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Review No Man's Sky (Switch) - Right Up There With The Very Best Switch Ports
Galaxy Quest
This article was originally published as an in-progress review without a score prior to the arrival of the 4.0 Waypoint update, which brought a raft of new features in the days after launch. It has now been updated with our impressions of Waypoint and awarded an overall score. It's been a long old road for Hello Games' No Man's Sky...
Review The Last Campfire (Switch) - A Refreshingly Freeform Puzzle Adventure Packed With Ideas
S'mores the merrier
The Last Campfire is a delightful puzzle-stuffed adventure from the core creative team behind WiiWare favourite LostWinds. Where that game was made at Frontier, home to the universe builders of the Elite series, this new adventure was nurtured at Hello Games, home to the universe builders of No Man’s Sky. There’s something...
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News No Man's Sky Finally Lands Cross-Save Features In New Update
Plus, Mass Effect's Normandy returns
You've got to hand it to No Man's Sky developer Hello Games, that team sure knows how to roll out the updates. Just weeks after the spooky 'Cursed' update landed, another patch is set to blast off today with cross-save features as its headline addition. Starting today, Hello Games is rolling out cross-save...
News No Man's Sky's 'The Cursed' Update Adds A Spooky Space Adventure In Time For Halloween
Blast off today... if you dare
Off the back of September's fishing update, No Man's Sky developer Hello Games is looking towards something a little more spooky this month ('tis the season, after all). The result? 'The Cursed'. It's a pretty creepy-sounding update title, no? Well, it only gets scarier from here. 'The Cursed' will see you exploring a...
News No Man's Sky 'Aquarius' Update Finally Adds Intergalactic Fishing
"Hoo hoot! Oh, several fish I see!"
Just a few weeks after the 'Worlds Part I' expansion, Hello Games is back with another No Man's Sky update. This one adds a feature that we suspect will be welcomed with open arms from all players: fishing! In a brief update from Sean Murray, the team at Hello Games was inspired by a piece of artwork submitted to...
News No Man's Sky's 'Worlds Part I' Update Brings A New Level Of Detail To The Universe
New flora, fauna, technology and gameplay
Hello Games is preparing to launch the largest No Man's Sky update of the year so far, and it looks like a beauty. From the outside, the 'Worlds Part I' update might not be the game-changer that we have seen from previous patches, but this one is all about the immersion. That's because this update packs in...
News No Man's Sky's 'Adrift' Update Lets You Explore An Abandoned Universe
No other lifeforms, no trading, no help
Hello Games is preparing to launch the third large No Man's Sky update of the year, 'Adrift'. While previous patches have all been about adding more, this one strips things back. In 'Adrift,' the universe has been abandoned. There are no other lifeforms — say goodbye to shopping, trading and shortcuts —...
News Ship Customisation And New Space Stations Arrive In No Man's Sky's 'Orbital' Update
Blasting off today
It has been a little over a month since the 'Omega' update landed in No Man's Sky and Hello Games clearly hasn't paused for breath as it today unveiled the next new patch. The 'Orbital' update will be blasting off today and while it might not be quite as expedition-focused as some of those that we have seen in the past, it does...
News Play No Man's Sky For Free This Weekend As New 'Omega' Update Launches
Free... 2... 1... we have liftoff!
No Man's Sky developer Hello Games is back with another huge update as the game's 'Omega' patch is ready for liftoff. But that's not all. To celebrate the launch, the entire expedition will be available to play for free on Switch, whether you own the game or not. Yes, from 2pm GMT on 15th February until 6pm GMT on...
News The Latest No Man's Sky Patch Includes Some Switch Improvements
Launching "as soon as possible"
Following last week's news about No Man's Sky having one of its "biggest months" in the last few years, the team at Hello Games has rolled out a new 'Echoes' update. Although it's not live on the Nintendo Switch just yet, it will be released on this platform "as soon as possible". The main Echoes update, arrived back...
News Sean Murray: No Man's Sky Is Having Its "Biggest Month In The Last Few Years"
The Starfield effect
Bethesda's Starfield is currently getting a lot of attention online, and it seems the popularity of this new RPG has had a positive effect on other space adventures. As highlighted by Hello Games founder Sean Murray on social media, the developer's own space adventure No Man's Sky is currently having its "biggest month" ever in...
News No Man's Sky 'Echoes' Update Brings New Robotic Race, Improved Visuals, And More
Making contact
Hello Games has detailed its latest major update for No Man's Sky, dubbed 'Echoes', and it sounds like a big one, folks. Launching today (yes, today), the main draw for the new update will be a brand-new robotic race, which Hello Games states is the first entirely new race introduced to the game since its initial launch in 2016...
News No Man's Sky 'Singularity' Update Adds New Story, Character Customisation And More
Investigate mysterious robot heads
Just two months on from the launch of the 'Interceptor' update, Hello Games has now announced that the next chapter in No Man's Sky, 'Singularity, will be launching today. This expedition looks to be pretty narrative-based as you will begin to investigate a series of mysterious robot heads that have been appearing...
News New No Man's Sky Update Flies Onto Switch Soon, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Fixing some Interceptor issues
Hello Games is back with another patch for No Man's Sky, working to address some of the problems that arose with the recent Interceptor update. The fixes this time around range across a series of bugs from interior design options to problems with the recently-introduced corruption challenges. As we have come to expect...
News No Man's Sky's Next Update Is On The Way, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Hitting ver. 4.15
Whatever your thoughts on No Man's Sky's journey so far, you have to respect the amount of effort that Hello Games puts into ever improving the game with constant updates. One such patch has now been announced and this one is all about getting rid of some pesky bugs that cropped up in the recent 'Fractal' update. The ver. 4.15...
News No Man's Sky Updated To Version 4.13, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Fixing pesky space bugs
No Man’s Sky has just received another heft update on Switch and all other platforms. Update 4.13 introduces a host of new bug fixes and tweaks for the recently released Fractal Update that will help make your spacefaring adventure all the smoother. Here are the full patch notes from Hello Games’ official No Man’s Sky...
News No Man's Sky Receives New Update Today, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Squishing bugs
Last week saw the launch of the Fractal update in No Man's Sky which brought additions such as new ships, expeditions and even gyro controls to the Switch. Now, Hello Games has released the follow-up patch to solve any issues with the new content. The ver. 4.12 update is mainly focussed on sorting out bugs that arose with the latest...
News No Man's Sky 'Fractal' Update Launches Today, New Ship, Expeditions, Gyro Controls Added
Here are the full patch notes
The developer behind No Man's Sky, Hello Games, has today announced that the space exploration title will be jetting off into ver. 4.1 with the all new Fractal update. Much of this update makes improvements on the VR side of things, but there is still a lot of new content to be had for Switch players. This includes the...
Feature "No Man's Sky Will Never Run On That" - Sean Murray Talks Defying The Odds On Switch
"I have a good history of being right sometimes and totally wrong other times"
Anyone who has played or has even been remotely interested in No Man's Sky over the past six years will most likely have heard of Sean Murray. The founder of development studio Hello Games and creator of No Man's Sky's ever-expanding universe, Murray's name sits above the...
News No Man's Sky Brings 2022's Limited-Time Expeditions To Switch From Tomorrow
Return of the space jellyfish!
No Man's Sky flew onto Switch last month, proving the 'impossible port' to be very much possible. Now, as we have come to expect from Hello Games, more content will be soaring our way soon, this time in the form of the year's limited-time expeditions re-appearing on our radar. Expeditions have been a mainstay of No...
Random You Can Now Walk Down Guildford High Street In No Man's Sky
Shop local
Ah, No Man's Sky. The bliss intergalactic traveller where you can visit an infinite number of planets, discover new species, push the boundaries of physical advancement and now, it seems, visit the high streets of small English towns. Yes, that's right. Tired with the procedural generation of an endless galaxy and just wishing for the...
Video Digital Foundry's Technical Analysis Of No Man's Sky On Switch
"Compromised but playable"
Earlier this month, Hello Games released its space-exploration RPG No Man's Sky on the Nintendo Switch. The tech experts over at Digital Foundry have now taken a closer look at the game's performance on the hybrid system, summing it up as "comprised but playable". The game uses temporal anti-aliasing, but it's coverage...
Guide How To Redeem No Man's Sky Switch Exclusive Ship & Multitool
To the Space Anomaly!
No Man's Sky has finally launched on Nintendo Switch and we've been mighty impressed with Hello Games' surprisingly solid port. Even more excitingly, now that the game's huge new Waypoint update has dropped on Nintendo's console, Switch players can go ahead and redeem some lovely exclusive rewards in the form of a super slick...
News No Man's Sky Waypoint Update Is Now Live On Switch
Adds Relaxed Mode, Switch Bonuses And More
Update [Mon 10th Oct, 2022 13:30 BST]: Releasing on other consoles late last week, No Man's Sky's Waypoint update is now available on Switch. This means that all of the new features mentioned below are now fully playable on the Nintendo console - including the Switch-specific rewards. We have been having...
News No Man's Sky Creator Is Happy To Leave Microtransactions Out Of The Game
"what we enjoy is delivering value to players"
We are but a few short days away from No Man's Sky's inaugural flight to Switch on October 7th and we are buckling in to see how this massive game plays on Nintendo's comparatively tiny console. In order to put some of our fears to rest, we recently got the chance to sit down with the game's creator,...
Video We Played Some No Man's Sky On Switch - Here's What We Thought
An early hands-on with Hello Games
We are but a few short days away from the Switch release of No Man's Sky on October 7th and it is fair to say that we have been nervous to see how this frankly massive game would run on Nintendo's little console. Following a huge update to the game as we currently find it out in the wild, it seemed unlikely that...
News No Man Sky's 4.0 Update Will Be "Fully Focused" On The Nintendo Switch Launch
And "delivering that technical mini miracle"
One of the many titles coming to the Nintendo Switch next month is the ambitious space epic No Man's Sky. The release of the game lines up with the 4.0 update, and if you're wondering what else might be included, it seems the Switch version is "the focus" of this next game update. Hello Games' founder...
News No Man's Sky Finally Lands Cross-Save Features In New Update
Plus, Mass Effect's Normandy returns
You've got to hand it to No Man's Sky developer Hello Games, that team sure knows how to roll out the updates. Just weeks after the spooky 'Cursed' update landed, another patch is set to blast off today with cross-save features as its headline addition. Starting today, Hello Games is rolling out cross-save...
News No Man's Sky's 'The Cursed' Update Adds A Spooky Space Adventure In Time For Halloween
Blast off today... if you dare
Off the back of September's fishing update, No Man's Sky developer Hello Games is looking towards something a little more spooky this month ('tis the season, after all). The result? 'The Cursed'. It's a pretty creepy-sounding update title, no? Well, it only gets scarier from here. 'The Cursed' will see you exploring a...
News No Man's Sky 'Aquarius' Update Finally Adds Intergalactic Fishing
"Hoo hoot! Oh, several fish I see!"
Just a few weeks after the 'Worlds Part I' expansion, Hello Games is back with another No Man's Sky update. This one adds a feature that we suspect will be welcomed with open arms from all players: fishing! In a brief update from Sean Murray, the team at Hello Games was inspired by a piece of artwork submitted to...
News No Man's Sky's 'Worlds Part I' Update Brings A New Level Of Detail To The Universe
New flora, fauna, technology and gameplay
Hello Games is preparing to launch the largest No Man's Sky update of the year so far, and it looks like a beauty. From the outside, the 'Worlds Part I' update might not be the game-changer that we have seen from previous patches, but this one is all about the immersion. That's because this update packs in...
News No Man's Sky's 'Adrift' Update Lets You Explore An Abandoned Universe
No other lifeforms, no trading, no help
Hello Games is preparing to launch the third large No Man's Sky update of the year, 'Adrift'. While previous patches have all been about adding more, this one strips things back. In 'Adrift,' the universe has been abandoned. There are no other lifeforms — say goodbye to shopping, trading and shortcuts —...
News Ship Customisation And New Space Stations Arrive In No Man's Sky's 'Orbital' Update
Blasting off today
It has been a little over a month since the 'Omega' update landed in No Man's Sky and Hello Games clearly hasn't paused for breath as it today unveiled the next new patch. The 'Orbital' update will be blasting off today and while it might not be quite as expedition-focused as some of those that we have seen in the past, it does...
News Play No Man's Sky For Free This Weekend As New 'Omega' Update Launches
Free... 2... 1... we have liftoff!
No Man's Sky developer Hello Games is back with another huge update as the game's 'Omega' patch is ready for liftoff. But that's not all. To celebrate the launch, the entire expedition will be available to play for free on Switch, whether you own the game or not. Yes, from 2pm GMT on 15th February until 6pm GMT on...
News The Latest No Man's Sky Patch Includes Some Switch Improvements
Launching "as soon as possible"
Following last week's news about No Man's Sky having one of its "biggest months" in the last few years, the team at Hello Games has rolled out a new 'Echoes' update. Although it's not live on the Nintendo Switch just yet, it will be released on this platform "as soon as possible". The main Echoes update, arrived back...
News Sean Murray: No Man's Sky Is Having Its "Biggest Month In The Last Few Years"
The Starfield effect
Bethesda's Starfield is currently getting a lot of attention online, and it seems the popularity of this new RPG has had a positive effect on other space adventures. As highlighted by Hello Games founder Sean Murray on social media, the developer's own space adventure No Man's Sky is currently having its "biggest month" ever in...
News No Man's Sky 'Echoes' Update Brings New Robotic Race, Improved Visuals, And More
Making contact
Hello Games has detailed its latest major update for No Man's Sky, dubbed 'Echoes', and it sounds like a big one, folks. Launching today (yes, today), the main draw for the new update will be a brand-new robotic race, which Hello Games states is the first entirely new race introduced to the game since its initial launch in 2016...
News No Man's Sky 'Singularity' Update Adds New Story, Character Customisation And More
Investigate mysterious robot heads
Just two months on from the launch of the 'Interceptor' update, Hello Games has now announced that the next chapter in No Man's Sky, 'Singularity, will be launching today. This expedition looks to be pretty narrative-based as you will begin to investigate a series of mysterious robot heads that have been appearing...
News New No Man's Sky Update Flies Onto Switch Soon, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Fixing some Interceptor issues
Hello Games is back with another patch for No Man's Sky, working to address some of the problems that arose with the recent Interceptor update. The fixes this time around range across a series of bugs from interior design options to problems with the recently-introduced corruption challenges. As we have come to expect...
News No Man's Sky's Next Update Is On The Way, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Hitting ver. 4.15
Whatever your thoughts on No Man's Sky's journey so far, you have to respect the amount of effort that Hello Games puts into ever improving the game with constant updates. One such patch has now been announced and this one is all about getting rid of some pesky bugs that cropped up in the recent 'Fractal' update. The ver. 4.15...
News No Man's Sky Updated To Version 4.13, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Fixing pesky space bugs
No Man’s Sky has just received another heft update on Switch and all other platforms. Update 4.13 introduces a host of new bug fixes and tweaks for the recently released Fractal Update that will help make your spacefaring adventure all the smoother. Here are the full patch notes from Hello Games’ official No Man’s Sky...
News No Man's Sky Receives New Update Today, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Squishing bugs
Last week saw the launch of the Fractal update in No Man's Sky which brought additions such as new ships, expeditions and even gyro controls to the Switch. Now, Hello Games has released the follow-up patch to solve any issues with the new content. The ver. 4.12 update is mainly focussed on sorting out bugs that arose with the latest...
News No Man's Sky 'Fractal' Update Launches Today, New Ship, Expeditions, Gyro Controls Added
Here are the full patch notes
The developer behind No Man's Sky, Hello Games, has today announced that the space exploration title will be jetting off into ver. 4.1 with the all new Fractal update. Much of this update makes improvements on the VR side of things, but there is still a lot of new content to be had for Switch players. This includes the...
Feature "No Man's Sky Will Never Run On That" - Sean Murray Talks Defying The Odds On Switch
"I have a good history of being right sometimes and totally wrong other times"
Anyone who has played or has even been remotely interested in No Man's Sky over the past six years will most likely have heard of Sean Murray. The founder of development studio Hello Games and creator of No Man's Sky's ever-expanding universe, Murray's name sits above the...
News No Man's Sky Brings 2022's Limited-Time Expeditions To Switch From Tomorrow
Return of the space jellyfish!
No Man's Sky flew onto Switch last month, proving the 'impossible port' to be very much possible. Now, as we have come to expect from Hello Games, more content will be soaring our way soon, this time in the form of the year's limited-time expeditions re-appearing on our radar. Expeditions have been a mainstay of No...
Random You Can Now Walk Down Guildford High Street In No Man's Sky
Shop local
Ah, No Man's Sky. The bliss intergalactic traveller where you can visit an infinite number of planets, discover new species, push the boundaries of physical advancement and now, it seems, visit the high streets of small English towns. Yes, that's right. Tired with the procedural generation of an endless galaxy and just wishing for the...
Video Digital Foundry's Technical Analysis Of No Man's Sky On Switch
"Compromised but playable"
Earlier this month, Hello Games released its space-exploration RPG No Man's Sky on the Nintendo Switch. The tech experts over at Digital Foundry have now taken a closer look at the game's performance on the hybrid system, summing it up as "comprised but playable". The game uses temporal anti-aliasing, but it's coverage...
Guide How To Redeem No Man's Sky Switch Exclusive Ship & Multitool
To the Space Anomaly!
No Man's Sky has finally launched on Nintendo Switch and we've been mighty impressed with Hello Games' surprisingly solid port. Even more excitingly, now that the game's huge new Waypoint update has dropped on Nintendo's console, Switch players can go ahead and redeem some lovely exclusive rewards in the form of a super slick...
News No Man's Sky Waypoint Update Is Now Live On Switch
Adds Relaxed Mode, Switch Bonuses And More
Update [Mon 10th Oct, 2022 13:30 BST]: Releasing on other consoles late last week, No Man's Sky's Waypoint update is now available on Switch. This means that all of the new features mentioned below are now fully playable on the Nintendo console - including the Switch-specific rewards. We have been having...
News No Man's Sky Creator Is Happy To Leave Microtransactions Out Of The Game
"what we enjoy is delivering value to players"
We are but a few short days away from No Man's Sky's inaugural flight to Switch on October 7th and we are buckling in to see how this massive game plays on Nintendo's comparatively tiny console. In order to put some of our fears to rest, we recently got the chance to sit down with the game's creator,...
Video We Played Some No Man's Sky On Switch - Here's What We Thought
An early hands-on with Hello Games
We are but a few short days away from the Switch release of No Man's Sky on October 7th and it is fair to say that we have been nervous to see how this frankly massive game would run on Nintendo's little console. Following a huge update to the game as we currently find it out in the wild, it seemed unlikely that...
News No Man Sky's 4.0 Update Will Be "Fully Focused" On The Nintendo Switch Launch
And "delivering that technical mini miracle"
One of the many titles coming to the Nintendo Switch next month is the ambitious space epic No Man's Sky. The release of the game lines up with the 4.0 update, and if you're wondering what else might be included, it seems the Switch version is "the focus" of this next game update. Hello Games' founder...