Starfield not doing it for you? Need a new space adventure to embark on? You can do it for free with the newly released Hades’ Star: DARK NEBULA on Xbox.
Available to download absolutely free of charge right this minute is Parallel Space’s Hades’ Star: DARK NEBULA. A game that will send you off into the darkest areas of space, as you look to create – and grow – a space empire, if other space-fuelled adventures haven’t been able to cut the mustard, this might.
Build and expand
It’s the Yellow Star system that is your home in Hades’ Star: DARK NEBULA. It’s here where you’ll look to build out your colony, establishing routes of trade, taking down aliens who may frequent your space. That same star system is under your complete control in fact, allowing you to do what you will, pretty much when you will.
Hades’ Star: DARK NEBULA is very much focused on the online multiplayer world too. With the free-to-play goodness it brings, that should feel very much par for the course. Whether you decide to frequent the online space in a cooperative manner, or take to the Team PvP angle, is up to you. Pretty much like everything else in this free space sim.
The various coloured Star Systems each contain the journey you are looking for…
EXPLORE AND COLONIZE YOUR VERY OWN YELLOW STAR SYSTEM
As the most stable star type, the Yellow Star offers a perfect setting to establish your permanent presence and plan your Empire’s long term economy. All new players start in their own Yellow Star system and over time expand to discover and colonize more planets, set mining patterns, establish trade routes and neutralize the mysterious alien ships found throughout the Hades galaxy. As the owner of a Yellow Star system, you have complete control over what other players have access to it. By establishing diplomatic relations, you can allow any other player to send ships to your system, and dictate your own terms for mining, trade or military cooperation.
COOPERATIVE PVE IN RED STARS
Very early in the game, every player will build a Red Star Scanner, a station that allows them to jump ships to detected Red Stars. These stars have a small lifetime and will go supernova after 10 minutes. The goal in the Red Star is to co-operate with any other players that have ships in that star system, defeat the NPC ships, retrieve Artifacts from the Red Star planets, and jump back before the Supernova. Artifacts can be researched in the home star and will yield necessary resources for trade, mining and combat advancements. Higher level Red Stars offer more challenging enemies and better rewards.
TEAM PVP IN WHITE STARS
Players can organize in Corporations. Besides helping each other, Corporations can also scan for White Stars. A White Star sees 20 players from two Corporations battle in the same star system for Relics, a resource that can be retrieved to upgrade the Corporation and give each member additional benefits. Time passes by very slowly in White Stars: every match lasts for 5 days, giving Corporation members time to talk and coordinate their strategy. The Time Machine can be used to plan future moves, communicate them to other Corporation members, and see potential outcomes of future combat.
EXCITING PVP IN BLUE STARS
Blue Stars are short lived combat arenas that only last for a few minutes, during which the entire system is collapsing on itself. Each player can only send a single Battleship to the Blue Star. The 5 participating players combat each other, using their ship’s modules and other NPC ships to destroy the other player Battleships and be the last one alive. Blue Stars offer the fastest PvP action in the game. Regular participants receive daily and monthly rewards to advance their Empire.
Download for free now
With much in terms of promise, the sheer scale of what is on offer in Hades’ Star: DARK NEBULA makes it utterly appealing. When you throw in that free tag, and it gets even more exciting.
We just hope it turns up today on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S with enough clout to allow it to rock and roll. We’ll let you know in full review.
Until that time, the Xbox Store awaits. It’ll give you full access to Hades’ Star: DARK NEBULA for absolutely zero outlay.
Hades’ Star: DARK NEBULA on Xbox Game Description
Create and grow your space Empire, in a persistent galaxy that constantly evolves.
