Avorion Hits Steam Early Access
Indie studio Boxelware has released their co-op space sandbox title Avorion into Steam Early Access. Fight epic space battles, explore, mine, trade, wage wars and build your own empire to save your galaxy from being torn apart by an unknown enemy. Avorion is a sandbox game that takes the game feel of classics like the X games and Freelancer, throws in co-op multiplayer and lets you build your own space ships. All ships are made of freely scalable blocks and can be procedurally generated, leading to infinite and sometimes hilarious alien ship shapes. Thanks to the block structure, ships break into pieces where they’re hit during space fights. Blow off your enemies’ engines or weapon systems! Avorion focuses on combat, exploration, actually flying your ship and experiencing the galaxy. Ship building is easy and less micro-intensive, so you’re not forced to spend hours just to get a flying ship. Players can pilot every craft they own, including stations and fighters. A few hundred years ago, an unknown cataclysmic event spawned