With the top of the yr looming, Hey Video games’ exploratory house sim No Man’s Sky is – in an prevalence that is quickly changing into a little bit of a convention – revisiting all its limited-time Expedition occasions from 2024 over the following ten weeks. Which means you have obtained one other probability to whizz via and earn their numerous rewards when you missed them the primary time round.
And I do imply whizz. Whereas Expeditions ordinarily final round six weeks, No Man’s Sky’s newest Redux occasion is racing via this yr’s choices at a tempo of 1 a fortnight. Moreover, issues are already underway with Omega – which kicked off 2024’s Expeditions again in February – now reside and operating till eleventh December.
Omega (as is the case for all future Expeditions) will be accessed through the terminal in No Man’s Sky’s communal House Anomaly, and – amongst its many rewards – offers gamers the chance to earn the somewhat flashy Starborn starship. Earlier than we cowl the highlights of every Expedition, although, here is the upcoming Redux schedule in full:
Omega: twenty seventh November – eleventh December
Adrift: eleventh December – twenty fifth December
Liquidators: twenty fifth December – eighth January
Aquarius: eighth January – twenty second January
The Cursed: twenty second January – fifth February
Rewards for Adrift, which sees gamers stranded alone in an empty universe, embody a haunted frigate often known as the Ship of the Damned. Liquidators, in the meantime, options natural chitlin armour to earn as gamers embark on a Starship Troopers-style bug hunt throughout the celebrities.
As for Aquarius, it is a pretty leisurely Expedition primarily involved with introducing No Man’s Sky’s new fishing system, and rewards right here embody the Misplaced Angler’s fishing gear and a octopus-inspired bobblhead to your starship’s dashboard. As lastly, there’s The Cursed – a horror-themed Expedition set in a collapsing actuality populated by spectral entities. Rewards listed here are fairly nifty, together with the Cthulhu-esque Horror Exosuit customisation, bioluminescent pets, and the UFO-like Boundary Herald starship.
Hey Video games’ Expedition Redux occasion is now underway on all platforms, and it follows yesterday’s information that No Man’s Sky has lastly – eight years after its rocky launch – managed to hit the “Very Optimistic” critiques threshold on Steam. Reaching the coveted “Overwhelmingly Optimistic” rating can be a little bit of a problem given the way in which Steam rankings are calculated, however who is aware of – Hey Video games has confirmed it nonetheless has “way more in retailer” for No Man’s Sky.