Edit: A page on NoMansSky.com was up for a few minutes around 8:30EST Thursday night. The page was password protected, but the meta description revealed the following:
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Introducing Update 1.3 Update 1.3, Atlas Rises, brings a brand new and overhauled central storyline, portals, a new procedural mission system, trade improvements, system economies, joint exploration and more. This update marks the one year anniversary of No Man’s Sky, and a lot has changed. Please see Pathfinder and Foundation for previous major updates.
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Edit: Yes, I borked the title ¯
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Edit: The CSS included the following terms:
Galactic Regeneration
Interstellar Trading
Mission Board
Terrain Editing
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Edit: More stuff courtesy of Discord:
- Updated combat
- New exploration mechanics
- Interstellar trading
- New ships
- New story
- New worlds
- Portals
- New/updated Terrain
- Updated user interface
- new/updated "Visor"
- Visual improvements
- "No tint"
- Update to freighters
- Joint exploration
- Missions
- "Galactic Regeneration"
- Expanded/Changed Combat
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