No Man’s Sky next free update adds online multiplayer

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Hello Games have revealed the first details of No Man’s Sky’s next big update, which releases sometime this summer.

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by Liam Andrews

​@pass_controller

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According to a post from studio head Sean Murray, Beyond, as the update is known, is actually a combination of three major updates that Hello Games decided to bundle and release together. The first component of Beyond is No Man’s Sky Online, a “radical new social and multiplayer experience” which allows players to meet and play together.

Murray was keen to stress that the addition of an online component does not mean the game is becoming an MMO.

​“Whilst this [No Man’s Sky Online] brings people together like never before, and has many recognisable online elements, we don’t consider No Man’s Sky to be an MMO – it won’t require a subscription, won’t contain microtransactions, and will be free for all existing players.”

For the time being, there’s little information about what else Beyond will feature, but more details are set to be unveiled “in the coming weeks.”

What do you think No Man’s Sky’s “most ambitious chapter so far” will include? Let us know below or in the forums.​

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