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No Man’s Sky Fractal update comes with a new starship, Expedition, a new tool, and more

February 22, 2023VG247

Help the Utopia Foundation rebuild an abandoned solar system. Hello Games has released the Fractal update for No Man’s Sky. The Fractal update introduces a new starship, the Utopia Speeder, which allows you to skim across planet surfaces at high speed. Completely immerse yourself in an infinite universe with No Man’s Sky update 4.1, Fractal. It also comes with the new Expedition, Utopia, where you will need to work together to rebuild an abandoned solar system for the Utopia Foundation. It features a new expedition-exclusive crafting mechanic requiring you to think about exploration, construction, and survival. Other expedition rewards include…

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Is PS VR2 the last time we’ll get a Mario 64 moment?

February 17, 2023VG247

Gaming tech hasn’t seen a revolution for a long time, but Sony’s latest hardware could be one. Tom’s a bit smitten with PS VR2, but I, a Virtual Reality Sceptic, have my doubts. So Tom donned the headset in an attempt to convince me that yes, Sony’s newest VR platform is the real deal, and well worth the buy-in. In fact, he says, it’s the most exciting leap forward in gaming since Mario 64. But I have to wonder if this costly peripheral is more akin to the Mega Drive’s 32X — an impressive add-on, but fiddly to use, and…

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VG247’s The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.28: The best game to play while you wait for Starfield

December 2, 2022VG247

It’s time to boldly go and find another excuse to talk about Bethesda games that aren’t out yet. Welcome to VG247’s Best Games Ever Podcast: Episode 28 – the best game to play while you wait for Starfield. This week’s topic has come about because of two things: Firstly, we’re desperate to do anything Starfield related because we are a games website and people click on articles about Starfield. But, rudely, it hasn’t come out yet, so we have to get creative. I say creative. I mean, we have to go on about it on podcasts and things. Secondly, we’re…

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No Man’s Sky player makes a free base-building app inspired by Townscaper

November 24, 2022RockPaperShotgun

One No Man’s Sky player has made a standalone app that lets you construct bases by moving, snapping together, and colouring parts ready to slot straight into the game. Technical artist Charlie Banks has popped the base-building app up on NexusMods, and has used it to create a massive robot that looks a little like the Iron Giant squatting down. Banks compares the base-building app’s simplicity to Oskar Stålberg’s procedurally generated hamlet-crafter Townscaper, although it seems a bit more complicated than that game. Read more

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No Man’s Sky focuses on customising and accessibility in its relaxed Waypoint 4.0 update

October 7, 2022RockPaperShotgun

Sci-fi survival sim No Man’s Sky sees the launch of its next major update today, and it’s about making things easier to do and doing them the way you want them. Key to this are custom game modes, auto-saves, dynamic difficulty, and inventory streamlining. There’s also a new relaxed mode for the particularly chilled among us. Watch the update trailer below for a rundown, and some trippy space visuals. Read more

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No Man’s Sky’s Leviathan update will trap you in a roguelike time loop

May 26, 2022RockPaperShotgun

Hello Games’ intergalactic wandering simulator No Man’s Sky has gone roguelike for its seventh free expedition update, Leviathan. With a name like that you’d expect something pretty big and, lo, the space whales have arrived. You’ll be able to recruit these leviathans for your capital ship’s frigate fleet, and even keep a baby version as a pet inside your base. Witness them in the trailer below. Read more

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No Man’s Sky Outlaws update lets you be spacepirates

April 13, 2022RockPaperShotgun

Hello Games today launched yet another huge free No Man’s Sky update, raising the skull ‘n’ crossbones with the Outlaws update. It focuses on three main things: being a pirate and doing naughty things; reworking and prettifying spaceship combat; and recruiting and training a squadron of NPC pilots to fly alongside you. But oh, there’s so much more. Get a glimpse in the new trailer, below. So, baddies. Some systems have fallen to outlaws, with no Sentinel interceptors left to defend them and new outlaw authorities moved in with their own merchants, missions, and contraband runners. You can buy buy…

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No Man’s Sky now lets you build your own new robot friends

February 16, 2022RockPaperShotgun

Sandbox space sim No Man’s Sky today launched yet another huge free update, this time focused on expanding and overhauling violence in numerous ways. Codenamed Sentinel, update 1.8 adds plenty of new types of Sentinel enemies to bash and adds new weapons and such. But more importantly, it lets you have new robot friends of your own by putting AI into your mech or even building your own wee drone buddy. Read more

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No Man’s Sky’s new update lets you ride on flying worms

October 21, 2021RockPaperShotgun

At this point, it has become a cliché to say that space sim No Man’s Sky has come a long way since its initial release. And yet, is there any better example of its long development journey than the sandworms? Initially shown in pre-release trailers only to be cut from the release version, they were finally added in some recent updates. Now the most recent update and seasonal event adds new sandworm varieties, including rideable sandworms. The worm has indeed turned. Read more

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No Man’s Sky Frontiers update teased in celebratory 5-year anniversary video

August 9, 2021VG247

By Dom Peppiatt 9 August 2021 17:09 GMT Can you believe it’s been five years since No Man’s Sky first launched? To celebrate, developer Hello Games has teased the game’s next update: Frontiers.Only in June did we get a new No Man’s Sky update, called Prisms, that added plenty of visual improvements to the game. Now, the tireless developers at Hello Games are teasing another update – and this one looks even bigger than those we’ve seen before.As part of the game’s landmark 5-year anniversary celebration, the studio has released a video retrospective that covers a vast number of the expansions that…

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No Man’s Sky teases its 17th major update called Frontiers

August 9, 2021RockPaperShotgun

At what milestone do we begin contextualizing the age of a game with “do you want to feel old?” If it’s five years, well, do you? Because No Man’s Sky launched five years ago today. The space exploration sim has celebrated its anniversary with a look back on all its prior major updates and expansions as well as a tiny peek into the future. If for some reason you thought that Hello Games were done doing major updates to their procedural universe, you thought wrong. The next update is called Frontiers and is coming sometime soon. Read more

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No Man’s Sky’s Prisms update adds reflections, new texture effects, improved lighting, more

June 2, 2021VG247

A new update is available for No Man’s Sky, making it even prettier.The Prisms update is now available for No Man’s Sky, and it adds plenty of visual improvements.Watch on YouTubeThese improvements include reflections, new texture effects, more biome detail, improved lighting, new skies, new warp effects, creature fur, and more.You can expect support for screen space reflection (SSR) technology for PC, next-generation consoles, and Xbox One X. This allows starships and lifeforms to create reflections as they move, and lighting in reflective areas will feel higher quality and more realistic.In the update, new styles of volumetric lights have been…

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Nvidia’s DLSS tech is now available in VR, including No Man’s Sky

May 18, 2021RockPaperShotgun

VR fans with Nvidia RTX graphics cards can now enjoy the benefits of Nvidia’s performance-boosting DLSS tech in some of today’s best VR games, thanks to a swathe of new features included in today’s GeForce Game Ready driver update. No Man’s Sky, mechanic simulator Wrench and survival shooter Into The Radius are the first three VR games to support DLSS, with Nvidia claiming you’ll be able to get double the performance in No Man’s Sky on Ultra settings to help you maintain a smooth 90fps on an Oculus Quest 2 with an RTX 3080. Read more

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The Last Campfire update adds 20% more puzzles, higher framerate, more

April 10, 2021VG247

By Stephany Nunneley 10 April 2021 15:26 GMT Hello Games has released an update for its exploration-puzzler, The Last Campfire.In The Last Campfire update, you can expect 20% more puzzles, and the ability to replay any of the puzzles at any time. Watch on YouTubeYou can also read the Wanderer’s diary, and will find multiple improvements to performance across all platforms. Expect improved controller support, new Mac support, higher framerate, and lots of quality-of-life improvements.The Last Campfire tells the story of Ember, who’s lost his way in the game’s world. As you explore the world, there will be other lost…

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Hello Games just made a free update to their singleplayer puzzle game too

April 9, 2021RockPaperShotgun

Hello Games, the same folks behind No Man’s Sky, launched a smaller puzzle adventure game last year that you may have missed hearing about. Clearly Hello Games themselves didn’t forget about The Last Campfire, because they’ve just released a free update that actually adds new puzzles to the game. I know we’ve gotten quite used to the regular updates to their online space adventure, but should we tell them they don’t actually need to do that for a singleplayer game? Okay, nah, let’s not tell them. Read more

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