Hi there,
This 12 months has already been a really busy one for No Man’s Sky, with 6 updates already this 12 months, together with the massive Worlds Replace. Our final replace, The Cursed, dropped simply a few weeks in the past, and gamers have been loving the spooky Halloween vibe.
In recreation growth some options take weeks or months, and others take years. At the moment we’re releasing some options which have been years within the making.
PlayStation 5 Pro
PlayStation 5 Pro releases in the present day and is an unbelievable feat of engineering. We have been so excited to get our arms on it from early days of growth. We couldn’t wait to see what was potential in No Man’s Sky with a lot energy at our disposal!
We’re excited to have the ability to share an enhanced model of No Man’s Sky for PlayStation 5 Pro with gamers at launch. Bringing much more element and better picture high quality than ever potential on console earlier than.
PlayStation Spectral Tremendous Decision (PSSR) permits for unbelievable upscaling to offer crisp 4K decision at 60fps. No Man’s Sky may also be an early supporter of 8k decision, with the universe trying unbelievable in 8K at 30fps.
In addition to a a lot sharper decision at increased framerates, the elevated energy of the PlayStation 5 Pro has enabled us to ramp up the graphical high quality throughout the board. Gamers on PlayStation 5 Pro will see improved lighting, with extremely high quality reflections and better high quality ambient occlusion in all modes. Discover probably the most lovely and detailed alien worlds No Man’s Sky has to supply, for the primary time on console.
Not solely this, however all of those enhancements additionally come to PS VR2! With our most gorgeous digital actuality imagery providing an much more immersive expertise for Travellers amongst the celebrities.
Cross-save
Ranging from in the present day we’re rolling out cross-save support on all platforms. This has been an enormous endeavor, and is certainly one of most requested options.
No Man’s Sky now helps cross-play and cross-save between an enormous variety of platforms together with final and present era consoles (together with PlayStation 5 Pro – see beneath), and PS VR & PS VR 2.
Including the power to switch saves between platforms by way of a server is very tough for No Man’s Sky, because the work concerned will increase with every platform supported and the way lengthy people have already been taking part in for. Each these numbers are giant for our tiny workforce.
It’s quite common for gamers to rack up 1000’s of hours of saves exploring throughout house, constructing elaborate bases and cataloging their discoveries, with extremely detailed saves. Including cross-save for us is a bit bit like transferring home, the longer folks have lived there the extra difficult it’s to maneuver them! We even have gamers who performed as soon as at launch, eight years in the past, all of the sudden loading up that save on a platform that didn’t even exist again then!
The Normandy returns
Everybody right here at Hi there Video games is a big sci-fi nerd. One in all our absolute favourite collection is the unbelievable Mass Impact video games. To hitch in Mass Impact’s annual N7 celebrations, we’re happy to welcome the legendary SSV Normandy SR1 again into No Man’s Sky!
It was again in 2021 that the Normandy made its first look in one of many first expeditions we ever ran. The limited-time expedition culminated in gamers having the ability to declare the Normandy for his or her fleet.
Within the intervening years since that occasion, now we have welcomed an enormous variety of Travellers. Many of those new gamers have envied those that proudly displayed their Normandy of their frigate assortment.
Mass Impact followers know that this legendary freighter solely seems when it’s most wanted! At the moment, and for the subsequent two weeks, as a love-letter from one science fiction recreation to a different, we’re giving everybody one other likelihood to come across the Normandy in an overhauled model of the unique mission and add it to their assortment.
Large due to our mates at Digital Arts and Bioware for serving to make this occur.
It has been a momentous 12 months for No Man’s Sky in a lot of methods. We’re so grateful to have the ability to proceed this journey with you.