No Man's Sky Gets Cosmos Update for 10th Anniversary
This update concentrates on space itself, where Hello Games says most sci-fi games leave an empty void, and it arrives as the game marks ten years since its 2016 release.
Key Facts
- Hello Games released No Man's Sky update 7.0, titled COSMOS, on September 9, 2026.
- No Man's Sky first released in August 2016 for PC and PlayStation 4 and has since received more than 40 free updates.
- The COSMOS update lets players own and decorate space stations, build bases in space, and form alliances with other players.
- A community expedition titled Our Journey Continues will begin soon to look back on the game's past updates.
- No Man's Sky is available on PC, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch 2, and Xbox, with a discount sale running on multiple platforms.
Reporting from 3 sources: Automaton, Denfaminicogamer, Game Spark.
Hello Games released the No Man's Sky update 7.0, titled COSMOS, on September 9, 2026. The update adds new space features: space stations that players can own and decorate inside and out, outposts with new quests, asteroid belts with rare minerals, and space hulks that players can loot by jumping from their ships. Players can now build bases in space, form alliances with other players, and approach the sun. A star map helps players track locations. The update also improves space maneuvering and terrain rendering. A community expedition called Our Journey Continues will begin soon, revisiting the game's over 40 free updates. A discount sale is running on multiple platforms. No Man's Sky launched in August 2016 for PC and PlayStation 4, later reaching Xbox and Nintendo Switch. The game is available on PC, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch 2, and Xbox.
Sean Murray's own post listed the headline features in a single run: owning a space station, alliances, orbital bases, space hulks, a star map, deep-space looting, asteroid belts, infested outposts, the sun, a tractor beam, ice fields, outposts, improved terrain, and shipbreaking. The studio gave one reason for aiming the update at space. Hello Games said that "in most sci-fi games, space is just an empty void," and the update is meant to fill it.
Several systems carry the changes. Alliances let players design flags and create tags, with leaderboards ranked by scale and funding, so groups can compete for the top spot. A Gravitino Coil pulls in and carries targeted objects, which is how rare minerals and crystals come out of the asteroid belts. The Tractor Beam is new equipment for corvette ships, which can be modified with up to about 100 parts. Infested outposts hold valuable resources but can explode if a player gets close. Players can now leave a ship in space with any vessel, not a specific large one.
The terrain renderer was renewed, with better detail, textures, and placement, and some events that were hard to find may now be easier to encounter. Hello Games marked the anniversary with a dev commentary.
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