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After five years in early access, Satisfactory will finally launch into 1.0 later this yearNo more updates or patches before the full release, Coffee Stain say
No more updates or patches before the full release, Coffee Stain say
Image credit:Coffee Stain Studios
Image credit:Coffee Stain Studios
Can you believe it’s been almost half a decade sinceSatisfactoryunleashed itsgloriously pleasing factory-building hijinksinto early access? And that, five years on, it’s still yet to hit 1.0? Well, you best believe it, as devs Coffee Stain Studios have confirmed that Satisfactory will finally reach the end of the early access conveyer belt sometime in 2024.
The Satisfactory Roadmap to 1.0Watch on YouTube
The Satisfactory Roadmap to 1.0
Satisfactory brought itsfirst-person Factorio-a-liketo theEpic Games Storein early 2019, having been in the works since 2016. In the time since, it’s made its way ontoSteamand seen a number of major updates, adding new buildings, game modes and more conveyer belts to string together into very satisfying contraptions to ruthlessly exploit your alien world’s resources. Most recently, the game took the step up to Unreal Engine 5 in November to polish its performance and looks in its final pre-launch Update 8.
Having teased a 1.0 releasefor some time now, Coffee Stain say that a full launch will happen sometime this year. The game’s 1.0 will introduce a brand new story element to itssurvival-crafting gameplay, along with a number of new features yet to be detailed.
“Since we released Update 5 in 2021, we have been focused between delivering game-changing updates while simultaneously working on content towards 1.0,” said Coffee Stain’s Snutt Treptow, adding that there will be “next to no” patches from now until 1.0 to ensure the game becomes feature-complete. “With the final update 8 released, the whole team is now working together to finalise the game, and we can’t wait to share more with our players.”
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Satisfactory has apparently shifted over five and a half million copies during its time in early access, so it’s perhaps no surprise that Coffee Stain promise they won’t be waving it off into the sunset when it hits 1.0 and development is planned to continue on future updates.
