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The Most Ambitious Space Game Ever Made Is Free This Weekend
15.2.2024
If you’ve never jumped into Hello Games’ open-galaxy exploration game No Man’s Sky, there’s no time like the present. The studio is making the game free for everyone this weekend as part of its big Omega update.Read more
No Man's Sky Devs Working On Open-World Game Simulating Whole Planet
8.12.2023
Hello Games is working on something completely new. It’s called Light No Fire and is promising a massive fantasy world players can explore. Director Sean Murray is already promising mountains bigger than Everest. Read more
Starfield’s Photo Mode Is Deeply Satisfying
14.9.2023
As the daughter of a photographer, I developed a love for the artform from a young age. But despite taking an inspiring film photography class in college and having access to great photo equipment, I rarely have time to pursue this interest. And though I’ve rarely used the “photo mode” features...
Starfield Fans Are Melting Down Over ‘Invisible Walls’ And The Possible Limits Of Exploration
28.8.2023
Starfield releases in just a few days, so naturally fans are spending the remaining hours picking apart every new leak. After copies of the game got into some players’ hands early, a steady trickle of screenshots, video clips, and first-hand accounts has people debating whether Starfield is keeping...
‘Near-Impossible’ No Man’s Sky Switch Port Coming October 7
23.6.2022
Hello Games is bringing massive spacefaring sim No Man’s Sky and most of its updates from the past six years to Switch on October 7, the company announced this morning. A physical edition of the complete, remastered PlayStation 5 version is also planned for the same day.Read more
Starfield Sounds Way Too Big
13.6.2022
“These aren’t just backdrops,” Bethesda’s Todd Howard told game journalists while pointing to a mountain range off in the distance during an E3 2011 demo for The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim. “You can go up to the top of that mountain.” That line and the promise behind it is infamous now, memed throughout...
No Man’s Sky Gets Space Whales, Roguelike Adventuring In Latest Update
25.5.2022
The next No Man’s Sky expansion is all about space whales. Well, okay, there’s a whole new, roguelike-style expedition for players to tackle too but come on. Space whales, baby.Read more
The Elusive No Man's Sky Squid That Disappeared for Four Years
26.4.2022
About four years ago, developer Hello Games launched “Next,” an enormous free update for galaxy-spanning adventure No Man’s Sky that added more danger, resources, and bizarre alien creatures to the game’s sprawling universe. Things like the nightmare-inducing double squid, with 16 arms...
Someone Please Stop Sean Murray From Hyping Up No Man’s Sky’s Successor
14.4.2022
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: During a recent IGN interview, Hello Games managing director Sean Murray talked up the studio’s new venture as “something pretty ambitious.”Read more
No Man's Sky Players Are Getting Swarmed By Pirate Armies After Latest Update
14.4.2022
Yesterday, developer Hello Games rolled out the 4,521,781th free update for its popular simulation of the universe, No Man’s Sky. Called “Outlaws,” among other new features, it adds a “pirate underground,” replete with an entire black-market economy. But some players say it’s added too many...
No Man's Sky Update Overhauls Space Combat, Adds Pirate Underground
13.4.2022
No Man’s Sky keeps getting bigger with its next expansion, subtitled Outlaws. This free update promises to introduce players to the game’s criminal underworld by focusing largely on activities like smuggling and pirate raids when it goes live today.Read more
No Man’s Sky Neo-Nazi Banned After Wreaking Havoc On Galactic Hub
1.4.2022
18 quintillion planets, and you still can’t get away from the worst people on Earth. To wit: The central nexus of No Man’s Sky, a region of charted space known as the Galactic Hub, was recently menaced by a troll who players say is a “neonazi.” Developer Hello Games has banned the griefer...
It’s 2022 And No Man’s Sky Is Still Getting Massive Free Updates
16.2.2022
I have no idea how to even describe the game that No Man’s Sky has become at this point, and its latest free update called Sentinel is a perfect illustration of why. It overhauls combat and adds new enemies, among many, many other things, leading to missions that seem to have more in common with...
No Man's Sky Dev Brings Back Older Games To Brighten One Kid's Life
27.1.2022
Before Hello Games made a name for itself with the procedurally generated space adventure No Man’s Sky, its developer was all about Joe Danger, a cartoonish motorcycle stuntman racing through an eponymous series of console and mobile games. After years of being defunct due to iOS updates, the...
Behold The Strange And Wondrous Aliens Of Guardians Of The Galaxy
28.10.2021
So, it turns out that Guardians of the Galaxy is very, very good! Don’t let Square Enix’s previous Marvel game, the online mess that is Avengers, scare you away from checking out this new, single-player adventure starring the galaxy’s most dysfunctional found family. Not only is it a blast to play...
No Man's Sky Free Halloween Update Adds Giant Spooky Sandworms
20.10.2021
As if space exploration wasn’t already inherently a little spooky, No Man’s Sky is adding a Halloween update to the game today. “Emergence” is a story-driven campaign where players will have to fight mutant sand worms and uncover the secrets of a dark cult. This story event accompanies various...
No Man's Sky Finally Finds Love
6.9.2021
It has not been an easy time for No Man’s Sky. After what can only be described as Molyneux-levels of unrealistic pre-release hype from developer Hello Games’ lead, Sean Murray, reality crashed down hard when it was released in August 2016. Inevitably it was review-bombed on Steam, and that legacy...
No Man's Sky Frontiers Update Adds Star Wars Style Settlements
1.9.2021
No Man’s Sky’s eagerly anticipated fifth-anniversary update is here, bringing Hello Games’ science fiction universe one step closer to Star Wars. The Frontiers update gives the game new planetary settlements—procedurally generated hives of scum and villainy that you can take over and govern as...
No Man's Sky Modder Won't Stop Adding Disturbing Sean Murray Heads 'Till Next Expansion
30.8.2021
Bored while waiting for No Man’s Sky’s massive 17th free expansion to come out, modder and video maker Winder Sun has vowed to mod Hello Games’ boss Sean Murray’s likeness into the game in increasingly creative and creepy ways until the Frontiers update goes live.Read more
No Man's Sky Celebrates Fifth Anniversary With 17th (!) Free Expansion
9.8.2021
Developer Hello Games celebrates No Man’s Sky’s fifth anniversary this week by not only looking back on the history of the game, but by giving us a tease of what’s coming next. Read more