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10 years after launch, Steam icon Factorio gets its "last major update" as devs reveal plan to "conclude the active gameplay development"

Wube Software will now "shift the focus onto long term support"

GamesRadar · Jun 1

Palworld lead calls Factorio "one of the most influential games" on Steam, and "can't imagine" how different the gaming landscape would be without it

Factorio is ending development of major updates with 2.1

GamesRadar · Jun 1

Factorio's next major update will also be its last, as its developer announces it has 'reached a good place to conclude active gameplay development'

Wube Software will shift focus onto "long term support" after update 2.1.

PC Gamer · May 31

I wrote one-sentence reviews of over 70 Steam demos to help you decide which to try before Next Fest ends

I played way too many Steam Next Fest demos this week. Here's what I thought about almost all of them.

PC Gamer · Mar 1, 2025

I didn't think Factorio needed swarms of robot ants, but the trailer for this upcoming factory sim has convinced me it missed a trick

Build and program a synthetic ant colony in Microtopia.

PC Gamer · Feb 1, 2025

The Factorio 'God Factory' was one of this year's greatest gaming feats: 'Most players will never find themselves hitting the limits of the game. We are.'

"The most difficult obstacle has been not burning out."

PC Gamer · Dec 31, 2024

PC Gamer's highest review scores of 2024

Two games received rare 95% scores, and another came in at 94% in what was a pretty fantastic year for new games.

PC Gamer · Dec 24, 2024

Planetary Annihilation successor has a bumpy landing on Steam, and the backers aren't happy: 'So bare bones that it's basically an asset show without a game'

The 'Factorio meets Total Annihilation' concept has legs, but clearly has a long way to go.

PC Gamer · Dec 13, 2024

Unannounced Ryzen 9 9950X3D dominates Ryzen 7 9800X3D in Factorio benchmark — Ryzen 9000X3D flagship up to 18% faster than current fastest gaming CPU

The 16-core Ryzen 9 9950X3D is much faster than the 8-core 9800X3D according to one benchmark site that has a result for the as-of-yet unannounced chip.

Tom’s Hardware · Nov 7, 2024

Factorio's expansion is setting record high player counts yet again so I'm expecting the world's IT infrastructure to collapse and innovation to stagnate any day now

This has to be a statistically significant portion of the world's engineers, admins, and coders.

PC Gamer · Oct 27, 2024