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FFF Sep 5: FFF #50.
FFF Aug 29: FFF #49. Goodbye holidays.
v0.10.9 release Aug 29: Changelog.
Roadmap Aug 29: Actualized roadmap.
Cheetsheet Aug 28: A tool to help you optimise your production lines.
FFF Aug 22: FFF #48. Effectivity in the long run.
v 0.10.7 release August 15: Changelog. And v 0.10.8 release August 15: Changelog - fixes a bug when saving game under Windows.
FFF Aug 15: FFF #47. CRC fun.
News Aug 14: New filename-rules for mods!
FFF Aug 08: FFF #46. Holidays makes good progress :)

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v 0.10.6 release August 01: Changelog.
FFF Aug 01: FFF #45. New team member.
Review July 30: Nerd³ Apparently In Love with Factorio. See also tweet and video.
v 0.10.5 release June 30: Changelog.
Review July 28: Chris Livingston from Rock, Paper, Shootgun.
FFF July 25: FFF #44. Decision making.
v 0.10.4 release June 25: Changelog.
Forum July 24: The Hydra Dilemma: Coop Factorio playthrough.
FFF July 18: FFF #43. Cucumber time.
FFF July 11: FFF #42. Big brother is watching you.
v0.10.3 release July 11: Changelog.
FFF July 04: FFF #41. Planned release v0.10.3 next week.

Cheatsheet 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 and holidays of the developers.
Tutorial June 26: Everything on one belt. Highly advanced production. Thanks to Malkasphia.
Cheatsheet June 26: Calculating throughput. Thanks to SilentSam.
v0.10.1 release June 20: Changelog.
FFF June 20: FFF #39: Digging too deep.
Cheatsheet June 20: Item requirements for belts with modular production. Thanks to MtNak.
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.

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

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.

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.

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