No Man's Sky Goes Free to Play This Weekend to Celebrate Omega Expedition Launch
ign.comNo Man's Sky is going free to play this coming weekend to celebrate the launch of the Omega Expedition, which comes in an update alongside myriad other changes today, February 15.
The Omega Expedition is free from February 15 at 6am Pacific / 9am Eastern / 2pm UK on February 15 until 10am Pacific / 1pm Eastern / 6pm UK on February 19, with Hello Games promising "no microtransactions, no free-to-play mechanics, just a huge universe to explore for free with your friends."
Expeditions, which are timed events that set players on a specific path and mission, have also been revamped into the main game instead of only being available through a different mode.
The Omega Expedition was built as a perfect introduction for new players, Hello Games said, but still comes with "the best rewards in any expedition to date", such as a new starship. This expedition will be available for four weeks in total, though No Man's Sky can only be downloaded for free during the first weekend.
"In the almost eight years since launch, through over 25 free updates, the No Man’s Sky universe has become at times overwhelming in breadth and depth," Hello Games said. "Through a series of quick missions and milestones, the Omega expeditions will guide you through the fundamentals of base-building, trading, space combat, lore and much, much more. Any progress you make will be retained in case you choose to purchase the game and continue your journey."
Hello Games has also revamped the Atlas Path quest line with the Omega Update, letting players commune with the Atlas and "honour it with a new Atlas staff, jetpack, and helmet". A "huge array" of procedurally generated quests have also been added to planets. The full patch notes can be seen below.
The other updates mentioned by Hello Games have included the robot uprising-themed Singularity update, the race-creating Echoes update, and the corrupted world-creating Interceptor update.
The developer has released several updates for No Man's Sky already, with
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