No Man’s Sky: Atlas Rises Update Brings New Story and New Features

Written by Brandon Hofer on August 11, 2017

News: A pretty big update has just been released to celebrate the one year anniversary of No Man’s Sky launch.

A new update is now available for No Man’s Sky and it seems to be a pretty massive update. It is update 1.3 and the biggest update Hello Games has ever released. It brings in a bunch of new content and will be free to all No Man’s Sky players.

This new update is titled No Man’s Sky: Atlas Rises. It features a new storyline where players can discover more about the universe. Some of the main features in this update include the following:

30 hours of branching story and deeper lore

Procedurally generated guild missions

Much deeper interstellar trading

Star Systems have varying wealth, conflict and economies

Overhauled Space combat controls, weapons and AI

Portals stargates enable quick travel

Terrain manipulation for more complex bases

New farming and mining interactions bring increased depth

Increased biome variety and Rare exotic biomes

Analysis visor & discovery improvements

Galaxy map and many other UI improvements

New S Class ship designs

Low altitude flight and the ability to crash your ship

Crashed Freighters to salvage on planets

Joint exploration

This update also marks the first step, according to Sean Murray, into the world of synchronous co-op in No Man’s Sky. What do you think about these changes? Have you stopped playing No Man’s Sky? If so, will this bring you back? If you have never played this game, will this new update convince you to give the game a chance?