Following the release of the No Man's Sky

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The updates will take the form of events or missions, with item rewards offered for those who take part in them. As creator Sean Murray described it to IGN, "this is not a loot box thing, it's not a microtransaction thing, it's 100% free". The first weekly update is currently expected to launch a week after NEXT's release on July 24.The emphasis seems to be on getting players to somewhere in the game's galaxy, rather than complete a rote activity, a move Murray says was inspired by the community, which has been organising in-game events and meet-ups itself for some time.Along with weekly updates, a new website, Galactic Atlas, is expected to be launched today. The website will display in-game events on the Galaxy Map, as well as include Portal Glyph addresses that will allow players to visit specific locations without having to warp there manually.Alongside its function for challenges, the Galactic Atlas will allow players to create their own points of interest, pointing their fellow Travellers to their favourite planets, bases, or anything else they might want to show off.Hello Games will recognise the community-created Galactic Hubs - portions of the galaxy systematically explored by large numbers of players - on the Atlas. Leaderboards will also be added for players will the most discoveries in a certain area.Hello is keen to point out that these weekly updates will come on top of, rather than instead of, the major free content updates No Man's Sky has received since release.But before those little weekly updates, there's the matter of a very big one. NEXT, the latest major update to the game, will add four-player multiplayer, extended base-building, a third-person viewpoint, character customisation and much more.

Joe Skrebels is IGN's UK News Editor, and he's hoping that that Atlas can tell him Glyphs to get back to the nightmare-centipede world he won't stop talking about. Follow him on Twitter