It's been a busy year for No Man's Sky. The space game's had some big updates bringing giant mechs with jetpacks, the weirdest spaceships you'll ever see, and, more recently, cross-play. Now, developer Hello Games has got another content drop in store - one that brings some spooky, ominous environments to explore.
In a press release, the studio announces it's called the No Man's Sky Desolation update, and is inspired by "a different strand of '70s/'80s sci-fi", the kind that explores the "feelings of fear and dread that come from being alone in the depths of space", which until now hasn't really been reflected in the game. The new update brings abandoned freighters you'll get to explore to the action-adventure game's world, which are full of salvage and spooky adventures.
The freighters usher in a new gameplay style as they're procedurally generated inside, packed with crew logs left behind by their previous occupants, and can be tackled solo or with pals to uncover their secrets. They also have some handy salvage and "otherwise unobtainable" items hanging about, which you can use to upgrade your craft.
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