No Man’s Sky’s Omega update is designed to entice new and old players

The newest No one’s heaven update is called Omega, and it’s designed to bring lapsed players back into the game. Omega is accompanied by a free weekend, which runs from February 15 to February 19.

The first major feature of Omega is an Omega Expedition. Originally, Expeditions were a parallel mode to the main game, where players were tasked with completing certain challenges during a time-limited season. Expeditions are now integrated into the main game, allowing a player to join an expedition with all their best loot and return to the main game with all the goodies they earn.

The Omega update also brings additions to older content. There are new missions on the planet that are “specific to the location, climate, and personality of an alien life form,” new content added to Atlas’ main story, and a new pirate to face and ultimately possess.

After almost eight years and more than 25 updates, it’s exciting to see No one’s heaven still come with free patches – and they’re designed to entice new players. As someone who fell out of the game, I’m intrigued to check out some of those new ships and maybe check out the expedition to one of those fancy new starships.