- Hardspace: Shipbreaker Anniversary Giveaway! - 25 May 2026
Important Edit: The contest is now officially closed! Thank you to everyone who took the time to share their fond memories with us -- we had an absolute blast reading through all of your responses. We will begin the process of selecting and contacting winners. Once all the prize bundles are accounted for, we will announce the winners! Please note that winners will have 48 hours to respond to our messages and provide a shipping address, so it may take several days before we announce the winners.Thank you! Original post: To our esteemed Shipbreakers,It has been four years since Hardspace: Shipbreaker officially launched out of Early Access. We want to celebrate this momentous occasion by giving back to you, our beloved community!We have a treasure trove of Hardspace goodies that we’ve accumulated over the years – some of it spanning all the way back to our very first PAX booth in 2017! Al…
- Branding update for Hardspace: Shipbreaker - Patch 1.3.0.1263554 - 11 March 2026
Hello Shipbreakers,Last year we announced that we had re-acquired full ownership of the Hardspace: Shipbreaker IP and would be taking over publishing responsibilities from its previous publisher, Focus Entertainment.Today, we have published a very small update (patch 1.3.0.1263554) that contains purely cosmetic changes to reflect this change in publishing and IP ownership.Here is a brief summary of what has changed in patch 1.3.0.1263554Removed and/or modified branding, logos, and legal small print on splash screens when the game first starts.Adjusted data collection notices.Updated developer and publisher credits.Patched the Unity engine version used to create Hardspace: Shipbreaker to address a possible security vulnerability present in older versions of the Unity engine.We also want to take a moment to thank our wonderful community. Since announcing we acquired full ownership of the…
- EVERSPACE 2 x Shipbreaker Steam Bundle, Winter Discounts, and more! - 18 December 2025
To our esteemed Shipbreakers,You have spent countless shifts in the salvage yard, slicing and dicing ships in relentless pursuit of profitability. But, today, we’d like to offer you the opportunity to make wrecks instead of salvaging them! We’ve partnered with our friends at ROCKFISH Games to create the Scrap & Shoot Bundle, featuring Hardspace: Shipbreaker and the incredible, open-world spaceship RPG EVERSPACE 2!The Shoot & Scrap Bundle offers both games at an additional 10% discount. And if you already own one game, its price is automatically deducted from the total. So, for our existing Shipbreakers, consider this an additional 10% off on one of our favorite space games of the past decade.EVERSPACE 2 is a killer blend of explosive action RPG and epic space sim. Pilot a variety of spacecraft, each with their own unique strengths, across a series of gorgeous, hand-crafted star systems.…
- "Multiple" future Hardspace projects are coming, as Hardspace: Shipbreaker devs Blackbird Interactive take full ownership - 15 August 2025
Floating amid the scrap belts of space , some news. Hardspace: Shipbreaker is now owned by developers Blackbird Interactive, with the studio having bought control of the ship-stripping sim from publishers Focus Entertainment. They're not having a rest after cracking open that bubbly either, writing that "multiple Hardspace projects" are in development. Blackbird revealed all of this via a Steam post , writing that they've "reached an agreement with Focus Entertainment, our publishing partner, to reacquire full ownership of the Hardspace: Shipbreaker intellectual property". So, as you might expect, doing plenty of Hardspacey things is going to be a big part of the studio's plans going forwards. Read more
- Blackbird Interactive take back full ownership of Hardspace: Shipbreaker - 15 August 2025
Hardspace: Shipbreaker developer Blackbird Interactive have announced they've broken off from Focus Entertainment. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/blackbird-interactive-take-back-full-ownership-of-hardspace-shipbreaker/
- Blackbird Interactive Acquires Full Ownership of Hardspace: Shipbreaker! - 14 August 2025
To our valued Shipbreakers,We have an important announcement to share with you:LYNX Salvage and Hardspace is now under new management: Blackbird Interactive!That's right! Today, we're revealing that Blackbird Interactive reached an agreement with Focus Entertainment, our publishing partner, to reacquire full ownership of the Hardspace: Shipbreaker intellectual property.This is an exciting moment for us as a studio and the Hardspace community. Since Early Access in 2020, you've helped Hardspace: Shipbreaker grow from a scrappy salvage sim into an award-winning game that has resonated with millions of players around the world.And now we're embarking on a new journey to create new Hardspace experiences. It's a journey we hope you'll take with us.So, what does this mean?Blackbird Interactive fully owns and controls Hardspace: Shipbreaker. And, as our studio begins this exciting new chapter,…
- Discover the Zero Gravity bundle with the amazing game Void Crew! - 23 October 2024
📣 Attention, space adventurers! We're thrilled to announce an exciting new game bundle that brings together Hardspace: Shipbreaker with the amazing game Void Crew! Why settle for one adventure when you can have two? https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/46122/Zero_Gravity_Bundle___Hardspace_Shipbreaker__Void_Crew/ What's Void Crew? 🚀 Void Crew is a chaotic, co-op roguelite game for 1 to 4 players. Rally your crew, power your spaceship, and get ready for epic space battles, facing dangers you and your crew never trained for! Teamwork is key to survival... From asteroid storms and solar flares to your crew’s hilarious screw-ups, things are bound to get wild. And that’s not even mentioning the hostile aliens and desperate human scavengers that will push you all to the edge! Keep your head in the stars with this unique bundle, and have fun! 🌠
- Double vinyls edition is available again! - 13 August 2024
Hello everyone! For those who haven't had the time to get their hands on it, the 🌟 double vinyl edition 🌟 of the game's OST is back on the Focus Entertainment store! What's included in the vinyl: exclusive art from the creative folks at Blackbird Interactive 2 black and yellow vinyls with antistatic inner sleeves, ensuring an optimal protection Hardspace: Shipbreaker's tracks by composers Jono Grant, Traz Damji and Philip J. Bennett, with synth remixes by the game's audio director Ben McCullough Of course, you can also listen to it on YouTube!
- Homeworld 3 studio Blackbird Interactive hit with layoffs - 15 February 2024
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. Read more
- The Hardspace: Shipbreaker double vinyls are back! 🎉 - 25 October 2023
Soooo... we know a LOT of you are fond of Hardspace Shipbreaker’s laid-back Americana music… well same. And we have good news for you! The ✨double vinyl edition✨ of the game's OST is back on the Focus Entertainment store! What's included in the vinyl: exclusive art from the creative folks at Blackbird Interactive 2 black and yellow vinyls with antistatic inner sleeves, ensuring an optimal protection Hardspace: Shipbreaker's tracks by composers Jono Grant, Traz Damji and Philip J. Bennett, with synth remixes by the game's audio director Ben McCullough Of course, you can also listen to it on YouTube 👀 https://youtu.be/JxTyMVPaOXY And if you want to know more about the creative process behind our space-western sounds, check out this video of our audio director describe how he created this unique audio environment for our game! https://youtu.be/RX_56MiOnAk Thank you so much for the overwhe…
- Hardspace: Shipbreaker's one year anniversary video - 24 May 2023
Meet the team behind Hardspace: Shipbreaker for a celebration of the game's one year anniversary! Thanks to our amazing community for supporting us from Day 1 and making this adventure in space possible! It means the galaxy to us! ☄️
- Журнал EDGE присудил The Callisto Protocol 5 баллов из 10 и назвал лучшие игры 2022 года - 22 December 2022
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- Hardspace: Shipbreaker – Most Innovative Gameplay nomination - 22 November 2022
Hardspace: Shipbreaker is an immersive zero-g, spaceship-salvaging workplace simulator, playable through a gripping, story-driven campaign, or while relaxing to the sound of laid-back Americana and synths in free play mode. The Steam Awards are an annual event which celebrates the most appreciated games published on Steam during the year. Players can nominate their favourite game in each category during the Autumn Sale. Hardspace: Shipbreaker blends a one-of-a-kind gameplay with an outstanding zero-g simulation, making it a stellar entry for the Most Innovative Gameplay award! The choice is yours! Nominate Hardspace: Shipbreaker for Most Innovative Gameplay, or in any of the following categories: Most Innovative Gameplay Best Soundtrack Game of the Year Sit Back and Relax
- Patch Notes 1.3.0 - 17 November 2022
In-Game Update We at Lynx are happy to announce the latest iteration of our Everwork Program firmware. This firmware patch makes new spares 0.12% more resistant to excessive caffeine intake, which in our calculations will reduce caffeine related workspace incidents by at least 0.0009%*. Additionally new accessibility options have been included on all Lynx proprietary helmet visors, which will lead to an estimated 0.092% increase in worker efficiency. *To offset the incurred cost of the new firmware upgrade, Lynx is increasing the fee for Caffeine Capsules by a mere 256%, any additional company income relating to this price increase will be invested in further genetic R&D. Patch Notes Changes & Updates A new colour vision deficiency option has been added to the video options menu, this allows anyone that has colour vision deficiency to set the game to their specific colour vision deficie…
- Patch notes 1.2.1 - 20 September 2022
Patch Notes Changes & Updates Added 17 new Achievements/Trophies which can now be unlocked across all platforms Optimization Optimized several object meshes to improve overall game performance Optimized shaders to improve overall game performance Optimized entity archetype usage for improved memory performance UI Optimized several menus and screens to improve their legibility at high resolutions Bug Fixes Typo in death/cloning screen 'Retreiving' Spare Replacement Notice's “Hold A” prompt overlaps text in different languages In the tutorial, the furnace turns on even though it's "broken" for Weaver Repeatedly trimming a large panel at both ends causes the panel to eventually "disappear", with only a glitched texture visible. Quitting to the UI during the first 2 seconds of a shift will cause the next shift to have sound mix differences that are only cleared when you pause the game. Deco…
- 1.1.0 - In-Game Update - 14 June 2022
Lynx Corporation takes the health and safety of our workforce seriously, and to that end we are proud to announce a new Firmware patch for our EverWork Program. We are offering a 0.0025% bonus to any worker who successfully makes it through an entire solar cycle without requiring a single regeneration to celebrate the successful deployment of the aforementioned Firmware Patch. The bonus will be paid out at the successful completion of your contract, although a 0.0032% processing fee may be incurred, entirely at our discretion. Additionally, Lynx is pleased to reveal that the work productivity research team has cleared the release of additional tracks for the Shipbreaker Americana Soundtrack which are now available for purchase at our trusted Lynx partnered vendors. The work productivity research team calculated that listening to these new tracks increases productivity by an impressive 0…
- Hardspace: Shipbreaker - 2 x LP Deluxe Double vinyl are coming! 🎉 - 25 May 2022
Soooo... we heard a LOT of you are fond of Hardspace Shipbreaker’s laid-back Americana music… well same. And we have good news for you! To celebrate the game's PC release, you can now preorder a ✨double vinyl edition✨ of the OST on the Focus Entertainment store! What's included in the vinyl: exclusive art from the creative folks at Blackbird Interactive 2 black and yellow vinyls with antistatic inner sleeves, ensuring an optimal protection Hardspace: Shipbreaker's tracks by composers Jono Grant, Traz Damji and Philip J. Bennett, with synth remixes by the game's audio director Ben McCullough Of course, you can also listen to it on YouTube 👀 https://youtu.be/JxTyMVPaOXY And if you want to know more about the creative process behind our space-western sounds, check out this video of our audio director describe how he created this unique audio environment for our game! https://youtu.be/RX_5…
- 1.0 Full Release - 24 May 2022
Today marks a major milestone in the six-year saga of Hardspace: Shipbreaker: the day the game hits version 1.0 and leaves Early Access. The project that started as a humble little five-day “game jam” here at Blackbird Interactive is finally ready to launch. And this isn’t even its final form, as the next step on the journey is a release on console. https://youtu.be/3uEybPy-ajE Here’s a quick summary of the 1.0 Update (for the full details check out the Patch Notes below): Campaign Act 3 - The conclusion to the game’s storyline. Ship Saving - Save your in-progress salvage for later! Progression Revamp - Completely rebalanced based on the latest feedback and data. Steam Achievements - Go get ‘em! About 200 (!) Bug Fixes, Optimizations and Quality of Life Improvements, including: Fixed gameplay issues with damaged Air Regulators. Fixed some ships being unstable on spawn. Hello (or goodbye…
- Vampire Survivors, Sniper Elite 5 heading to Xbox Game Pass this month - 18 May 2022
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. Read more
- Hardspace: Shipbreaker comes to PC Game Pass next month with v1.0 - 15 April 2022
Hardspace: Shipbreaker is the latest title to join the ever-expanding PC Game Pass lineup, arriving on the subscription service when it leaves Early Access on May 24 . The Version 1.0 release of the sci-fi spaceship scrapping simulator is set to add a final act to the campaign, with a "powerful and satisfying conclusion to the events set in motion over the course of acts one and two." While it may initially seem like a very gameplay-first title, Hardspace: Shipbreaker's narrative of a worker trapped in an exploitative, debt-ridden contract for the Lynx Corporation has a rather dark edge to it . The story sees the monolithic company owning the player character's DNA and charging them for such "luxuries" as equipment rental and respawns (through the use of cloned bodies) while any money earned by the player simply eats away at their initial one billion credit debt. Story aside, the real j…
