Hello Everyone!

Today, the Aquarius Update[www.nomanssky.com] is free to download for existing players and introduces something we have been tempted to add ever since we stood on the shores of No Man’s Sky’s planets and looked out across their watery expanses - fishing! Full patch notes are available here[www.nomanssky.com].

Players can now explore the universe to find their perfect waterside spot, hopping with fish - sit and relax alone with their thoughts, or with fellow Travellers looking out over alien vistas waiting for a bite.


Fishing in No Man’s Sky is a uniquely relaxing experience, either alone with your thoughts or with the companionship of others. Grab a rod and your friends (optional!) and set out to explore the universe in the hunt for the perfect fishing spot.

The thrill of the catch lies in the fact that you never quite know what you’re going to pull up. The variety of aquatic life ranges vastly from common minnow-like fish to huge alien marine mammals. Catches vary greatly from planet-to-planet and dedicated anglers will have to travel far to find the rarest of fish.


Venture into the ocean on your deployable Exo-Skiff. This customisable fishing platform floats over the roughest seas and has its own bespoke cold storage inventory, making it the perfect way to hunt for those fish that are only found in deep waters.


Travellers who wish to complete their fishing log will have to explore a huge range of different environments and water conditions, as well as crafting specialist bait to attract rare catches and elusive legendary fish…

And while you’re waiting patiently to catch a bite, why not dredge for messages in bottles from those that have passed this way before?


Research the Automated Trap blueprints and establish your own autonomous floating fish farm to gather in fish while you explore elsewhere.


The Aquarius expedition begins today, and will run for approximately six weeks. Go on a quest across the galaxy to catch fish, gather stories, and think about the one that got away… Players who complete the Aquarius expedition will earn a beautifully detailed set of deep-sea customisation parts, including a unique underwater jetpack.


Of course, with this new-found ability to farm the lakes, seas and oceans, you will want to develop your cooking skills, with all-new recipes and ingredient combinations out there to be discovered.


The Wonders Catalogue now has a dedicated collection of fishing information, detailing the history of all your catches and their weight records, as well as information on how to find each species.


Hardened against the extreme conditions found beneath the waves, this diving suit is the perfect choice for both deep-water exploration and an afternoon's fishing.


Decorate the walls of your fishing shack with the Sea Chart, Bounty of the Sea and Gone Fishin' posters.


Complete the Aquarius Expedition to uncover the fishy tale of the Lost Angler and earn the use of their exclusive fishing equipment.


A synthetic polymer companion for your starship’s cockpit, fashioned in the likeness of a sea creature.


Hardened against the extreme conditions found beneath the waves, this jetpack replacement allows for smooth and stylish passage through the murky abyss.


Our last update was “Worlds Part I[www.nomanssky.com]” just a few weeks ago. It resulted in our biggest player numbers in over 5 years. Eight years in and we feel so lucky to have so many folks still care about this game we love. It gives our tiny team energy, making us want to pour more into the No Man’s Sky universe.

Something people really loved in the Worlds update was the new water technology - tons of players were posting videos of themselves just chilling at the water’s edge. One piece of fan art in particular stopped us in our tracks, of a player lazily fishing from their wing of their starship. This art, and others like it, was right at the heart of the inspiration behind the Aquarius update.

My favourite thing is to build a little base on the perfect shoreline, so I can cast my rod whenever the mood takes me. I’m excited for new players to join me!

Full patch notes for Aquarius are available here[www.nomanssky.com].

Our journey continues.

Sean

Hello!

I’m here to give you a heads up about the largest No Man’s Sky update of the year so far. So much so that we’ve made the usual trailer, and also this Deep Dive video that shows a glimpse behind the scenes.

Our next update is called Worlds Part I, and I’m so proud of the team here, the love they are putting into it. We are refreshing the universe with new technology, new flora, new fauna and new gameplay.

Full patch notes can be found here[www.nomanssky.com]

In No Man’s Sky, what you see on screen is generated by the computer. The level of variety we are achieving is far beyond what was possible before.

With every update we still want to surprise. Eight years in on this journey and we still want to do big things, and I think we’re adding things the community has almost given up hope on ever happening. It’s not just about new cosmetics for us, we want to really impact No Man’s Sky.

When we started No Man’s Sky, we wanted people to feel like they had stepped into a science fiction book cover. To bring us closer to that we’ve had to create a lot of new technology.

New water technology can create waves, reflections. Oceans that look so different to what we’ve had previously. Ocean planets feel completely new, and ships can now land on water. Planets have wind patterns. Waves are dynamic and react to weather

My favourite thing in the game still might just be flying through the clouds and out into space. Clouds for us are a unique challenge, you see them from space, from planet, you can fly through them. Our new cloud tech creates detailed skies with weather conditions. You get these beautiful detailed skies, with tonnes of variety.

On the surface of the planet we’ve added new volumetrics and atmospherics. Rolling fog, rain, blizzards, lava sparks, combine with wind and clouds. It changes how planets feel to explore, adds so much more life.

Sometimes a storm hits, and you see the waves rise and the clouds gather. The new wind, the clouds, the oceans, the atmospherics all hit together and it feels like nothing else.

Across these new biomes, we’ve added new creatures to discover. We are pushing the level of variety that’s possible even further. It’s not enough to just add more, we want to do things that people haven’t seen before. And of course, these new creatures can all be pets and mounts.

No Man's Sky is a game about exploring, so how planets look and feel is important, but what you do on those planets is something we want to add to with every update. Expeditions have become a huge part of how folks play the game. We’ve made something very Starship Troopers inspired with this one, it’s really different and it takes you on a tour of some of these cool new planets. Everyone is battling against bugs together, and progress is community driven. There’s a new mech with heavy armour and a cool flamethrower arm. And you are going to need it!

Six months ago we announced Light No Fire. You can wishlist it hereIt’s this insanely ambitious game. Over the last five years making this game, we’ve learnt new things, and we’re feeding that back into No Man’s Sky. It feels like we’re bringing technology back from the future!

Something I love is to browse the screenshots people share with us. I can’t wait to see folks exploring this universe we’ve made with fresh eyes. The update is called Worlds Part I, because I guess obviously…more will follow.

Full patch notes can be found here[www.nomanssky.com]

Our journey continues.

Sean

Hello!

A lot has changed in the years since No Man’s Sky released. There’s so much we love about the game now, but there was something unique at release in how alone you felt in the universe. Going further back I have great memories of early unreleased versions of No Man’s Sky where there were no NPCs, no shops, no help… just you the player as a tiny dot lost in the infinite.

For our next update we wanted to allow players to experience an alternative universe. We are calling it ADRIFT[www.nomanssky.com], and for the first time players can be truly alone in No Man’s Sky. We think it’s a special feeling. Full details can be found here[www.nomanssky.com].

Removing other lifeforms means no shops, no trading, no shortcuts and no help, providing a very different survival experience.

This alternative universe is more dangerous too, with sandworms now roaming free and fiend eggs spreading across planets.

Buildings are broken and rusted, the few remaining landmarks the graves of lost Travellers. In space, a new ghostly frigate beckons, allowing players to recruit a piece of this lonely universe.

To help provide safe haven is a new bulky Hauler starship, called the Iron Vulture. Since we added ship customisation in our last update, we’re also seeding the game with lots of new customisation options in Adrift.

Adrift was supposed to be our next expedition, which it is, but it’s ballooned out into an update filled with improvements, new unique gameplay content and rewards.

We're already two huge updates into the year, with the release of OMEGA[www.nomanssky.com] - where we invited everyone to try the game for free! - and ORBITAL[www.nomanssky.com], which overhauled space stations and introduced a long-requested feature: ship customisation. We are grateful to have such an incredible community; it has been exciting and fascinating to see you all hunting, salvaging and documenting the hundreds of starship components available to assemble your dream ships.

We have much, much more planned for 2024. Our journey continues.

Sean



Step into an empty universe, where you will find yourself surrounded by other Travellers… yet somehow still alone.

Though everyone will awaken on the desolate, worm-infested planet Iapezuk, you will not be together in the usual sense. The boundaries between realities have thickened. Communication is consumed by static. Even the usually-bustling Space Anomaly is eerily silent.

In this forsaken universe, deprived of the usual support from merchants and traders, self-reliance is more critical than ever. Survive a spread of repair, exploration, and combat challenges - and meditate upon the darkness of deep space.

Completing this lonely journey will award an exclusive range of collectibles, including the gnawing scuttler companion, a supply of starship stealth paint, a ghostly frigate, and the unique Iron Vulture starship

Adrift begins today, and will run for approximately seven weeks.



Contemplate your journey through Adrift with posters that recall the empty endless void of space and the scale of that infinite, black expanse...


An exclusive starship customisation option, creating a unique low-radar-signature look for your ship.


Create a scrapyard aesthetic in habitable bases with these shattered remains of a crashed starship.


A vile and nightmarish creature, extracted from the derelict shell of a once-glorious freighter. Despite its dark origins, this companion is trained to be non-violent towards its assigned master.


The remains of a long-abandoned frigate. Despite its ruined condition, with no apparent crew, it sails on through the stars...


Transport vast quantities of cargo across the galaxy in this stylish high-capacity Hauler, featuring a unique silhouette and industrial metal finish.

Full patch notes for ADRIFT can be found here[www.nomanssky.com].

Hello,

Only last month we welcomed a huge number of new Travellers to the No Man’s Sky universe with our free OMEGA[www.nomanssky.com] expedition, which brought a tonne of new content. It’s incredible to watch new folks getting to experience eight years of updates since launch.

Today (March 27th) we are releasing our 27th major update - ORBITAL[www.nomanssky.com] - and this is a big one! Full patch notes can be found here[www.nomanssky.com].

The Orbital update brings a complete overhaul to Space Stations. Until now these have been perhaps the only part of No Man’s Sky that wasn’t procedurally generated. Engine improvements have allowed us to create vast interior spaces and exterior spaces, with improved reflection and metallic surfaces.

Outside, Space Station exteriors are at a scale never seen before, and are hugely varied.

Inside, Stations have been transformed, and are now vast, procedurally generated, and incredibly diverse. Featuring new shops, gameplay and activities, Stations are now uniquely customised based on system, race and locale.

Stations also contain perhaps our most requested feature of all time! A ship editor allows players to customise their ships and players can even create never before seen starship types.

We haven’t introduced ship customisation previously, because so many players love exploring to find the perfect ship already out there to purchase. In keeping with exploration, to customise their ship, Travellers gather and trade parts for their ships as they explore, salvaging the best components from wrecks and ruins.

We are also introducing a new Guild system, making joining Guilds and increasing reputation a much larger part of the game. Visit new Guild envoys on Space Stations to gain supplies and rare items, or make donations to increase your standing.

You can own a freighter and even build up a fleet of frigates in No Man’s Sky. Now you can send that frigate fleet on away missions where if they get into trouble, as frigate captain, you can perform daring rescues. Scramble your squadron of fighters, warp to battles, and engage your attackers.

The Orbital update adds ship customisation, transforms Space Stations inside and out, adds a new guild system, engine improvements, UI refresh and much more. It’s a huge update with several major features that have been on player’s wishlists for a long time. We have a lot more planned this year as our journey continues. Full patch notes can be found here[www.nomanssky.com].

Thanks so much,

Sean

Hello!

Last year was a busy one for the small team at Hello Games, with lots of No Man’s Sky updates and the announce of Light No Fire[www.lightnofire.com].

We have big plans for 2024, and we’re starting the year off with a very different kind of update. We’re calling it OMEGA[www.nomanssky.com], and for the first time No Man’s Sky will be available to play for free! Full patch notes here[www.nomanssky.com].

Expeditions in No Man’s Sky have become one of the most popular ways to play the game. They bring all players together to the same planet for an interstellar, shared experience. This weekend (Thursday 15th to Monday 19th February) we are allowing everyone, whether you own the game or not, to join the Omega Expedition.

This represents a moment for new players to try No Man’s Sky, and existing players to welcome them into the community. There are no microtransactions, no free to play mechanics, just a huge universe to explore for free with your friends.

The Omega update also brings a complete overhaul of expeditions, new on-planet missions, a new pirate dreadnought to own, and much more.

Until now expeditions have been their own game mode, but we wanted to fully integrate them into our main game. Now, our new expedition system allows travellers to join expeditions with bespoke provisions, bring along their favourite starships or custom multi-tools and return to their main save with loot and exciting rewards.

We have revisited the “Atlas Path”, allowing players to commune with the Atlas and honour it with a new Atlas staff, jetpack and helmet.

On planets we have introduced a huge array of procedurally generated quests. Talking to alien lifeforms results in quests specific to an alien lifeforms locale, climate and personality.

For the first time, take on the universe with a fleet of frigates led by a Dreadnought capital ship. If players can defeat pirate freighters in combat, travellers can board the Dreadnought to demand control.

At the core of this update is the Omega Expedition, which has been built from the ground up as a perfect introduction for new players, but with some of the best rewards in any expedition to date, including a gorgeous new starship to explore the universe with.

In the almost eight years since launch, through over 25 free updates, the No Man’s Sky universe has become at times overwhelming in breadth and depth. Through a series of quick missions and milestones, the OMEGA expeditions will guide you through the fundamentals of base-building, trading, space combat, lore and much, much more. Any progress you make will be retained in case you choose to purchase the game and continue your journey.

The Omega Expedition runs for 4 weeks from Thursday 15th February and is free to play for the first weekend until Monday 19th February. Full patch notes here[www.nomanssky.com].

Whether you’ve been on the journey with us for a while, or you're a lapsed player looking for a way back in, or a newcomer who’s always wanted to take a peek at what No Man’s Sky has to offer, everyone is welcome and there’s never been a better time to join in.

Our journey continues.

Sean

Hello,

Ten years ago we revealed No Man’s Sky to the world, and we feel very lucky to have the opportunity to continue to update this game we love. Next year will be one of our biggest for No Man’s Sky, and we released a video to celebrate at the end of the TGAs, with a small tease of some of the elements coming next year.

Next year will be a big one for No Man’s Sky with a lot of updates. It’s been over ten years and we still love working on it.

What people don’t know though is that for five of those years we’ve been working on something different and maybe even more ambitious.

With No Man’s Sky we created a universe of sparse alien planets, which isn’t easy, but there’s something much harder.

For our new game we have created an earth. A planet as varied as a universe, bigger than earth itself. With real mountains, multiple miles tall, that when you climb them and look out you see rivers, canyons, oceans, continents, islands as big as countries. A truly open world.

As a kid we always loved the maps at the start of great fantasy books - Earthsea, Narnia, Middle Earth, Westeros - whole worlds. This is our fantasy planet. A single planet we are going to let everyone play on together, to explore and adventure.

We’re super nervous but excited when announcing our new game. If folks like it, it’s a game we’d love to be still updating ten years from now.

Check out the trailer and wishlist if you like what you see on the Steam page.

A little more info…

Light No Fire is a game about adventure, building, survival and exploration together. Set on a fantasy planet the size of Earth, it brings the depth of a role playing game to the freedom of a survival sandbox.


Carve a life together. Meet players from across the globe, build a life, explore and survive together. Construct persistent buildings and communities, or strike out alone to discover the world for others.


A truly open world, with no boundaries at a scale never attempted before. A massively varied and dense planet filled with immersive biomes, unique enemies and valuable resources to discover.


Light No Fire presents you with an ancient earth to uncover. One where you're not the hero. Thick with lore, mystery and a constant fight for survival. Inspired by the adventure, charm and imagination that we love from classic fantasy.


Every mountain can be climbed, and below them lie endless vistas, oceans and continents perhaps no others have seen. Who will climb the tallest mountains, who will find the deepest sea? Set sail across vast oceans and rivers, ride wild beasts through fantastical landscapes, fly dragons over undiscovered landscapes.

We hope that you will continue to enjoy the No Man’s Sky journey and consider joining us on a new adventure.

Your support means the world to us.

Thanks.

Sean

Hello Everyone!

Another busy year for No Man’s Sky is drawing to a close, and this holiday season we are pleased to revisit our tradition of running remixed editions of this year’s expeditions.

Across the following dates, 2023’s community expeditions will be available once more, taking place in new sections of the universe, offering explorers another opportunity to experience these stories and events and earn exclusive rewards.

In addition to the 2023 expeditions, we are also bringing back a limited run of the community favourite Cartographers, from 2021. The bundle of rewards includes some of the most popular items from across a number of past expeditions, including the coveted Golden Vector starship – an exciting opportunity for players who missed out on the chance to earn these rewards during the original expedition runs.

Work together with other Travellers to rebuild an abandoned solar system for the mysterious Utopia Foundation. Utopia welcomes all contributors to our ambitious new communal habitation project!

Begin to unveil the history and origin of the harmonic camps in this precursor to Echoes. A mystery that touches upon artificial intelligence, the will to exist, and the very nature of what it means to be alive.

Awaken stranded on the fiery planet of Coul Major, and deeply explore its surface as you work to repair your bespoke starship.

A relaxing journey of exploration, encouraging Travellers to seek out remarkable worlds, reach planetary summits and oceanbeds, and catalogue your findings.

Rewards for the 2023 expeditions include the Robo-Warden and HoverDroid Companions, the Fearsome Visor and Wayfarer’s Helm, the Crimson Freighter Trail, and much more.

Cartographers presents some of the most exciting and popular rewards from previous expeditions: the Jetpack Bubble Trail, Feasting Casque, Exotic Wingpack, Streamlined Jetpack, and the legendary Golden Vector starship.


Today’s expedition update includes a bonus feature that we have been wanting to implement for a long time: left-handed mode for motion controls in virtual reality. VR players may now toggle their preferred handedness between left and right.

The handedness setting in VR links your grip on the Multi-Tool, interactions with menus, selection and placement of base building objects to the dominant hand, while attaching the wrist menu to the secondary hand, allowing left-handed players a more comfortable and intuitive experience.

This year we celebrated 7 years of post-launch development and support for No Man’s Sky and 10 years almost to the day since we announced the game to the world at the Game Awards (VGX). It is overwhelming to look back at how much the game has grown since 2016 – and to look ahead to where it is going. We’re excited to share a little taste of what’s yet to come!


Another feature in today’s update that we wanted to highlight: the rendering clarity on Switch has enjoyed further improvements. When we added FSR 2 on Switch in ECHOES[www.nomanssky.com], we were so happy to see the positive response from players and press (“With the recent patches, No Man’s Sky is now one of the cleanest, most visually stable games on Nintendo’s hardware.” – Eurogamer[www.eurogamer.net]), and we’re pleased to be able to expand on that.

In particular, with today’s update, Switch players will experience a reduction of ghosting artifacts – visual noise that can linger on screen when the image moves – and an overall improvement to image sharpness, via a highly bespoke implementation of AMD FidelityFX’s Contrast Adaptive Sharpening (CAS), customised to perform optimally on Switch.


The Quicksilver Synthesis Companion has working continuously throughout the year, powered by Travellers completing missions available at The Nexus. Their current synthesis project is a trio of cargo-themed base parts: an industrial crane as well as covered crates and silos, whose contents may well be of Outlaw provenance…

Global community progress towards unlocking these exclusive decorations can be viewed in the Mission Log, at the Quicksilver Bot’s kiosk, or at the Galactic Atlas site[galacticatlas.nomanssky.com].


Iteration: Mercury, custodian of the Space Anomaly’s teleporter, has established links to a new set of Featured Bases. Visit them to tour the cosy Polestar Potions & Apothecary and Wizards Rest, the tranquil Butterfly House and Ealpha Base, or the magnificent Last Egg from the First Dragon-UD22 – CCAS.

Polestar Potions & Apothecary by Nerozii-


The team are already hard at work creating new content and features for No Man’s Sky in 2024 – we are dreaming up some exciting new things that we can’t wait to share!

Update 4.46 is available across all platforms today, which includes the 2023 expedition remixes, left-handed VR mode, and a number of stability and gameplay fixes. Full patch notes are available here[www.nomanssky.com].

Our journey continues.

Sean

Hello,

2023 is No Man's Sky's seventh anniversary year and continues to be enjoyed in significant numbers by veteran and new players alike:

We have released 3 major (free) updates in 2023:


Completely immerse yourself in an infinite universe with No Man’s Sky update 4.1, FRACTAL[www.nomanssky.com]! Introducing a catalogue of your most incredible discoveries, a huge number of quality of life and accessibility improvements, gyroscopic control support, full support for PlayStation®VR2, and much more!



Venture to forsaken Sentinel worlds in update 4.2, INTERCEPTOR[www.nomanssky.com]! Explore corrupted planets, fight a legion of challenging new robotic guardians, hijack their technology, steal their ships, harvest their resources, destroy their freighters, and much, much more!


Meet a secret society of robotic aliens in update 4.4, ECHOES[www.nomanssky.com]! Furthering the narrative introduced in INTERCEPTOR, explore the mysteries of the Autophage, perform their rituals, learn their language, and assemble your own ceremonial staff. In deep space, confront huge outlaw dreadnoughts, sweep through their trenches and destroy vulnerable components in new tactical space combat – and much more!

The patch notes pages for every update are always lengthy and crammed full of new features and content for players.

Moreover each update is accompanied by a substantial community expedition, a timed event filled with unique challenges and rewards.

Sometimes an expedition gets so big that we spin it out into a update, as seen in May's SINGULARITY[www.nomanssky.com] expedition.

On top of supporting the game on existing platforms (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, GoG, PCVR and PSVR), we also released the game on two more platforms in 2023:

It continues to be a Labor of Love for our tiny team. If you could find a moment to vote for us in this year's Steam Awards, that would be amazing.

Our journey continues.

Sean

Hello Everyone!

One week ago, we released ECHOES[www.nomanssky.com], our largest update of 2023. The team has put a lot of love into this release, and the community response has been incredible – it has been so exciting to see players meeting the Autophage, building their own Voltaic Staff, engaging in space combat with the new outlaw Dreadnought ships, and utilising the Wonder Projector in entertaining and unexpected ways!

Today, we are launching Voyagers, our eleventh community expedition for No Man’s Sky. Voyagers is a relaxing journey of exploration, encouraging Travellers to seek out remarkable worlds, reach planetary summits and oceanbeds, and catalogue their findings.

Travellers will begin the expedition aboard their freighter in the Oishida system, ready to deploy their ship into space. Plot a route through the stars to discover exotic creatures, venture to extreme worlds, excavate ancient treasures, dive through a black hole, and much more!

After completing Voyagers, or when the expedition concludes, you will have the option to convert your progress to a Normal Mode save.

The exclusive rewards detailed below are registered at the Space Anomaly’s Quicksilver Synthesis Companion, and any earnt rewards may be redeemed across all save games.

The Voyagers expedition begins today, and will run for approximately two months.


An exclusive Exosuit Appearance Override for the Jetpack. Humidifiers discharge a highly salinated mist from the rocket nozzles, conducting a dramatic streak of electricity during Jetpack operation.

Adorn your base with these Navigators, Anomalous Wonder and Open Horizons posters – celebrating those who push at the boundaries of reality, those in search of the next unknown sky, and the sheer anomaly of existence…

An exclusive Companion Appearance Enhancement. This biomechanical remnant is a constant reminder of the many and diverse forms that existence can take.

This set of exclusive buildable base ornaments includes a makeshift planetary shelter, a detailed replica of an Autophage facial cage, and a partially assembled robotic hand. Please note that the units contain no trace of Autophage entity inhabitation…

This Robotic Spawn Capsule will hatch a mechanical HoverDroid companion. A low hum resonates from deep within the capsule, its dissonant frequency turning the air around it a faint purple.

Thank you for playing Voyagers, and we look forward to sharing more news with you soon.

Our journey continues.

Sean