Hello,
A few weeks ago, No Man's Sky officially entered its second decade. If someone had told me back in 2016 that we'd still be releasing updates for this game so many years later, I would have found it hard to believe. While thrilled, I would have been mostly incredulous!
Our small team never ceases to surprise me with their passion and drive. Just when I think they've exhausted all their ideas, they come back excitedly showing me what new features they want to add and how they plan to further refine existing systems.
To celebrate our tenth year, we really wanted to do something special and turn our attention back to an area of the game that has remained largely untouched over the years. The "COSMOS" update brings a sweeping overhaul to deep space itself, and it's available as a free update for all existing No Man's Sky players starting today!
Interplanetary space is clearly an integral part of the No Man's Sky experience. It serves as the conduit connecting planets and space stations, provides the perfect backdrop for pirate encounters or stunning astronomical compositions, and acts as the stage where you summon your Anomaly or fleet. Beyond a few mineable asteroids, the deep, dark void offers a stark contrast to the lush life and color found on solid ground.
But we wanted to make better use of this deep space, giving Travelers more incentive to leave the atmosphere of nearby planets more frequently and with greater purpose. The "COSMOS" update transforms this dark void into an attractive and vibrant new playground.
When you warp into a new star system, a quick scan of the fresh star map will reveal a whole new set of deep-space points of interest, each unlocking new paths for exploration.
The massive wreckage of "Abandoned Freighters" offers scavengers with dreams of spacewalking the opportunity to explore, investigate, and mine valuable technology and resources within.
Newly appearing Deep Space Outposts give you the chance to take on exclusive missions from their inhabitants. Some outpost facilities have been consumed by deep-space sludge and other biological horrors.
Asteroid fields made of rock and ice now contain abundant high-value crystal resources, and there are rumors that some asteroids are large enough not only to land on but also to build deep-space bases upon!
But why limit yourself to asteroid bases? Now you can build free-floating modular bases anywhere in space, with a depth and freedom of construction that rivals anything achievable on planetary surfaces.
Alternatively, you can claim a space station in the system as your own, customizing and personalizing its interior and exterior however you wish.
Perhaps that base will then become the starting point for founding your own "Alliance," where you can invite fellow Travelers to join. As Alliance members, you can work together to build a network empire of interconnected space stations and compete for top spots on leaderboards such as Largest Alliance and Star System Discovery Count.
Travelers have even been spotted flying directly toward the stars of the systems they visit—no one knows for sure what their ultimate goal is, but embarking on such a feat promises incredibly rich rewards!
In every previous update, we loved challenging Travelers with themed expeditions centered around new content, guiding them through these novel scenarios. But for our tenth anniversary, we tried something a little different.
Each milestone in the Anniversary Expedition corresponds to one of the 40+ updates we've released over the past decade. The gameplay at each milestone recreates certain features introduced in that update, interspersed with fun journal entries about how that update came to be back in the day. It's like a journey through time.
"COSMOS" is more than just an anniversary update. It's a statement from a team that remains fully committed—we will continue to bring passionate and imaginative new content to the best community in gaming.
From start to finish, our game, our updates, and every single one of our patch notes have been love letters written to you.
Our journey continues.
Sean