No Man’s Sky: Forsaken Update Adds Biomechanical Corvettes and Organic Guns

Hello Games released FORSAKEN on October 28, turning No Man's Sky's deep space into a haunted salvage yard just in time for Halloween — Xbox's own announcement calls it "the spooky Halloween update," per Xbox Wire. For a game that launched a decade ago, shipping organic corvettes and larva weapons on a regular schedule has quietly become standard operating procedure.

"We're staying in space but things have got a whole lot…darker!" Hello Games founder Sean Murray said in the announcement, crediting last month's COSMOS update — which reworked deep space and added player-owned space stations — with a major uplift in Xbox and Game Pass players.

The details

• Release date: October 28, 2026 — a free update, the fifth major one after REMNANT, XENO ARENA, THE SWARM, and COSMOS
• Major features: biomechanical corvette modules, forsaken traders, larva cannon multi-tool, seamless star warping
• Base game: currently $23.99 (down from $59.99) on the Xbox Store, also on PC and Game Pass with Play Anywhere

What's hidden in deep space

The expansion centers on vessels of preserved organic matter spawning inside derelict hulks and infested outposts. Salvaging them draws enigmatic forsaken traders, who can be summoned at the edges of deep-space outposts and paid in mementos for biomechanical corvette modules — new cockpits, habs, and structural pieces for assembling custom starships.

Beyond ship-building, FORSAKEN adds courier missions hauling high-value packages across systems, and scavengers can barter preserved grubs for a larva tank helmet or the wriggling larva cannon multi-tool. Quality-of-life work rounds it out: a radial weapon select, a minimal HUD mode for veterans, and the ability to warp straight to any star visible in the sky without menu-diving.

Why it matters

Hello Games keeps every No Man's Sky update free, and that cadence is what keeps a 2016 release active on subscription platforms like Game Pass. Murray says the team is already deep in planning what it can get up to in 2027 — eleven years in, the universe is still expanding.