Hardspace: Shipbreaker had a pretty tongue-in-cheek early access reveal trailer expounding the career of a cutter (read: shipbreaker) in the age of space industrialization. Having been on Steam’s Early Access since June, fans of the game have more “adventures” to look forward to in the new “The Haunted Frontier” major update for the game.
With their newest update to the game, Blackbird Interactive will continue their streak of ambitious additions, featuring the Ghost Ships with new mysteries and perilous dangers, stickers to collect, bug fixes, and quality of life upgrades.
Ghost Ships are eerie, evacuated, and empty ships that have been mysteriously drifting through space. Any ship previously released in Hardspace: Shipbreaker can be a Ghost Ship, bringing a new layer of diversity among the wrecked vessels players can salvage.
Located within these wreckages are AI Nodes, which must be found and destroyed before the objects they are attached to are placed into a processor or barge. As players dispose of the nodes, the ship’s condition will worsen: lights will malfunction, the air can be sucked out of a room, or the worst part, spooky music begins to play!
Players can now display hard-earned achievements on their cutting tool with stickers! Completing certain tasks and reaching lifetime goals will unlock these new badges of honor that you can carry with you on your salvage trips.
Hardspace: Shipbreaker is available now on Steam Early Access. Celebrating the release of The Haunted Frontier major update, the game is currently 25% off on Steam until November 2nd.
