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Wube Software LTD, developers of the incredibly addictive Factorio, has let slip some details on the game's upcoming expansion. Initially announced a year ago, the expansion is nonetheless non ready for public consumption, merely the developers are willing to break down some important details in a blog post.

Of interest to all fans volition be the size of the update, which the developers take likened to the unabridged base game. Yes, the size of Factorio will double with this new expansion, which is astonishing news for the folks out there who accept spent hundreds if non thousands of hours in pursuit of the perfect organization. The cost has as well been revealed, at $xxx, the same every bit the base game.

Factorio has ever been a strange beast in the video game industry when information technology comes to price, stalwartly sticking to their asking cost and never beingness discounted or going on sale since the game striking version 1.0. This is commendable in an industry that is racing to undervalue the work put into the evolution of games.

According to the update, setting expectations for both the size and the cost of the expansion will let the developers to move forward with a clear idea without delivering too trivial, or getting bogged down in years of development trying to exercise too much.

For people who want to explore the expansion, but also take a deep love of the base game, then the news is good, equally y'all volition be able to turn off all the additional content for a traditional run-through of the game if you lot wish.