This past week brought an unexpected surprise: the team quietly launched the z.ink A.LPHA Test Airdrop Season. This was clearly the highlight of the past week, and nearly 2,000 accounts have already been registered! Beyond that campaign, the team gave us a rough development roadmap for the rest of the year, and the DAO Council elections for the third term have begun.
Last week’s Atlas Brew featured a special conversation with Jacob Floyd, Star Atlas Co-founder and CTO, who discussed the evolution of StarComm and what’s ahead with C4 and z.ink. Meanwhile, the team has been busy on multiple fronts, from attending the Plan B Conference in Lugano to preparing the next UE5 patch and the upcoming z.ink airdrop campaign. Overall, it’s been a relatively quiet week, so we’ll keep this one short!
This week in Star Atlas brings several smaller updates across the ecosystem. The Community Team clarified the mechanics of the Iris Quest daily check-ins, and shared that Holosim bugs got fixed, and the reward distribution is getting close! From the DAO’s side, PIP-20 and PIP-21 have both passed, establishing the DAO Casters Program and the Rogue Data Hub. The latest Lore Keepers session offered new insights into the Photoli and Tufa, and shared an early glimpse of the forthcoming Galia SP Questline.
It had been a relatively quiet week in Star Atlas, but the team did unveil a surprising new initiative, Iris’ Blessing. This six-month campaign introduces Double XP weekends and monthly raffles worth $5,000. Meanwhile, DAO voting for PIP 20 & 21 is open for a few more days, fresh INK rewards have been distributed, and preparations are underway for a community meetup in Bangkok during Gamescom Asia!
This past week, the Econ Team released their latest quarterly report and hosted a forum to discuss it, along with Holosim Chapter 1 and the newest SAGE changes. The Community Team shared a brief update on the z.ink airdrop campaign, and two new DAO proposals went live. There’s also an upcoming event with Wilder World tomorrow (October 7th), and Chip has published some fresh developer logs!
This week brought plenty of developments across both SAGE and Holosim. In SAGE, crafting fees were reduced, ship recipes returned, and Loyalty Point rewards were adjusted. Holosim Chapter 1 came to a close with ONI taking the crown, but not without its share of technical hurdles. Chapter 2 promises major changes to address them. Finally, governance proposal PIP-19 remains open for voting, and we have the latest dev log posts from Chip.
This past week was lighter on official announcements, but thanks to Jose, we do have some exciting alpha to share on Unreal Engine 5 and a new game mode currently in development. Beyond that, a fresh PIP has gone live for voting, and there are a few smaller updates worth noting.
It’s been a relatively quiet week in Star Atlas, though not without highlights! The Atlas Brew brought some fresh revelations, the first INK drop has landed, and Chip shared his latest round of developer updates. To wrap it up, the sneak peek section is back with some Calico Scud eyecandy!
After a busy Star Atlas Summer, with three Town Halls, the dust is slowly settling! That means there wasn’t much news this past week, though the Econ Forum proved to be the big exception. Beyond covering this, we have a short list of items that we think are worthy of your attention, and we’ll cover the past two weeks of Chip’s developer blog!
Star Atlas Summer has officially wrapped up! The third and final Town Hall of the summer took place this past week, closing the season on a high note with a wide range of updates. For the first time, UE5 has been tied into the SAGE economy through a new earnable resource, INK, marking a major step in unifying the game’s experiences. To celebrate, the team hosted a Double XP (and double INK) weekend, giving players an early taste of this new system. At the same time, the team’s home-brewed SAGE Editor Suite was released to the public, allowing everyone to experiment with the tools and mechanics that will define SAGE C4 when it arrives on PTR later this year. Additionally, the team introduced Phantom Starbases to Starbase, shared the roadmap for Holosim, released a new UE5 patch, and launched Star Frame, the team’s brand-new open-source Solana framework set to replace Anchor.
We’re nearing the end of the Star Atlas Summer campaign, with the final Town Hall happening this Wednesday! Last week felt like the calm before the storm. News was light, with Holosim’s launch (a bit bumpy) standing out as the main update. Fortunately, two high-profile community-organized events took place during the weekend, which we’ll briefly cover below. We’re also excited to spotlight a new initiative from Chip, one of the team’s VPs, who has started documenting his daily development work.
The second Star Atlas Summer Town Hall delivered a few surprises! The team announced the imminent launch of Holosim Season 1, introduced z.ink as a new Layer 1 blockchain, and launched a completely redesigned landing page on StarAtlas.com.
This past week was relatively quiet, up until the Econ Forum. Chris (VP of Game Economy) brought fresh alpha, including a new reveal concerning Black Goo, which is an upcoming UE5-only resource tied to exclusive combat components coming with SAGE C4. The team is also weighing whether to shut down FICs ahead of C4, and hinted at major changes to game economics in this week’s Town Hall. Last, but definitely not least, a new UE5 patch rolled out that nerfed the Profound Punaab and introduced several quality-of-life updates.
Community Week 2025 has wrapped, marking another high-energy celebration of everything Star Atlas! From the thrilling Team vs Community UE5 battles to the Joni Awards and COPA presentations, the event was packed with action, recognition, and fun. The UE5 Summer Patch also launched, featuring improvements like polished gameplay, progression via EOS, and the introduction of Play-to-Earn mechanics. Meanwhile, the Holosim Beta closed, with Ustur taking the crown in Season 0, and with the top 1000 players earning a cosmetic badge. Lastly, don’t miss the upcoming community meetups in Valencia, Utrecht, and Cologne this August!
The Community week is here! This will be a fun-filled week, featuring numerous activities and events for the community. With a Town Hall scheduled for Wednesday and two more planned for August, news has been scarce over the past weeks, and the previous one was no exception. The week itself, and primarily its two major community events, COPA and the Joni Awards, generated the bulk of the news we had. But there was a little more! The Holosim beta is about to end, and Dominic Vain has transitioned to Marketing Manager!
The big reveal is here—last week’s announcement of an announcement has now turned into the launch of a full-fledged summer campaign. The Star Atlas team officially unveiled Star Atlas Summer, a month-long stretch packed with product launches, community events, and cinematic reveals. At the heart of it are three Town Halls, with the first set for July 30th. That day will also bring the release of the long-anticipated UE5 Summer patch, alongside the public debut of the first cinematic video in a new trilogy. It’s shaping up to be a busy and exciting season!
The past week was very light on news. The only real news, which even flew mostly under the radar, is that the Holosim beta period is wrapping up soon. Furthermore, we got an announcement of an announcement! Other than that, the Community Week preparations are well underway, and the PIP-18 is open for voting for a few more days!
This week in the Star Atlas universe, the countdown to Community Week has begun in earnest, with fresh details about the festivities, competitions, and rewards on the horizon. The team has also released the latest Economic report for Q2 2025, while a new DAO proposal is now up for vote. And last but not least, Michael shared a message addressing concerns around the team’s recent token sales.
This week in the Star Atlas universe, the Holosim beta continues to evolve as the team responds to player feedback, with major changes having been implemented after a high-profile rampage that left over a thousand crew members dead in MUD space
It was a relatively calm week in Star Atlas, but not without notable updates. The latest Atlas Brew featured part two of the C4 Q&A with Brett (VP of Engineering), revealing new details about Crafting Habs, Claim Stakes, and combat mechanics. Meanwhile, FIC 3 and 4 recipes went live in SAGE, the team dropped new sneak peeks, and the next Community Week was teased, including the return of the Joni Awards and a DAC vs. Team showdown in UE5!