Hardspace: Shipbreaker now has a finished campaign and has left early access Rock Paper Shotgun Support us Join our newsletter Visit our store Sign in / Create account If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Hardspace: Shipbreaker now has a finished campaign and has left early access Shipped News by Graham Smith Contributor Published on May 24, 2022 17 comments Hardspace: Shipbreaker was one of our favourite games from 2020, and after several years in early access it has now reached 1.0. Today saw the release of the spaceship salvage sim's third and final act, along with a full game re-balance and hundreds of bug fixes. Here's the launch trailer: Watch on YouTube It's worth checking out the development team's post on Steam about hitting 1.0. Not only for the patch notes about the new release, but also for discussion (and GIFs) of a couple of early prototypes - including one where you were carving up derelict spaceships as they plummeted towards earth. The final reality of Hardspace: Shipbreaker is considerably more sedate. If you haven't played it: Hardspace casts you as a downtrodden, indebted worker in an orbital salvage yard. Armed with a Dead Space-style laser cutter, you must methodically slice apart empty spaceships and recycle their parts. It's like carving up a chicken, in that you want to make sure you don't waste any of the meat, but you also need to make sure to avoid the chicken's fuel cells lest you cause the chicken to explode. Hardspace is also a good, rare example of a developer hitting upon an exciting bit of wizardry - geometry that can be freely sliced apart - and then building a perfect game around it that doesn't feel at all gimmicky. Steve Hogarty loved it in his early access review, Sin fell hard its Homeworld-lookin' spaceships, and Colm found all its destruction deeply relaxing. If that sounds like your thing, Hardspace: Shipbreaker is currently 25% off on Steam, making it £22.50/€26.24. More News Jack King-Spooner's next handcrafted game has a teaser demo out Judero brings chat and action in the Scottish Borders Alice O'Connor 17 hours ago 1 If you were hoping for any Overwatch 2 balance changes then you'll have to wait until season two The next season begins in December CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 3 The Dead Space remake will chuck random Necromorphs at you as you wander the Ishimura In space, no one can hear you proper bricking it CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 8 Valve register mysterious new Neon Prime trademark in the US It doesn’t seem to be for a particularly colourful Steam Deck CJ Wheeler 20 hours ago 11 Latest Articles What are we all playing this weekend? Well? Alice O'Connor an hour ago 21 Past Wordle answers Here's an archive of previous Wordle words Ollie Toms 2 hours ago 1 Wordle answer today (Saturday 15 October) Hints and the answer to today's Wordle word Rebecca Jones 9 hours ago Overwatch 2 hero tier list Which are the best heroes in Overwatch 2? Ollie Toms 16 hours ago Supporters Only You're probably better than me at One Many Nobody You go on without… uh, you? Sin Vega 17 hours ago Supporter podcast - The Nate Files episode 13: dry bones Bad science is also FUN science! Alice Bell 18 hours ago Japanese dating show Love Wagon has surprising parallels with Yakuza and Persona My new obsession Ed Thorn 2 days ago If you're hankering after Bayonetta 3, Valkyrie Elysium might be a good substitute It's not out on PC until next month, but the console demo has been a surprise charmer Katharine Castle 1 week ago 4 We've been talking, and we think that you should wear clothes Total coincidence, but we sell some clothes Buy RPS stuff here