No Man’s Sky: Leviathan Expedition Out Today, Includes Space Whales And Roguelike Time Loop

Developer Hello Games just released the Outlaws update for No Man’s Sky back in April alongside news that its next project won’t be a sequel to the sci-fi title, and now, the studio has revealed that it’s launching another expedition…today!

Dubbed “Leviathan,” this expedition is the result of a community in-joke that No Man’s Sky is missing space whales because space whales is exactly what Leviathan brings to the game. Leviathan is not only a fun adventure, but also offers an unorthodox experience. 

“[Leviathan] is very different to anything we’ve done before,” a press release reads. “It is more roguellike, with players caught in a time-loop. Players start together on an expedition, and each time they die, they lose their progress, but help the community try to break free from this loop together.

“Difficulty has been turned up in a vairety of ways, but every death means a reset of the loop and a new proc-gen loadout. To make it easier to complete the eventual goal of breaking out of the loop with just one life, the community can work together on a persistent, global goal that permanently improves the quality and frequency of upgrade rewards found during each loop.”

The story of Leviathan reveals itself as players work alongside Specialist Polo and the actual Leviathan, “a large and imposing space creature shrouded in myth and mystery.” Those who undertake this expedition can earn rewards like Cloak for WhalestalkerMiniature Organic FrigateFor your base, you can use a Temporal Starship TrailYou can find out more. Hello Games claims that the greatest reward is however the The first living frigate – an imposing tentacled beast – which will be your very own Space Whale to add to your freighter fleet. 

View the complete Leviathan patch notes here.

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