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Wube Software LTD, developers of the incredibly addictive Factorio, has allow sideslip some details on the game's upcoming expansion. Initially announced a year ago, the expansion is withal not ready for public consumption, but the developers are willing to break downwards some of import details in a blog mail.

Of interest to all fans will exist the size of the update, which the developers have likened to the entire base game. Aye, the size of Factorio volition double with this new expansion, which is amazing news for the folks out there who accept spent hundreds if not thousands of hours in pursuit of the perfect arrangement. The price has as well been revealed, at $30, the same as the base game.

Factorio has e'er been a strange beast in the video game industry when it comes to price, stalwartly sticking to their asking price and never being discounted or going on sale since the game hit version 1.0. This is commendable in an industry that is racing to undervalue the work put into the development of games.

Co-ordinate to the update, setting expectations for both the size and the price of the expansion volition permit the developers to move forward with a clear idea without delivering too little, or getting bogged down in years of development trying to practise too much.

For people who want to explore the expansion, but also have a deep love of the base of operations game, so the news is skillful, every bit you lot will exist able to turn off all the boosted content for a traditional run-through of the game if y'all wish.