No Man’s Sky announces Expedition Redux, rerunning the year’s expeditions
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Key points
- Expedition Redux takes place from Nov. 7 until Jan. 13.
- Each expedition will be available for two weeks.
- No Man’s Sky saw the highest number of simultaneous players in-game since the game launched nine years ago.
No Man’s Sky achieved the highest number of simultaneous players in-game since the game launched nine years ago, a milestone Hello Games announced in a Steam blog post. Hello Games stated that, following the launch of Beachhead, No Man’s Sky will be celebrating a rerun of the year’s expedition over two-week intervals throughout the holiday season.
Here is a timeline of the events, with brief descriptions taken from the official source:
- Beachhead: Nov. 7 to Nov. 18: “The inhabitants of the Space Anomaly have detected something impossible: a fluctuation in history already written. A new pattern is emerging in the stories of the ancient Gek, Korvax, and Vy’keen. Something is coming: a legendary weapon that always appears whenever it is needed…”
- Titan: Nov. 19 to Dec. 2: “Chart a dazzling array of new stars and new worlds formed in Worlds Part II: gas giants, endless oceans and cloud-skimming mountains. Earn exclusive rewards, including a unique living ship dredged from the inky depths of a water world.”
- Relics: Dec. 3 to Dec. 16: “Sign up with the Galactic Palaeology Society and join the community on a journey to recreate ancient lifeforms, uncover secrets left undisturbed for millennia, and earn a complete living stone appearance override.”
- Corvette: Dec. 17 to Dec. 30: “Your former starship has been damaged beyond repair, and the Sentinel horde is closing in. Assemble your own corvette-class starship, maximise its stats and potential, and take refuge amongst the stars! Earn an array of exclusive rewards, including the one-of-a-kind Mecha Mouse robotic companion.”
- Breach: Dec. 31 to Jan 13: “Traverse a desolate and abandoned universe, confronting both the awe and the horror that lurks in deep space. Follow the tale of the ill-faded Fireship Arcadia, step into zero-gravity, and scavenge modules from its wreckage to enhance your own corvette builds. Complete milestones to earn a set of ancient, powerful Atlas-themed corvette modules.”
The developers stated that they have a lot more content planned and in active development but did not disclose any details. But they did promote their upcoming title, Light No Fire, which can now be wishlisted on Steam.
No Man’s Sky is a science fiction exploration survival game that initially released on Xbox One on Aug. 9, 2016. The game achieved a peak concurrent player count of over 100,000 on Steam during the beginning of September.
The title was later ported for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch.
The original Nintendo Switch version did not support multiplayer and had limited draw distance and frame rate fluctuations. The Switch 2 edition is marketed to be a free, improved version of the game.
