No Man's Sky gets a Death Star-style superlaser that can destroy space station-sized objects

No Man's Sky has added a superlaser capable of destroying space station-sized objects — Hello Games' own spin on the Death Star, built right into the game's universe.

The source article is paywalled and the full details weren't accessible, so specific patch version numbers, weapon names, unlock conditions, and any developer quotes aren't available here. What the headline confirms is that the laser is large enough to target and destroy objects on the scale of space stations, which is a significant escalation in the game's destructive toolkit.

No Man's Sky has been in continuous free update mode since its rocky 2016 launch, with Hello Games steadily expanding the game through major named updates covering everything from base building and multiplayer to full-blown space fleet combat. A superlaser of this scale fits the studio's pattern of adding increasingly cinematic, large-scale features — the game already supports capital ship combat and planetary base construction, so a planet-cracking or station-destroying beam weapon is a natural next step in that escalation.

Full mechanical details — how players build or access the weapon, whether it's tied to a specific update or expedition, and what exactly counts as a valid target — would need the complete article to confirm.