Hiya! Final 12 months was a busy one for the small workforce at Hiya Video games, with a lot of No Man’s Sky updates and the announce of Gentle No Fireplace.
We have now huge plans for 2024, and we’re beginning the 12 months off with a really totally different form of replace. We’re calling it Omega, and for the primary time No Man’s Sky might be obtainable to play for free!
For the primary time, we’re inviting each PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PlayStation VR and VR2 proprietor into our universe to play the newest No Man’s Sky expedition, even when they don’t personal the complete recreation, no buy mandatory. There aren’t any microtransactions, no free-to-play mechanics, simply an enormous universe to discover for free with your folks.
Expeditions in No Man’s Sky have turn into some of the widespread methods to play the sport. They create all gamers collectively to the identical planet for an interstellar, shared expertise. This weekend we’re permitting everybody, whether or not you personal the sport or not, to be a part of the Omega Expedition.
This represents a second for new gamers to attempt No Man’s Sky, and current gamers to welcome them into the group.
The Omega replace additionally brings a whole overhaul of expeditions, new on-planet missions, a new pirate dreadnought to personal, and far more.
Till now expeditions have been their very own recreation mode, however we needed to absolutely combine them into our fundamental recreation. Now, our new expedition system permits travellers to be a part of expeditions with bespoke provisions, convey alongside their favorite starships or customized multi-tools and return to their fundamental save with loot and thrilling rewards.
We have now revisited the Atlas Path, permitting gamers to commune with the Atlas and honor it with a new Atlas workers, jetpack and helmet.
On planets now we have launched an enormous array of procedurally generated quests. Speaking to alien lifeforms ends in quests particular to an alien lifeforms locale, local weather and character.
For the primary time, tackle the universe with a fleet of frigates led by a dreadnought capital ship. If gamers can defeat pirate freighters in fight, travellers can board the dreadnought to demand management.
On the core of this replace is the Omega Expedition, which has been constructed from the bottom up as a radical introduction for new gamers, however with a number of the greatest rewards in any expedition to date, together with a beautiful new starship to discover the universe with.
Within the virtually eight years since launch, by means of over 25 free updates, the No Man’s Sky universe has turn into at occasions overwhelming in breadth and depth. By a collection of fast missions and milestones, the Omega expeditions will information you thru the basics of base-building, buying and selling, area fight, lore and far, far more. Any progress you make might be retained in case you select to buy the sport and proceed your journey.
The Omega Expedition runs for 2 weeks from Thursday February 15 and is free to play for the primary weekend till Monday February 19.
Whether or not you’ve been on the journey with us for some time, otherwise you’re a lapsed participant wanting for a approach again in, or a newcomer who’s all the time needed to take a peek at what No Man’s Sky has to supply, everyone seems to be welcome and there’s by no means been a greater time to take part.
Our journey continues.