It’s an enormous day for No Man’s Sky because of the launch of cross-save assist, the discharge of PS5 Pro footage, and the return of the Normandy from Mass Effect.
Following sizzling on the heels of the Halloween-themed The Cursed replace, Hello Games’ long-running area sim lastly has cross-save assist on all platforms, a function the developer stated had been years within the making. “This has been an enormous endeavor, and is one among most requested options,” Hello Games stated.
“Being capable of leap seamlessly between platforms is actually transformative. Players can play from the consolation of their couch on console, proceed an Expedition on the transfer with Switch or Steam Deck, construct an unimaginable base on their beefy PC rig, and think about it in extremely immersive Virtual Reality.”
No Man’s Sky now helps cross-play and cross-save between an enormous variety of platforms together with PC, PS4, Xbox One and Xbox Series X and S, Game Pass, GOG, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck, PlayStation VR 1 and a couple of, and PCVR.
“Adding the power to switch saves between platforms by way of a server is very troublesome for No Man’s Sky, because the work concerned will increase with every platform supported and the way lengthy of us have already been enjoying for,” Hello Games continued. “Both these numbers are massive for our tiny workforce.
“It’s quite common for gamers to rack up hundreds of hours of saves exploring throughout area, constructing elaborate bases and cataloging their discoveries, with extremely detailed saves. Adding cross-save for us is a bit of bit like transferring home, the longer folks have lived there the extra sophisticated it’s to maneuver them! We even have gamers who performed as soon as at launch, eight years in the past, out of the blue loading up that save on a platform that didn’t even exist again then!
“For these causes we’ve got secretly been introducing the expertise for this replace for over six months. We are actually prepared to start out rolling cross-save out to a small variety of gamers.”
From at present, No Man’s Sky all gamers can hyperlink their completely different accounts collectively at A subset of gamers will likely be enabled to then choose their saves from a number of units on the in-game save display. In the approaching weeks all gamers will likely be invited to take action, Hello Games added.
Moving on to at present’s launch of PS5 Pro and No Man’s Sky’s assist for the $700 mid-gen improve, Hello Games stated customers can anticipate PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR) to offer 4K decision at 60 frames per second. No Man’s Sky can also be an early supporter of 8K decision, operating at 30 frames per second.
Check out No Man’s Sky operating on PS5 Pro within the video beneath:
“As properly as a a lot sharper decision at greater framerates, the elevated energy of the PS5 Pro has enabled us to ramp up the graphical high quality throughout the board,” Hello Games defined.
“Players on PS5 Pro will see improved lighting, with extremely high quality reflections and better high quality ambient occlusion in all modes. Explore probably the most stunning and detailed alien worlds No Man’s Sky has to supply, for the primary time on console.” All these enhancements are additionally coming to PSVR2, Hello Games added.
And lastly, the Normandy from Mass Effect returns to No Man’s Sky as a part of BioWare’s N7 Day celebrations.
“It was again in 2021 that the Normandy made its first look in one of many first expeditions we ever ran,” Hello Games stated. “The limited-time expedition begins at present, runs for 2 weeks and culminates in gamers having the ability to declare the Normandy for his or her fleet.
“In the intervening years since that occasion, we’ve got welcomed an enormous variety of Travellers, not least an entire new cohort of Switch gamers and an more and more massive variety of Chinese followers. Many of those new gamers have envied those that proudly displayed their Normandy of their frigate assortment.
“Mass Effect followers know that this legendary freighter solely seems when it’s most wanted! Today, and for the following two weeks, as a love-letter from one science fiction sport 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.
“Huge because of our buddies at EA and Bioware for serving to make this occur.”
No Man’s Sky launched in 2016 initially for PC and PS4 earlier than popping out on Xbox One in 2018, and PS5 and Xbox Series X and S in 2020. A Nintendo Switch model adopted in 2022. Over the years, Hello Games has issued a protracted record of main updates which have continued to spice up participant numbers.
Indeed, it is a busy time for Hello Games, which alongside updates for No Man’s Sky is engaged on its subsequent sport, Light No Fire. It’s about journey, constructing, survival and exploration collectively, set on a fantasy planet the scale of Earth.
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