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Saturday19th Sep 2020
News No Man’s Sky Origins Is Latest Major Update, Releases Next Week
"The beginning of something new"
It hasn't been all that long since No Man's Sky's last big content update, Desolation, but Hello Games has been working on yet another. The studio has announced Origins, the latest major refresh to the persistent space exploration title. We don't know too much about it right now, but the update is due to arrive this...
Thursday3rd Sep 2020
News No Man's Sky Dev Is Working on a 'Huge, Ambitious' New Game, Not a Sequel
Hello, Hello
No Man's Sky developer Hello Games is working on a "huge" and "ambitious" new game, according to an interview with Polygon. Founder Sean Murray also confirms that this unnamed project is not a sequel to No Man's Sky. Don't get too excited just yet, though. This thing's currently in "very early" development, so it'll likely be a while...
Thursday16th Jul 2020
News No Man's Sky: Desolation Update Adds New Playable Environments
Search for loot and story
No Man's Sky only just added cross-play to its long list of features last month and now it's already back with another PlayStation 4 update. Titled Desolation, this latest update adds a new playable environment to the vast reaches of space in the form of seemingly abandoned freighters packed full of loot and story beats...
Wednesday10th Jun 2020
News No Man's Sky to Support Cross-Play Starting Tomorrow
Explore the galaxy together
The post-launch success story that is No Man's Sky has been incredibly well documented up to now, and those still playing the space explorer are about to receive yet another welcome feature. Starting tomorrow, Hello Games' biggest title to date will support cross-play across PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. This marks yet...
Wednesday8th Apr 2020
News No Man's Sky Gets Mechs in Latest Free Update, Available Now on PS4
Exo Mech update ready to go
No Man's Sky continues to receive regular, meaty updates with yet another substantial addition from Hello Games. The latest free game update is named Exo Mech, and adds in the cool-looking Minotaur mech suit. You can see some gameplay footage in the above trailer. Usable in and out of PlayStation VR, you can hop into...
Wednesday19th Feb 2020
News No Man's Sky Gets Living Ships in Latest Major Update on PS4
This is living
A lot of the space ship designs in No Man's Sky are very cool, but have you ever wished you could ride around inside a flying alien instead? Just us? Okay. Well, that's what you get anyway in the Living Ships update, available now on PlayStation 4. As the name suggests, the big new feature this time around is the inclusion of organic...
Monday16th Dec 2019
News You Can Now Make Music in No Man's Sky with Latest Update on PS4
Like the sound of that
Hello Games has just released the latest patch for its ongoing space-faring adventure game, No Man's Sky. The now-massive title has been brought up to version 2.24 with this new update, and it's available to download now on PlayStation 4. So, what's new? Only a full audio creation tool. This new update adds a new device named...
Thursday28th Nov 2019
News Synthesis Is the Latest No Man's Sky Update, Adds and Refines Even More Features
VR photo mode! Multiple outfits! VR creature riding!
No Man's Sky has evolved immeasurably since its initial launch, with pretty regular updates that have each made dramatic changes to the experience. Beyond was probably the most significant of these, but the very latest update, named Synthesis, is nothing to sniff at either. Releasing today on...
Wednesday18th Sep 2019
News No Man's Sky Beyond Patch 2.12 Out Now, Brings Improvements to PSVR Support
Above and Beyond
A few days ago, it was discovered that an incoming patch for No Man's Sky would aim to improve the visual quality of the game's new PlayStation VR mode. That update has now arrived on PS4 with patch 2.12, which is ready for download. It's a hefty update at 4.7GB, but as usual, Hello Games has packed it full of enhancements of all...
Saturday14th Sep 2019
News Incoming No Man's Sky PS4 Patch Will Improve Image Quality in PSVR Mode
Beyond blur
No Man's Sky's Beyond update has rejuvenated the colourful space exploration title, acting as a sort of re-launch. Among many other things, the game-changing expansion added in support for PlayStation VR, a feature many players had been asking for since launch. While the VR mode is well implemented, it does significantly reduce the...
Thursday22nd Aug 2019
News No Man's Sky: Beyond Plots a Course for Retail Stores on PS4
Fly away
No Man’s Sky: Beyond, the latest version of Hello Games’ revived space exploration outing, will crash-land onto retail stores from 10th September in North America and 11th September in Europe. The physical copy will ship with all of the latest updates pre-installed, and will boast brand new box art – including that all-important...
Thursday15th Aug 2019
News No Man's Sky Beyond Patch 2.04 Fixes Some Nasty Crashing Issues on PS4
Smooth sailing
No Man's Sky's Beyond update launched yesterday, bringing a new lease of life to the divisive space exploration game. While it adds all kinds of new features to the already huge experience, some players - including this author - ran into some pretty glaring problems. Namely, hard crashes when playing on an old save file. However,...
Wednesday14th Aug 2019
News No Man's Sky Beyond Patch Notes Are Truly Gigantic and Game-Changing
Above and beyond
No Man's Sky's 'Beyond' update is available to download right now on PlayStation 4, adding new, key features such as PlayStation VR support and vastly expanded multiplayer options. But what about the finer details of the update? Alongside these highlights, the patch includes a massive list of gameplay tweaks and additions, all of...
News No Man's Sky Beyond Is Available to Download Now on PS4
Huge update is ready for launch
The latest enormous update to Hello Games' No Man's Sky is now available. Titled Beyond, the free update is a jam-packed revamp of the space exploration game, with some major new features that people have been asking for since launch. To summarise, the key new additions to No Man's Sky are: Full PlayStation VR...
Thursday8th Aug 2019
News No Man's Sky Beyond Introduces Multiplayer Social Space, the Nexus
Check out the launch trailer
No Man's Sky has been through substantial changes since its rocky arrival on PlayStation 4. Hello Games has been updating the title with huge new features and extra content, and the new Beyond update is no different. Launching on 14th August, it brings expanded multiplayer, PlayStation VR support, and more besides to the...
Friday2nd Aug 2019
News No Man's Sky's Beyond Update Launches 14th August Along with PSVR Support
Three big updates in one
No Man's Sky's next big update, titled Beyond, will arrive on PS4 in just a few short weeks on 14th August. It also brings with it one of the community's biggest requests - PlayStation VR support. The patch, free for all players, is said to be three huge updates rolled into one large content offering at once that is a mix...
Wednesday10th Jul 2019
News No Man's Sky's Sean Murray Gives Telling Advice to ANTHEM and Fallout 76 Devs
Listen up
It's no secret that No Man's Sky has come a long, long way since it launched back in 2016. Developer Hello Games knuckled down and put its all into improving the game over the last few years, and now the title's the best that it's ever been. It took some time, but we got there in the end. Unfortunately, No Man's Sky isn't the most recent...
Friday14th Jun 2019
News No Man's Sky Community Thank Hello Games by Hiring a Billboard Outside the Studio's Office
That's a big thank you
Here's a heartwarming story to lift your spirits ahead of the weekend: the No Man's Sky community over on Reddit have hired a billboard outside developer Hello Games' office. Why? To say thanks to the team, of course. Through crowdfunding, the community has raised over $2000 over on GoFundMe at the time of writing. That'll pay...
Monday25th Mar 2019
State of Play No Man's Sky Beyond Update Finally Brings PSVR Support
18 quintillion virtual worlds
From the very start, players have been calling for virtual reality support to be added to the huge space exploration game, No Man's Sky. It always seemed like a good fit; walking around surreal alien planets in a virtual space just makes sense, doesn't it? Well, good news: the Beyond update for No Man's Sky, revealed...
Friday15th Mar 2019
News No Man's Sky Beyond Is the Next Big Update Coming to the Space Exploration Title
Above and beyond
Even before you hop into the game itself, No Man's Sky has been on quite the journey, hasn't it? It's had more ups and downs than a department store elevator, going from overwhelming hype before release to disappointment at launch. Hello Games' ongoing project has been improved immensely since it arrived in 2016, and it seems to be...
Wednesday21st Nov 2018
News No Man's Sky Visions Update Adds Further Planet Variation, Community Missions, More on PS4
Expanding universe
The post-launch support for No Man's Sky has been pretty unbelievable all things considered, and as promised, Hello Games is continually bolting on new features and upgrades to keep the divisive experience fresh. The latest major update for the game, Visions, is out tomorrow on PS4, taking the game up to version 1.75, and it...
Monday29th Oct 2018
News No Man's Sky Huge The Abyss Update Is Here, New Trailer Has All the Info
Deeper and down
The Abyss, the latest big update for No Man's Sky, is out today on PlayStation 4. It brings a load of improvements to the game, and focuses on underwater habitats as well as aquatic alien life. You can expect new story stuff, new building structures, new creatures, and even overhauled swimming and diving controls. Very nice. Anyway,...
Wednesday24th Oct 2018
News No Man's Sky: The Abyss Is a Spooky Free Update Landing Next Week on PS4
In deep
Since the launch of the massive NEXT update for divisive space exploration game No Man's Sky, Hello Games has been continually updating and improving the title every week. There's a lot of effort going into making the game the best it can be, with the small developer recently adding the ability to further customise your character and a brand...
Monday15th Oct 2018
News No Man's Sky VR Support Mentioned in Recent Player Survey
It's happening?
One of the many requested features for No Man's Sky is support for virtual reality. Now players can finally get together and explore thanks to the huge NEXT update, the next major thing on the list is being able to visit the game's strange, colourful worlds in VR. Going by Hello Games' new survey, it seems the small developer is...
Tuesday31st Jul 2018
Random Sean Murray's Face Immortalised on No Man's Sky Planet
Murray on Mars
You’ve got to respect Sean Murray. Hello Games’ lead man may have spoken out of turn around the launch of No Man’s Sky, but the developer has had to deal with an Internet backlash unlike any other seen before. That he even continues to get out of bed is a testament to his strength of character, but he’s actually found the...
Friday27th Jul 2018
News No Man's Sky Patch 1.51 Released on PS4, Fixes Nasty Save Bug
Hazard protection
No Man's Sky's NEXT update launched just a few days ago, but Hello Games has already put out a new patch in an effort to stamp out some bugs. Most notably, the patch fixes an issue where players were unable to reload their save data under certain conditions, meaning they had to start afresh to keep playing. It's ready to download...
Tuesday24th Jul 2018
News No Man's Sky NEXT Update Is Available to Download Now on PS4
We have liftoff
No Man's Sky's huge new content update, entitled NEXT, is finally upon us. This free expansion to the divisive space exploration game is ready for download right now on PS4. In case you need a reminder, NEXT brings multiplayer, third person, character customisation, a graphical overhaul, and much more to the title. It's a massive...
News No Man's Sky Dev Promises Better Communication with the Game's Community
Ground control to Major Sean
No Man's Sky NEXT is out today, in case you didn't already know. Quite possibly the game's most anticipated update ever, NEXT adds full multiplayer to the space-faring game, among other things. And with so much buzz surrounding the title, lead developer Sean Murray has posted a rather heartfelt message over on the...
Friday20th Jul 2018
News Hello Games to Continue Supporting No Man's Sky with Weekly Updates
To infinity and beyond
As you may be aware, No Man's Sky is set to receive a substantial content update entitled NEXT on 24th July, adding multiplayer, a third person camera, new missions, and more to the gigantic space exploration game. However, this isn't the last of Hello Games' plans for support. The teensy studio will be delivering miniature...
News No Man's Sky Creator Sean Murray Finally Addresses Game's Vitriolic Reception
"It was as bad as things can get"
No Man's Sky is a far different game now than when it first launched on PS4 almost two years ago, but that initial release was met with an incredibly mixed response. Many were furious, because features that Hello Games' Sean Murray spoke about during interviews were missing, but it didn't end at simple complaints...
