The surprise update dropped late yesterday and should make playing with friends even more enjoyable.

Video games are a timesink, lengthy campaigns that last far beyond launch week. In an age where many a developer wants a single game to provide months if not years of live service content that continues to bring in revenue, only a few games really prove to be worth the time and investment that the crowded genre demands.

Although whether that “like No Man’s Sky” is referring to the game’s scale or the actual gameplay has yet to be seen.

Maybe it’s more Alien than Dead Space but given that we’re probably never going to see Isaac Clarke again, this certainly scratches that itch.

First-person combat will also be added to the space-trader simulation, as well as social hubs that will allow players to hang out in person.

No Man’s Sky is the redemption story of the modern gaming era, a fascinating plunge into the cosmos and just a great game to play. Looks like the cosmos is about to get a whole lot busier with an influx of space explorers come June.

Ever since No Man’s Sky rewrote its own rulebook, Hello Games have been steadily pumping out free content that have fleshed the universe out brilliantly. Sometimes literally! A recent update saw the emergence of bio-organic spaceships to grow and pilot, you can now build giant mechs to do stuff with and there’s still more to come. Over the course of several expansions since 2016, No Man’s Sky has added significantly chunky expansions to its world, but 2020 will see more “ambitious” growth unveiled.

A new series of missions, Starbirth, will take players through the ancient Korvax experiments that led to the birth of these sentient starships. Players who wish to incubate, grow and ultimately fly their own living ship should visit the Space Anomaly and follow the call of the Void Egg…