Free Robot Coming to Fractured Space

Fractured Space is getting not just one but two giant updates over the Christmas period, including a number of updates and additional ships being added to the game.

The game’s two new updates, both of which are now live, add a blend of speed and navigation enhancements that subtly increase gameplay speed and pilot control. In addition to specific tweaks, all ships now turn and move more responsively—they are still massive and powerful but it’s as if their engineers gave them a performance makeover for easier flight controls.

In addition, players can now modify individual crew members via implants, thus allowing greater customisation of ship function boosts as soon in this tutorial video. There are new ways to earn Drop Pods that yield new items, including rewards for daily logins and for co-op matches. As a holiday bonus, all players who log in between the 24th of December and the 2nd of January will get Ru-T0lf, a special Christmas robot crew member (see what they did there?).

The update’s new TDS Aegis ship is a heavy defence vessel designed to shield allies while simultaneously posing a significant threat to enemy ships. Its Blink Shift Buoy allows it to jump into attack or to safety, and it can shield itself or allied ships via transference shield technology that converts damage into energy—very necessary considering the ship’s huge energy demands. The Aegis’s Absorb Smart Cannon applies smart targeting to attacks and can leach energy from applied damage, while its unique Particle Accelerator fires an expanding orb of energy that decimates ships in its path for crowd control. The ship’s major weakness is its thin hull as once its shields are penetrated it is highly vulnerable.

Other updates include a host of improvements and a unique chance for an expense-paid trip to Edge Case's studios in Guildford to design the ultimate ship skin while nabbing great hardware prizes from Alienware and Roccat. Complete update details can be found in the Phase 2.0 update patch notes.