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• Cheetshee June 29: Factoratio. Calculating good ratios between different factory types. Thanks to synopia.
• v0.10.2 release June 27: Changelog.
• FFF June 27: FFF #40: new character design.
• Tutorial June 26: Everything on one belt. Highly advanced production. Thanks to Malkasphia.
• Cheetsheet June 26: Calculating throughput. Thanks to SilentSam.
• v0.10.1 release June 20: Changelog.
• FFF June 20: FFF #39: Digging too deep.
• Cheetsheet June 20: Item requirements for belts with modular production. Thanks to MtNak.

Archive

• Cheatsheet June 17: Minimum Automated Logistic T3 Tech. Very helpful! Thanks to Daeron.
• FFF June 13: FFF #38. Update for v0.10.1 next Friday.
• v0.10.0 release June 06: Changelog.
• Docs June 06 The changes to the game-API for v0.10. New modding possibilities. How to make screenshots. Thanks to drs9999.
• FFF June 06: FFF #37.
• Interview June 01: Test&Interview on WOTS.

May 2014

• FFF May 31: FFF #36. why the release was shifted.
• Release May 31: Release delayed to 6th June.
• Tutorial May 28: GIF mini tutorials. Factorio explained in mini-animations. Thanks to user mpstark!
• Release May 26: Release for v0.10 planned for next Friday.
• FFF May 23: FFF #35. Kovarex is keeping the lighthouse.
• Tutorial May 23: Lars plays Factorio. Recommend tutorial for beginners.
• News May 20: Buying Pay-safe card available.
• FFF May 16: FFF #34.
• Cheatsheet May 13: Interactive Tech Tree. Thanks to DaveMcW.
• FFF May 09: FFF #33.
• Chat May 09: Factorio IRC changes from ##factorio to #factorio. Webchat also possible.
• Forum May 09: New forum skin. Please report small issues with the new style.
• Internal May 05: New Factorio Logo in Wiki and Forum. See also FFF#12
• Forum May 02: Team Speak Server is up. Thanks to Lee_Newsom.
• Press May 02: Slovak article about Factorio.
• FFF May 02: FFF #32. The trailer and new logo.
• Press May 02: Article on Rock, Paper, Shotgun.
• Video May 01: The new Factorio trailer!. Awesome!
• Press May 01: Factorio on Redit

April 2014

• Press Apr 29: A German article about Factorio.
• FFF Apr 25: FFF #31. Trailer comes out at 1st of May!
• Cheatsheet Apr 25: A technology tree cheatsheet (and item-cheat-sheet). Thanks to Ehzar.
• Blog Apr 21: Let's try factorio by quill18. Also 10,000 copies of factorio sold.
• FFF Apr 18: FFF #30. V0.9.8 is marked as stable now. (But a v0.9.9 will be still released because of small bugs)
• FFF Apr 11: FFF #29. "So many ideas." About voting game content.
• v0.9.8 release Apr 11: Changelog.
• Mods Apr 07: DyTech v2.
• FFF Apr 04: FFF #28. The pack is back.
• v0.9.7 release Apr 04: Changelog.
• Mods Apr 03: DyTech v1.5.4.
• Interview Apr 01: Interview of Michal Kovařík in CanardPC. Thanks to Rwn.
• Cheatsheet Apr 01: A very nice looking cheatsheet. Thanks to Ehzar.

March 2014

• FFF Mar 29: FFF #27. Going for Steam?!?! Factorio version of 2048
• v0.9.6 release Mar 28: Changelog.
• Roadmap Mar 26: Actualized roadmap. Trailer is coming...
• v0.9.5 release Mar 25: Changelog
• Roadmap Mar 24 Statement about roadmap.
• FFF Mar 21: FFF #26. Different player types.
• v0.9.4 release Mar 21: Changelog
• Roadmap Mar 20: Some definitely planned stuff. Composeable vehicles, valves, fuel stations....
• FFF Mar 14: FFF #25. Own sections for the modders in the forum.
• v0.9.3 release Mar 14: Changelog
• v0.9.2 Mar 10: Loading saves with mods crashes: Any mod that has new GUI elements causes crashing on load with 0.9.2. This bug is acknowledged and will be fixed in 0.9.3
• v0.9.2 Mar 08: Changelog for v0.9.2. Don't forget to remove the hotfix from v0.9.1!
• FFF Mar 08: FFF #24. New inserter design.
• Roadmap Mar 08: Multiplayer: will be developed in a separated branch, so for v0.10 there are only minor changes.
• v0.9.2 Mar 07: Hopefully release of v0.9.2.
• v0.9.2 Mar 06: Announcing longer underground pipes for v0.9.2. See also here.
• v0.9.2 Mar 06: Assemeblies will have a pipe output if needed
• v0.9.2 Mar 06: New chest: active and passive provider chests.
• Roadmap Mar 06: Announcing work for multiplayer for v0.10 and later: "There is big possibility we might have 0.10 without multiplayer with just some tweaks and graphical updates + some small content additions."
• Guide Mar 06: About the usages of weapons. Thanks to Sir Nick.
• Guide Mar 01: Factorio Item Recipes - All recipes in graphical form. Thanks to sparr.

February 2014

• Guide Feb 25: Blue print explained - A "Power base" concept by Lee_newsum. Discuss here.
• v0.9.1 Feb 24: Hotfix-mod for 0.9.1 - see Changelog v0.9.1 for explanations (Update)
• v0.9.1 Feb 21: Changelog v0.9.1
• v0.9.1 Feb 23: Rays step by step guide for a compact factory - how to get from nothing to blue science pack production. Recommended!
• v0.9.0 A first overview is here this nice video' by Malkasphia. Recommend to watch this! Discuss here.
• v0.9.0 Please read the Changelog. Most things are very self-explaining.
• v0.9.0 liquid system is also described at Liquid network/0.9.
• v0.9.0 Forum: Big Z's Guide to Big Oil - nice text