Factorio is leaving early access ahead of schedule as to not launch the same week as Cyberpunk 2077
Cyberpunk 2077's delay has indirectly led to one game doing the opposite, and releasing earlier than intended. With the hype behind CD Projekt Red's title and its launch this September, Factorio, which had already been planned to leave early access in late September as well, has boosted up its version 1.0 release date by a few weeks. The developers felt that it would be best to release prior to Cyberpunk 2077, as they believed launching after would lead to negative effects. Originally, Factorio launched on Steam Early Access back in 2016, and throughout the past four years, has been updated reliably, until November 2019, where the team revealed that they would be completing their game and releasing it fully on September 25th. With this new announcement, Factorio's 1.0 update and release is now scheduled for August 14th.
The sooner the better
The general feeling in the office is that the game is pretty much done, and that we want to get it released as soon as possible. The sooner we get some closure on version 1.0, the sooner we can start thinking about fun and exciting new things.
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