So, recently NASA made quite the discovery, finding a star nearby in galactic terms with seven Earth-sized planets orbiting, three of which are inhabitable possibly. This star is a red dwarf called TRAPPIST-1 and is approximately 40 light years away, so now a great many space-based games with accurate starmaps are updating to make sure that this new discovery is included in their game. One of these is a favourite of the station staff, Elite: Dangerous.

Developer Frontier have announced that the TRAPPIST-1 system will be coming to the game with update 2.3, otherwise known as the ‘Commanders Update’. The information NASA released will be used to construct the system, but interestingly enough it seems that Elite’s own system for generating star systems got eerily close to the true TRAPPIST-1 system only a short distance away. A system already exists in game close to where the true-life TRAPPIST-1 system is, with seven planets orbiting a brown dwarf which is only slightly smaller than a red dwarf star. Of course, NASA still has details to discover so the game TRAPPIST-1 system will be updated accordingly over time as more details are released.

Already the Commanders Update will be bringing a lot to the game, including the ability to name your ship, a new camera system, the Commander creator and the ability to join friends in a single crew – so really this discovery and its addition is just a lovely bonus to the game.

TRAPPIST-1 will not be in the first round of beta testing, but Frontier hope to have it in for the second round.

Just like any popular multiplayer game, For Honor already has its cheaters using any means to win. Seems Ubisoft have decided they’re going to tolerate very little of that though, as there’s already been bans for cheating and quite a few of those for first-time offenses.

Posted through an update on the Ubisoft blog, Ubisoft have spelt out that they’re going to be taking the game’s name to heart and are not willing to put up with those who try to give themselves an unfair advantage. Already around 400 accounts have been caught and banned for cheating or hacking, while a further 70 have been banned for reasons of an offensive nature – including emblems, harassment and other misconduct all flagged up by other players in game.

“For Honor puts a huge emphasis on skill, so it’s important that it offers a level playing field – and to ensure that nobody has an unfair advantage, the developers have rolled out EasyAntiCheat, a program that detects and flags those who break the rules.”

Once an account is flagged by the program, there are then members of the dev team who will review the case to hopefully weed out false positives. If an account is found to be doing things they shouldn’t then a number of different courses of action are taken, “warnings, temporary suspensions, or permanent bans against identified players… fairness is hugely important to the game’s creators, so bans are being handed out to first-time offenders.”

Bans will be handed out on an account basis, not a hardware one, and there will be a system in place for appeals if players feel they have been unfairly banned from the game.

In case you’d like to make absolutely sure you’re toeing the line in-game, check Ubisoft’s code of conduct or their support page.