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Hello Everyone!

It’s already been a very busy month for us! Today we are releasing a new update for No Man’s Sky, which includes a new Community Research mission, more customisable flora for your base, a terrarium, a striking new Gek-inspired helmet, and a number of minor gameplay fixes and improvements. More on that below.

You may also have heard that last week we announced The Last Campfire – an adventure about a search for meaning and a way home, developed by a tiny subset of our small team. We’re yet to announce platforms, but the game is available to wishlist on Steam now.

Community Research Update

Earlier this month, many thousands of Specialist Polo’s friends worked together, across multiple realities, to contribute floral discoveries to a mass data pool. Biological information about alien plants was funneled into the Space Anomaly, and ultimately into the Quicksilver Synthesis Bot, where the data was

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Mark Gabby-Li has a great physical Banshee model to share today. It might look like it came out of a bespoke kit, but this is actually made just from Snapships parts! Last year we highlighted how these new space toys could be tweaked to build some more familiar designs, and it's wonderful to see fans taking up the challenge. And that papercraft Banshee on the side is pretty slick too!

My first attempt at a remix of a spaceship from (relatively) popular culture: Wing Commander IV's Banshee!

You know, making fan models of spaceships with Lego or Snapships feels a little like a sort of poetry.You are trying to capture the essence, as the pieces you have limit your ability to perfectly replicate it.

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This report presents the latest data on starports experiencing technical issues as a result of Thargoid Sensor related interference.

The following starports are currently closed:

Altshuller Port, Monoto

Antonelli Station, HR 1201

Asire Arena, Dakondunii

Boe Orbital, Abast Samo

Corte-Real Terminal, 19 Phi-2 Ceti

Hansen Station, HIP 95256

Harvey Ring, Gl 606.1 B

McDivitt Port, Wolf 1022

Reed Dock, Monoto

Solovyev Colony, Carcinus

Talos 1, Peregrina

Talos 2, Peregrina

Thomas' Claim, Telin

Wye-Delta Station, Carcinus

Meanwhile, the following starports are on the brink of closure:

Bokeili Ring, HIP 33368

Farmer Laboratory, Ling Deti

Ford Hub, Khaka

Hutton Dock, Khaka

Kanwar Orbital, Tz'utuls

Kremmen's Respite, Kioti 368

Rand Dock, HIP 33368

Rigaux Survey, HIP 22229

Tanner City, V886 Centauri

Walker Port, HIP 14886

Wegner Market, Rind

Wollheim Vision, Fuelum

Young Station, Ling Deti

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Writer’s Note: Part two of The Cup was published originally in Jump Point 1.9. You can read Part one here.

At the end of the first stage in the Murray Cup race through the Ellis system, Ykonde Remisk edged out Hypatia Darring with a boost flare that, while technically legal, was definitely dangerous. Both of these two Human racers finished ahead of their main competition, the veteran Tevarin Zogat Guul and the wily Xi’an Nyanāl Mo‘tak Xu.oa. Darring reacts to Remisk’s maneuver …

Darring jumped out of her racer, sped across the carrier bay floor, found Remisk in the middle of a media gang, and drove her fist toward his cheery face.

He ducked just in time.

One of Remisk’s crew grabbed Darring and held her back as she hurled accusations. “You son of a bitch! You could have killed me!”

Remisk recovered from the attempted assault and played it cool in front of the crowd, adjusting his collar and giving a

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The year is quickly drawing to a close, so Wingnuts once again have a chance to pick their top fan projects and/or websites of the year. Before the voting gets going later on, everyone has a chance to nominate some of the undertakings that they think should be recognized. Send your recommendations to

news@wcnews.com

and let us know! Here's a rundown of the past winners to jog your memory.

2017	Secret Ops Model Upgrade Pack	Homeworld Remastered / Flat Universe
2016	Flat Universe	Homeworld Remastered / Secret Ops MUP / Enhanced Soundtracks
2015	Homeworld Remastered Mod	Flat Universe / Secret Ops MUP / Klavs' Model Archive
2014	Flat Universe	Klavs' Models / Prophecy Fan Movie
2013	Collected Works of HCl / Klavs' Models	Defiant Few
2012	WC Saga	Klavs' Models
2011	OpenGL Patch for WCP & Secret Ops	TacOps Online & Standoff
2010	Astro Commander's Mini Models	DirectDrawHack

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Illuminate the Day

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Cheers!

Luck is in the air all around the ‘verse and, as you gather your closest cohorts for copious merriment, we tip our caps to you and your accomplishments.


Here’s to you and new discoveries. Here’s to fate ever smiling upon you. And here’s to the opportunity to commemorate the occasion with friends, frivolity, and frothy beverages.


Get in the spirit with limited edition commemorative green and gold vehicles, and show us how you celebrate in a revelrous contest.

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Don’t say the party’s over

Raise a glass to another year of revelry, success, and prosperity… just don’t forget to invite us! Throughout the weekend, we want you to share your most outrageous in-game party pics. And the inevitable FOMO of your fellow citizens (assuming they aren’t at your function) is the tip of the iceberg.


That’s right, the most provocative party purveyors

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The Mass Effect series is coming to modern-gen hardware with the release of Mass Effect Legendary Edition, with the re-release featuring stunning visual overhauls and enhancements to the epic adventures of Commander Shepard. The series’ original trilogy-ender Mass Effect 3 notably brought the RPG action to the realm of multiplayer, allowing players to take the fight to the Reapers as any one of the series’ many alien races. Unfortunately, it appears the fan-favorite mode did not make the cut for the anticipated remaster.

Speaking in an interview with Game Informer, project director Mac Walters revealed why the online aspect of the series won’t see a return for Mass Effect Legendary Edition. According to the dev, the decision ultimately boiled down to the amount of work required to recreate and implement such a significant feature. with developer BioWare instead expressing its aims to keep the

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Here are this week's major stories.

Simguru Pranav Antal, leader of Utopia, has addressed the possibility that humanity may lose the conflict against the Thargoids. In a public statement, he suggested that the Sim-Archive – a digital repository of human memories – could be the key to humanity's survival, should the Thargoids overwhelm the human race.

Meanwhile, the murder of Imperial Senator Nestor Cartesius has led to widespread public speculation. One commentator speculated that the killer was "motivated by the discovery of John Jameson's ship, and the logs that prove he was manipulated and sacrificed by the INRA". A member of the Imperial Internal Security Service confirmed that the organisation was pursuing forensic leads from the crime scene.

In other news, the Vadimo Patrons of Law have announced plans to host an elaborate soirée in the Vadimo system. A spokesperson for the organisation

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A lot of man-hours are currently invested into BioWare’s newest and biggest project to date, Anthem. Not only is the team the largest they’ve ever had, the developers are laser focused on bringing the best experience for fans of the studio and of the science-fiction genre. Despite the fact that the game won’t launch until February of next year, the community is eager to find out what the studio has in store next. Could it be perhaps Star Wars? Maybe not.

According to a sit-down with Game Informer, BioWare general manager Casey Hudson let fans in on their ambitions after Anthem. Unfortunately for the Star Wars devotees out there, that franchise will be left on the back burner for a while; that is until they have Mass Effect and Dragon Age underway. Here’s a snippet of what Hudson said:

So, one challenge is to make a really great game on this scale really, at this point, takes the majority of the studio

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Lighting habs, a first look at ArcCorp’s moons, lockers, ships, and Con42 in this week’s update.

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Fabien Sanglard has posted a great podcast interview with former Origin programmer Frank Savage. The main purpose of the conversation was to learn more about Strike Commander, but there's also wonderful information about Origin as a company, the technology of Wing Commander 3 and Mr. Savage's later work on Xbox. The whole recording close in at more than 70 minutes, but there's also a transcript you can skim to get the gist of it. Check it out here!

Frank Savage: So at that time I was a hobbyist game developer. I taught myself C and C++. My education was in Electrical Engineering. So I knew the mathematics behind 3D stuff, but I had never applied it. I never tried to do anything with it except for a couple of courses in college. I was a huge fan of the Wing Commander series. I had Wing Commander license plates on my car in Illinois where I was living in Chicago at the time. I would go to GenCon every

On steam are now ongoing nice discounts: Elite: Dangerous - 5 EUR, Elite Dangerous: Odyssey - 24,5 EUR.

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During the upcoming 2018 Winter Event, players participating in the festivities available at Q’s Winter Wonderland can earn Winter Prize Vouchers (2018) by running the “Fastest Game on Ice” once per day. Earning a total of 1000 vouchers will allow players to complete an Event Reputation project that rewards a Fek'Ihri S'torr Warship [T6]! Once this starship is obtained by any character on your account, all of the characters on your account will be able to claim the Fek'Ihri S'torr Warship [T6] from the Account Claim tab within the Event Store (in the Event Reputation window). We are also excited to announce that this starship will be the available on PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 on the same date! Fek'Ihri S'torr Warship [T6] The Fek'Ihri S’torr Warship is a fearsome Fek'Ihri design, with highly specialized technology onboard that shows why the Fek’Ihri have been haunting the

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Hello!

2019 was an important year for No Man’s Sky. It was the year we brought the entire game into VR and much expanded multiplayer in the free BEYOND update. Everyone who owned the game was overnight able to play the entire game in virtual reality and it has been extremely cool to see VR and non-VR players joining up in the Nexus to explore, embark on missions and build bases together.

We followed Beyond with two more content updates last year, SYNTHESIS and BYTEBEAT, and we are starting 2020 as we mean to go on with another free release – the LIVING SHIP update releasing today.

The Living Ship update introduces the first new starship since ATLAS RISES. But this is more than just a ship – these are strange and beautiful creatures with lives of their own. A new series of missions will take players through the ancient Korvax experiments that led to the birth of these interstellar beings. Players who wish to incubate,

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Victory is Life is now live on PC, and we’re so excited that you all can join us in the Gamma Quadrant. We hope you have fun with your new Jem’Hadar Gamma Recruit, and show the Hur’q what the Dominion and the Alliance are made of! As a measure of improving moral in the battle against the Hur’q, we’re providing you with a Victory is Life Wallpaper for your desktop to spread the spirit and immerse yourselves even further in the world of Star Trek Online: Victory is Life! You can find the wallpapers here .share-footer a { margin: 20px 10px 10px 0; background: url(d7afaaa14e96d0d973f76157ae31ec5b1466398539.png) no-repeat 0 0; opacity: .5; display: inline-block; height: 60px; width: 60px; padding: 0; border: 1px solid transparent; -webkit-transition: opacity .3s; transition: opacity .3s; } .share-footer .TI { background-position: 0 20%; } .share-footer .YT {

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New Featured Episode: Home The new Featured Episode “Home” has been added to the Featured Episode tab in the journal. Travel to the Founder Home World to stop the attack from the Hur’q! This episode is available for level 10 Captains and above. For more information, please visit the “Home” blog at: It's Time to Go Home | Star Trek Online General: Cardassian Captains now have access to the classic Cardassian Uniform in the tailor. Resolved an issue that was preventing Romulan Captains from buying some Fleet ships. Jem’Hadar Captains can now alter the registry information for allied ships they fly. Updated the Razor Chroma Keyboard colors for Jem’Hadar captains. Resolved a number of issues where the episode journal tabs would not visibly update correctly for Jem’Hadar captains. Adding in some spots of missing VO throughout the new Victory is Life content. Resolved an issue

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A malfunctioning mining robot has run amok through a settlement on Homeland in the Beta Hydri system.

The robot in question was a MacArthur Mining Ltd DG090 model, designed to extract and process minerals from asteroids. It was one of ten brand-new robots being loaded onto an orbital cargo shuttle.

Video feeds show the huge machine self-activating and breaking out of its container. It used its mining lasers, fusion drills and excavator claws to carve a path across the landing field. The robot then burrowed into the ground and disappeared.

Security Chief Sara Kulkarni gave the following statement to the media:

"Sensor drones are performing subterranean scans, but have not yet located the robot. We have therefore declared a regional state of emergency. Should the machine accidentally rupture a water main or pierce an underground power line, the potential for significant damage – even loss of

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Every week, designers, engineers and other developers from our five offices around the world answer backer questions submitted on SPECTRUM and voted on by YOU.

You can submit your questions for consideration in future episodes of Calling All Devs here.

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A link has been established between the mercenary group recently intercepted in the Meene system and the Sirius Corporation.

Security Chief Harper Vargas of the Meene Defence Force said:

"With the vital assistance of the galactic community, we were able to apprehend several of the mercenaries. Interrogations revealed that a number of them were in fact junior officers in Sirius Corp's private fleet."

"Other mercenaries confirmed that the attack was funded and organised by these individuals, which raises the question of why Sirius should be involved with this criminal enterprise."

The engineer Ram Tah, who operates from Phoenix Base in the Meene system, commented:

"Did Sirius really think it could obtain my research by force? Or was this an attempt to scare me into accepting Li Yong-Rui's offer?"

A spokesperson for the Sirius Corporation refuted any allegations of criminal activity, and insisted

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Even all these years later, one of BioWare‘s most beloved RPG series continues to be Mass Effect, the sci-fi exploration series filled to the brim with engaging story and wonderfully relatable characters. Though the series’ most recent entry is widely-regarded as a misstep, fans’ hopes continue to hold the line for an eventual follow-up from BioWare sometime in the future.

It appears that fans may actually get their wish according to a new piece of speculation. “Skullzi TV” over on YouTube has put forth a pretty intriguing video suggesting Electronic Arts has big plans for Mass Effect, specifically that original trilogy protagonist Commander Shepard may be coming back for another space-faring adventure.

Seen above, the main source of the video is a newly-discovered trademark issued by EA, an unannounced project called “Project Apex.” It’s argued that the significance of the word “Apex” in Mass