- FSH #72 — Steam! Next! Fest! - 18 September 2026
https://secondhalf.games/news/2026-09-18-fsh-72Happy Friday! We've got two big news things for you today. Actually they're kind of the same one big news thing, but I'm going to say that they are two big news things because that sounds better.Also if we don't use up the whole big news thing budget this year, they'll cut it next year.If you've got a big news thing you'd like to share, message me on Discord. I'll put it in Friday @ Second Half. Nobody is gonna stop me.As usual, we're inviting you all to closed alpha playtesting! See our Discord for how to get involved! Last time, six-to-nine (nice) barrels of cowboy hijinks laid waste to our media cycle, but we're back in the saddle now!You've read the title. Today is all about STEAM! NEXT! FEST!This would work better if Friday @ Second Half was a panel show filmed in front of a live studio audience. I'll see what I can do.Steam Next Fest:…
- FSH #71 — Biggest Iron - 11 September 2026
https://secondhalf.games/news/2026-09-11-fsh-71Howdy folks! Happy Friday! Don your boots and ten gallon hats. This planet ain't big enough for the both of us! Yeehaw!Closed alpha playtesting continues, and we'd love to have you join us! See our Discord for how to get involved! Last time, I showed you all OUR NEW STEAM PAGE! Check it out if you haven't seen it already!This week, I'm catching you up on all the content I've not been telling you about because we've been too busy showing off our Steam page.Also we're cowboy themed today. You'll find out why in a couple of seconds.Revolutionary Revolverator Revolves Rapidly. Results? Resoundingly Relentless Retribution!We've wanted a part just like this for a loooong time now. In the past, we'd jury rig something up with a mix of switches and hotkeys to get it to work. It'd be clunky, and a little micro intensive.Lilith has made all of that a…
- FSH #70 — New Page, New You! - 4 September 2026
https://secondhalf.games/news/2026-09-04-fsh-70Happy Friday! We're in the 70s now. Please make appropriate fashion adjustments where necessary.Closed alpha playtesting continues, and we'd love to have you join us! See our Discord for how to get involved! Last time, I gave you all a very important company-mandated safety brief. I hope you all took notes. There WILL be a quiz later. I won't say when. It'll be a surprise.What I've got to share with you today is: OUR NEW STEAM PAGE!We've all been really hard at work on it, and it's a full team effort — everyone at Second Half contributed something to the page!Eat Energy, Spit LasersFirst and foremost — stunning new key art, by our talented Art Director and Concept Artist, Laura!MS80 in essenceExperts say our new key art "looks frickin sick" and "is bomb as hell!"10/10 dentists recommend you show all your friends our new key art. When asked…
- FSH #69 — Workplace Unsafety Brief - 28 August 2026
https://secondhalf.games/news/2026-08-28-fsh-69Happy Friday! We all knew this number was coming, so I need you all to be a good audience and exercise some responsible readership and not giggle too loudly.Closed alpha playtesting continues, and we'd love to have you join us! See our Discord for more! Last time, vandals defaced Florida IX and the player character got some fresh kneepads.This week, I've been instructed to take you all through a workplace-mandated MEANWHILE IN SECTOR 80 Safety Brief Retrospective.In other words: "What not to do if you're a killer robot with lasers for hands".Are you all paying attention?I don't actually care if you are. My contract says I have to run this brief at least once a year. Some of it is pretty rusty, but if you pretend to listen, I'll keep pretending to teach.A History of ViolenceBig tip: it's very important that you take immediate and appropriate…
- FSH #68 — Goldilocks Zone - 21 August 2026
https://secondhalf.games/news/2026-08-21-fsh-68/Happy Friday! The weather cools, the Sun sets earlier and the end of August approaches. As the seasons change, so too does Second Half Games ramp up in the last months before release.Closed alpha playtesting continues, and we'd love to have you join us! See our Discord for more! Last time, we exhibited some shocking behaviour and fundamental changes to core gameplay.This week, we're doing vandalism and self-improvement!Florida IX, the Galaxy's Trash HeapIt's no secret — Florida IX is kind of a disaster, but that doesn't mean its former residents didn't have something to say about it! Our Florida IX billboard has a new look!I said they were vocal — not eloquent!Now With 16x the ArticulationOkay, fine — it's now been three issues in a row where I've shown off progress on the player character. Initially, I thought about maybe not showing it o…
- FSH #67 — Target Audience - 7 August 2026
https://secondhalf.games/news/2026-08-07-fsh-67Happy Friday! Welcome to another ordinary edition of Friday @ Second Half! Yup, just any old edition of our now-weekly-again newsletter! Our closed alpha playtest is still running, and we'd love to have you join us and try out an early demo build! See our Discord for more! Last time, I let you behind the scenes to look at our player character iteration, and teased a new enemy!This week, we're exhibiting some frankly shocking behaviour — and showing off some sweet new robot joints!Danger: High Voltage!An ancient relic of MS80's earliest days — the golden age of Gamescom 2024 — returns, renewed, refreshed and bloody dangerous! That's right, it's everyone's favourite melee-weapon and door-panel-overload tool — The Shock Stick!This week, Jack's been overhauling our lightning damage behaviours and effects. He's also been testing them out on some…
- FSH #66 — Execute Playtest 66 - 31 July 2026
Hi! I'm going to start posting these directly into our Steam blogs now, but if you'd rather read it on our website, I will always include a link here at the top of the page!https://secondhalf.games/news/2026-07-31-fsh-66Happy Friday! We've been BUSY. Playtesting continues and there's a new release for alpha playtesters going out today! There's still time to sign up, so check out our Discord server and say hi! Last time, we announced our first wave of closed alpha playtests and showed off some player builds!This week, we're playing with some new looks — that means models for the player and for enemies!Making a FaceIn MEANWHILE IN SECTOR 80, the player and their enemies are constructed almost entirely out of modular electronic parts. This has always been the foundation of our game design — taking chunks out of an enemy and incorporating them into a very literal player build!But what does…
- FSH #65 — Let Horseplay Commence - 22 May 2026
NEIGH. That's horse for "FRIDAY!" Hoof it on over to Friday @ Second Half #65 — Let Horseplay Commence! Read all about it on our website:https://secondhalf.games/news/2026-05-22-fsh-65/
- FSH #64 — The Darling Buds of May - 8 May 2026
LOOK OUT! IT'S ESCAPED! It's Friday! Inform your local civil defence authorities immediately! It's time for: Friday @ Second Half #64 — The Darling Buds of May! Read all about it on our website:https://secondhalf.games/news/2026-05-08-fsh-64//
- FSH #63 — The Rocky Road to Reason - 24 April 2026
Greetings, heroes! Friday is upon us once more. Summer beckons, and the heat with it, but things are heating up at Second Half too! Observe only from a safe distance, with appropriate eye protection: Friday @ Second Half #63 — The Rocky Road to Reason! Read all about it on our website:https://secondhalf.games/news/2026-04-24-fsh-63/
- FSH #62 — TGIFSH - 10 April 2026
Well met, friends! Undoubtedly, it is Friday again! 8 out of 10 dentists say Friday is the most whimsical day of the week. The other 2 really need a break. Feast your eyes on Friday @ Second Half #62 — TGIFSH! Read all about it on our website:https://secondhalf.games/news/2026-04-10-fsh-62/
- SSH #42 - #58 — Ground Control to Major Tom - 28 February 2026
Howdy, it's been awhile! We're back and ready with Saturday @ Second Half #42 - #58 — Ground Control to Major Tom! Read all about it on our website:https://secondhalf.games/news/2026-02-28-ssh-42/
- SSH #36 — Rigor Vitae - 27 September 2025
What time is it? Saturday, Saturday! Robots have flooded our world! They're new, they're shiny, they're untextured! Also: get a sneak peak at MEANWHILE IN SECTOR 80: The Musical. Two truths and a lie contained within Saturday @ Second Half #36 — Rigor Vitae! Read all about it on our website:https://secondhalf.games/news/2025-09-27-ssh-36
- SSH #35 — Visit Beautiful Florida IX - 20 September 2025
It's Saturday! Come visit the wonderful trashfront vistas of Florida IX! Smell the freshly imported air and NEW! towering condominiums. It's Saturday @ Second Half #35 — Visit Beautiful Florida IX! Read all about it on our website:https://secondhalf.games/news/2025-09-20-ssh-35
- SSH #34 — Active Activatables Actively Activate - 13 September 2025
It's Saturday! We've been hiring, working on environment interactivity, and apparently drawing self-portraits for publication in the game's newsletter. All that and more in this week's Saturday @ Second Half #34 — Active Activatables Actively Activate. Read all about it on our website:https://secondhalf.games/news/2025-09-13-ssh-34
- SSH #33 — A Trip Down Memory Lane - 6 September 2025
It's Saturday! Silksong is out! We're happy about that, but we're even more happy that you're here, reading this post about our game. Our game is great. Maybe even better than Silksong. Anyways! Please enjoy Saturday @ Second Half #33 — A Trip Down Memory Lane. Read all about it on our website:https://secondhalf.games/news/2025-09-06-ssh-33
- SSH #32 — The Anti-Attrition Campaign - 31 August 2025
It's Saturday! Labor Day weekend, no less!... and I have a nasty cold. What a bummer. That didn't stop me from taking the mantle of writing about our game this week. Harry's been taking too many of these from me, but together we've managed this for 32 weeks in a row! Please applaud. Anyways! Please enjoy Saturday @ Second Half #32 — The Anti-Attrition Campaign. Read all about it on our website:https://secondhalf.games/news/2025-08-30-ssh-32
- SSH #31 — Not Wednesday - 23 August 2025
Happy Wednesday! Err... Saturday! It's Saturday! The team apparently experienced multiple Wednesdays this week. I fear the incoming daylight savings vortex might be taking hold of everyone early. Please enjoy Saturday @ Second Half #31 — Not Wednesday. Read all about it on our website:https://secondhalf.games/news/2025-08-23-ssh-31
- SSH #30 — Let Me Paint You A Picture - 18 August 2025
Happy Saturday! Harry wrote us all a wonderful summary on SATURDAY of the warpath we've been on and nobody ever put it onto social media. Whoops! Here's Saturday @ Second Half #30 — Let Me Paint You A Picture Read all about it on our website:https://secondhalf.games/news/2025-08-16-ssh-30
- SSH #29 — Trash Planet, Population: You - 9 August 2025
Happy Saturday! Harry wrote all this stuff on Friday and then got on a train. He tried to yell something out the window at me as the train was leaving the platform, but all I heard was "waaaaAAAAAAAAAAiiiiiiiit" as he went by. It probably wasn't anything important. Anyway, here's Saturday @ Second Half #29 — Trash Planet, Population: You Read all about it on our website:https://secondhalf.games/news/2025-08-08-ssh-29
