communications lead Ben Kuchera, you might hear somebody ask: “is that a Blackbird thing, or is it a Lynx thing?” Lynx are Hardspace's overall antagonist, and your employer - an orbital salvaging corporation that essentially enslaves workers by saddling them with a billion-credit on-boarding debt, taking the copyright on your DNA for good measure.

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Homeworld 3 and Hardspace studio switching to four-day working weekhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/homeworld-3-and-hardspace-studio-switching-to-four-day-working-weekAlice O'ConnorWed, 16 Feb 2022 18:55:44 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/homeworld-3-and-hardspace-studio-switching-to-four-day-working-weekBlackbird InteractiveHardspace: Shipbreakerfour-day weekStrategyHomeworld 3Simulation

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?

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Hardspace: Shipbreaker will leave early access with next major updatehttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/hardspace-shipbreaker-will-leave-early-access-with-next-major-updateAlice O'ConnorThu, 13 Jan 2022 11:51:23 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/hardspace-shipbreaker-will-leave-early-access-with-next-major-updateFocus Home InteractiveHardspace: ShipbreakerSimulationBlackbird Interactive

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?

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Hardspace: Shipbreaker has radiation nowhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/hardspace-shipbreaker-has-radiation-nowImogen BeckhellingFri, 25 Jun 2021 11:27:24 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/hardspace-shipbreaker-has-radiation-nowFocus Home InteractiveHardspace: ShipbreakerSimulationBlackbird Interactive

As if dismantling a derelict spaceship wasn't already hazardous enough, developers Blackbird Interactive have added radiation to Hardspace: Shipbreaker. The Pretty Rad update dropped this week for the sci-fi ship scrapping sim, making it so players can find and extract Radiation Filters on their looting expeditions. This is easier said than done, however, as those Filters are rather fragile, and can drop radioactive particles if you so much as bump the thing.

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Hardspace: Shipbreaker's new update revamps its story and tutorialhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/hardspace-shipbreakers-new-update-revamps-its-story-and-tutorialGraham SmithThu, 06 May 2021 21:27:48 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/hardspace-shipbreakers-new-update-revamps-its-story-and-tutorialFocus Home InteractiveHardspace: ShipbreakerBlackbird Interactive

Hardspace: Shipbreaker sits you in front of a moist gateau and hands you a cake slice, only the gateau is a stylish spaceship and the cake slice is a metal-severing laser. It's immediately compelling, as you cut into your rich dessert to extract its delicious insides without accidentally slicing a cherry. In this metaphor, the cherries are explosives.

After a while, I found its early access release got a little lonely and a little samey, but that might have changed with today's "Salvage Your Future" update. It revamps Shipbreaker's campaign and introduces four new voiced characters.

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Hardspace: Shipbreaker adds demolition charges and a new ship classhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/hardspace-shipbreaker-adds-demolition-charges-and-a-new-ship-classLauren MortonMon, 21 Dec 2020 21:01:49 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/hardspace-shipbreaker-adds-demolition-charges-and-a-new-ship-classFocus Home InteractiveHardspace: ShipbreakerSimulationBlackbird Interactive

Early-access spaceship slicing simulator Hardspace: Shipbreaker has fired another update into orbit. This time around  you'll have yet another class of giant abandoned ship to crawl around in. To make matters both better and worse, you've got the new demotion charge tool to do it with. They're nifty remote precision charges but apparently disarming them if you change your mind can be a trick. The new Business Is Booming update is out now for all you pro shipbreakers.

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Ghost ships are flying into Hardspace: Shipbreakerhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/ghost-ships-are-flying-into-hardspace-shipbreakerLauren MortonWed, 28 Oct 2020 20:30:48 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/ghost-ships-are-flying-into-hardspace-shipbreakerFocus Home InteractiveHardspace: ShipbreakerSimulationBlackbird Interactive

Boarding and ripping open space ships as a contract shipbreaker was tough enough already. Hardspace: Shipbreaker has made its salvage simulation even more difficult with the new Haunted Frontier update that adds unmanned ghost ships to the game. if you're successful, congrats, Hardspace is getting stickers as rewards that you can slap on your tools. Good freelancer, don't complain. The update is out now along with other improvements and bug fixes to the early access game.

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Hardspace: Shipbreaker gets competitive with weekly scrapping challengeshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/hardspace-shipbreaker-gets-competitive-with-weekly-scrapping-challengesNatalie ClaytonThu, 20 Aug 2020 19:16:51 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/hardspace-shipbreaker-gets-competitive-with-weekly-scrapping-challengesFocus Home InteractiveHardspace: ShipbreakerSimulationBlackbird Interactive

Having already laid out a crushing capitalist future where debt is insurmountable and bodies are expendable, Hardspace: Shipbreaker now plans to pit its disposable workers against each other. Weekly challenges have arrived, delivering a new ship each week for gig-work scavengers to tear apart as efficiently as possible - proving once and for all who, exactly, is the best orbital vulture around.

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How Hardspace: Shipbreaker's devs made spaceships you can cut anywherehttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/how-hardspace-shipbreakers-devs-made-spaceships-you-can-cut-anywereAlex WiltshireWed, 29 Jul 2020 16:30:39 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/how-hardspace-shipbreakers-devs-made-spaceships-you-can-cut-anywereBlackbird InteractiveHardspace: ShipbreakerFeatureThe MechanicSimulation

Hardspace: Shipbreaker is a game about cutting up spaceships with heavy industrial tools for cash. It’s a thrill to drift in zero-G, slicing and chopping and severing hull panels, superstructures, cockpits, airlocks, partly because the way you take them apart is up to you. You know what you have to do as soon as you get into space; you just need to figure out how.

That was also the experience of developer Blackbird Interactive as it began to develop Shipbreaker and brought it to Early Access. The theme quickly crystallised, but figuring out how freeform cutting would actually work was a lot harder, setting stern technical challenges that were never really solved, posing questions about player freedom that resulted in surprising answers, and causing spaceship designers' nightmares.

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Our 15 favourite PC games of 2020 so farhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/our-15-favourite-pc-games-of-2020-so-farRPSThu, 16 Jul 2020 16:00:07 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/our-15-favourite-pc-games-of-2020-so-farMegaquariumIn Other WatersOri and the Will of the WispsYes, Your GraceRimWorldDesperados 3Monster TrainDestiny 2Gears TacticsStreets Of Rage 4Hardspace: ShipbreakerBlockbusterTales From Off-Peak CityBestest BestsSigns Of The SojournerValorantFeatureIndieOstriv

Halloo, gentle reader. Since we're half way through the entire year of 2020 (yet somehow it is also still March?), we decided to run down, lasso and tie up some of our favourite games from the last six months, and force them into a nice list for you.

2020 still has plenty of new PC games to come, of course, but these are the ones closest to our little hearts so far. We've got strategy, we've got card games, we've got systematic reclamation of scraped spaceships. And, since Nate Crowley is one of the contributors to this list, we've got fish. Statistically speaking, there's bound to be at least one game on here that you'll ruddy bloody love too!

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Hardspace: Shipbreaker has made shift timers optionalhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/hardspace-shipbreaker-has-made-shift-timers-optionalSin VegaFri, 10 Jul 2020 13:27:57 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/hardspace-shipbreaker-has-made-shift-timers-optionalBlackbird InteractiveFocus Home InteractiveHardspace: ShipbreakerPuzzleSimulation

Superb spaceship slicing sim Hardspace: Shipbreaker has added a new difficulty option to career mode, with shift timers disabled.

The existing career mode cuts you off and forces you back to base every 15 minutes, making things too stressful and intrusive for some. You can now take all the time you want with a wreck instead. They've also made the puzzling decision to give you an infinite oxygen supply for this mode. This is all additive, so players who like the thrill of yanking out a nuclear reactor and blasting it to safety in the dying ten seconds of a shift can still blow themselves up on company time.

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7 reasons I have fallen for Hardspace: Shipbreakerhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/7-reasons-i-have-fallen-for-hardspace-shipbreakerSin VegaWed, 08 Jul 2020 16:00:45 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/7-reasons-i-have-fallen-for-hardspace-shipbreakera lovely list feature for you to enjoyBlackbird InteractiveHardspace: ShipbreakerPuzzleFeatureSimulation

There are many reasons you should be playing Hardspace: Shipbreaker. It is full of so many details that my idle thought of "I wonder if I could write five things about it" became a list of a dozen within ten minutes.

The basic idea is that you fly around disused spaceships and gradually cut them apart for scrap and salvage, in a full 3D simulation complete with deadly hazards, time and money pressure, and a soothing space banjo soundtrack. It is lovely. And after playing it regularly for over a week, I've found some less obvious reasons why it has made a home in my heart. It's the details, mostly. But what details.

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The joy of stripping armour in Hardspace: Shipbreakerhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-joy-of-stripping-armour-in-hardspace-shipbreakerSin VegaTue, 07 Jul 2020 08:00:42 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-joy-of-stripping-armour-in-hardspace-shipbreakerThe Joy OfBlackbird InteractiveHardspace: ShipbreakerPuzzleFeatureSimulation

VINDICATION. That's what Hardspace: Shipbreaker says to me. I have hinted several times that salvage is grossly under-represented in games. And now here's a game all about it, and it as excellent as I'd hoped.

Despite being an estimate year from release, Hardspace Colon Shipbreaker already gets a lot of things right. But my favourite thing about it is one I didn't even expect to feel so good: peeling the armour off a ship.

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Hardspace: Shipbreaker review (early access)https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/hardspace-shipbreaker-review-early-accessSteve HogartyTue, 23 Jun 2020 16:00:18 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/hardspace-shipbreaker-review-early-accessSteamBlackbird InteractiveFocus Home InteractiveHardspace: ShipbreakerPuzzleReviewsFeaturePremature EvaluationSimulation

Hardspace: Shipbreaker is a game about peeling open spaceships like they’re massive tin cans to reveal the abandoned detritus inside. The belongings of long departed crews hang in the darkness like deep sea fish. Cola bottles and crisp packets wander past your visor, disturbed into aimless tumbles by the change in air pressure when you popped open the airlock like a champagne cork. The only sounds are the distant thunks of the settling hull, your own breathing, and a folksy tune on steel guitar piped into your suit by your employer to improve productivity.

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Hardspace: Shipbreaker is so destructive... but so relaxinghttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/hardspace-shipbreaker-is-so-destructive-but-so-relaxingColm AhernWed, 17 Jun 2020 12:00:51 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/hardspace-shipbreaker-is-so-destructive-but-so-relaxingBlackbird InteractiveFocus Home InteractiveHardspace: ShipbreakerVideoFeatureIndieThe RPS VidbudsSimulation

Without good, honest workers stripping apart old spaceships, the galaxy would be much more crowded. The reason you never see Luke Skywalker run into traffic is because of the hard work done by the great tradesmen of the Milky Way. If you've always been more interested in carefully dismantling spaceships rather than flying them, Hardspace: Shipbreaker is definitely something you should check out.

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Spaceship salvage sim Hardspace: Shipbreaker is now out in early accesshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/spaceship-salvage-sim-hardspace-shipbreaker-is-now-out-in-early-accessAlice O'ConnorTue, 16 Jun 2020 16:31:22 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/spaceship-salvage-sim-hardspace-shipbreaker-is-now-out-in-early-accessearly accessBlackbird InteractiveFocus Home InteractiveHardspace: ShipbreakerSimulation

Of all the reasons not to release a new game during this busy notE3 period, surely the greatest is that I simply do not have time to play Hardspace: Shipbreaker right now. Launched into early access today by Homeworld 3 developers Blackbird Interactive, it's a first-person sim about carefully cutting up spaceships to sell salvage. Blackbird, do you have any idea how many showcase streams I need to watch for work this week? Outrageous. But you, reader dear, maybe you have the time to blast off.

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Hardspace: Shipbreaker breaks down how to break down a spaceshiphttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/hardspace-shipbreaker-trailer-takes-apart-a-spaceshipAlice O'ConnorSat, 13 Jun 2020 00:14:25 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/hardspace-shipbreaker-trailer-takes-apart-a-spaceshipBlackbird InteractiveFocus Home InteractiveHardspace: ShipbreakerE3 2020Simulation

Ahead of its early access launch next week, a new vid for Hardspace: Shipbreaker details the delicate process of cutting up an industrial transport ship for salvage without accidentally blowing it up. Coming from Homeworld 3 and Deserts Of Kharak developers Blackbird Interactive, Shipbreaker is a first-person sim about the fine art of space salvage. Buy old ships, crack 'em open, strip them for parts, and try not to trash your haul. It looks pleasingly methodical.

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Cutting up starships in Hardspace: Shipbreaker sure looks neathttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/cutting-up-starships-in-hardspace-shipbreaker-sure-looks-neatLauren MortonWed, 06 May 2020 19:29:49 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/cutting-up-starships-in-hardspace-shipbreaker-sure-looks-neatFocus Home InteractiveHardspace: ShipbreakerIndieBlackbird Interactive

On the list of mundane tasks done in less mundane settings is Hardspace: Shipbreaker, the deconstruction simulation that turns you into an industrial space worker trying not to get crushed by either flying ship parts or debt. Blackbird Interactive have shared a new video all about chopping up these monstrous ships and heck it looks pretty neat.

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The 20 best space games on PChttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/best-space-games-on-pcKatharine CastleFri, 06 Mar 2020 11:36:08 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/best-space-games-on-pcGearbox SoftwareEverspace 2Sins of a Solar Empire: RebellionMobius DigitalXbox OneKerbal Space ProgramTindalos InteractiveBlackbird InteractiveThird personSquadG1M2PS4THQBattlefleet Gothic: Armada 2Elite DangerousiOSBestest BestsVolition Inc.Science FictionDistant Worlds: UniverseRebel Galaxy OutlawMultiplayer CompetitiveHello GamesMMORPGEgosoftPCMacMultiplayer CooperativeFreespace 2DescentOuter WildsROCKFISH GamesPuzzleIronclad GamesStardockStar Traders: FrontiersPrivate DivisionSpace CombatNintendo SwitchParadox Development StudioShooterInterplayX3: Albion PreludeStrategy: Turn-Based Strategysoftbank505 GamesEVE OnlineCCP GamesElectronic ArtsAction AdventureFocus Home InteractiveDeep SilverFirst personStrategyMass Effect: Legendary EditionStellarisFTL: Faster Than LightNintendo Wii UIndieNo Man's SkyRPGSingle PlayerVirtual RealityRelic EntertainmentSimulationGearbox PublishingHomeworldAndroidHomeworld Remastered CollectionBird view / IsometricBiowareParadox InteractiveFocus EntertainmentNintendo WiiHardspace: ShipbreakerFrontier DevelopmentsBlockbusterBeetlewingStrategy: Real-Time Strategy

Video games are great at transporting us to different worlds, but none capture that feeling quite so perfectly as intergalactic space games - and 2023 looks set to be one of the biggest years for space games yet, with the launch of Starfield, Homeworld 3 and more all on the horizon. But what games have gone before them and staked their claim already on the dusty planet surface known as 'Best Space Games'? We reveal all below, with our carefully curated list of all the best space games you can play on PC right now. Whether you're a budding space cruiser captain, a wannabe space conqueror or an intrepid space-faring explorer, there's a space game for you.

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Homeworld 3 studio are also making a game about breaking spaceships down for scraphttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/homeworld-3-studio-are-also-making-a-game-about-breaking-spaceships-down-for-scrapAlice O'ConnorWed, 19 Feb 2020 15:52:25 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/homeworld-3-studio-are-also-making-a-game-about-breaking-spaceships-down-for-scrapFocus Home InteractiveHardspace: ShipbreakerSimulationBlackbird Interactive

Blackbird Interactive, the makers of Homeworld: Deserts Of Kharak and the upcoming Homeworld 3, today announced another game they have on the go. Hardspace: Shipbreaker is a first-person salvager that will send us into spaceships to carve them up so we can sell the parts for scrap. I thought it sounded like nice, careful, methodical destruction until I saw hazards like fires, engine cores, and our old friend, explosive decompression. Have a look in the announcement trailer below.

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The 15 best PC games to play right nowhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-best-pc-gamesRPSTue, 21 Jan 2020 10:19:19 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-best-pc-gamesElectronic ArtsSide viewElden RingPCAction AdventureFocus Home InteractiveRPGMacMultiplayer CooperativeSingle PlayerXbox OneBandai Namco EntertainmentCard GamesComplex Games Inc.Strange HorticulturePS5TextHorrorXbox Game StudiosPlatformerFirst personFromSoftwareSimulationPlayground GamesRespawn EntertainmentBlackbird InteractiveForza Horizon 5RacingActivision BlizzardPuzzleThird personDevolver DigitalGeography Of RobotsBad VikingApex LegendsBird view / IsometricWarhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - DaemonhuntersHumble GamesPS4Hack & SlashStrategyWolfEye StudiosFocus EntertainmentIceberg InteractiveSaturnaliaCosmo D StudiosHardspace: ShipbreakerFrontier DevelopmentsNintendo SwitchPoint and ClickBlockbusterShooterXbox Series X/SCult of the LambNorcoFrontier FoundryReturn to Monkey IslandBestest BestsLucasfilm GamesStrategy: Turn-Based StrategyHumble BundleMassive MonsterOverwatch 2Weird WestBetrayal At Club LowSlay the SpireNeon WhiteIndieBlizzard EntertainmentRaw FuryMultiplayer Competitive

A few months into 2024 and we've got some stonking new games out already, all the better to add to our list of the best PC games to play right now. The trends right now are towards bombastic action adventures and puzzle games, but as we look to the future of 2024 we can see some roguelikes, deckbuilders and more strategy on the horizon. Still, whatever you're looking forwards to, you'll find something to enjoy on this list of the top of the top, the best of the best PC games out now..

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