2026-05-25 20:47 UTC · Community Announcements · [BBI] Steven
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: Shipbr
2026-03-11 21:34 UTC · Community Announcements · [BBI] Steven
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
2025-12-18 19:00 UTC · Community Announcements · [BBI] Steven
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 Shi
2025-08-15 10:25 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun
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 expec
2025-08-15 09:44 UTC · GamingOnLinux
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/
2025-08-14 17:24 UTC · Community Announcements · [BBI] Steven
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 milli
2024-10-23 18:53 UTC · Community Announcements · Hecate
📣 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... {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36862559/08c6b3bfb
2024-08-13 16:35 UTC · Community Announcements · Gevil
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! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36862559/0e05ef22233dac412a889e7608f7c482368d1b3d.png 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
2024-02-15 11:19 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun
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
2023-10-25 14:58 UTC · Community Announcements · Hecate
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! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36862559/aa6d66c4e5759e4a21c36f92b417f9668a945a73.jpg 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
2023-05-24 15:23 UTC · Community Announcements · Hecate
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! ☄️
2022-12-22 22:41 UTC · Gamemag.ru · Дмитрий Чистяков
Британское игровое издание EDGE опубликовало в свежем выпуске журнала итоги 2022 года.
2022-11-22 18:24 UTC · Community Announcements · boriskn
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 yo
2022-11-17 10:01 UTC · Community Announcements · Hecate
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
2022-09-20 16:26 UTC · Community Announcements · mzulftna
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 W
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