Summary
A surprise update forNo Man’s Skysees the addition of several new features, and gives players the chance to earn the SSV Normandy SR1 fromMass Effectas a unique frigate for their fleets. Players can claim this in-game reward thanks to the temporary re-run of the Beachhead expedition inNo Man’s Sky, which is now live for the next two weeks in celebration ofMass Effect’s N7 Day.
N7 Day is the annual celebration of the Mass Effect series that takes place on November 7th, with the term “N7” referring to the designation held by Commander Shepard, the protagonist throughout the original trilogy ofMass Effecttitles. ThoughNo Man’s SkyandMass Effectare entirely different IPs developed by different studios, thetwo sci-fi titles crossed over inNo Man’s Skyback in 2021with the Beachhead expedition, which challenged players to explore the universe together and complete a variety of challenges in order to receive the ultimate reward ofMass Effect’s iconic Normandy as an in-game frigate.
In celebration of this year’s N7 Day, players once again have the opportunity toearn the Normandy frigate inNo Man’s Skythanks to the expedition being re-run for a limited time only. Ina post detailing the latestNo Man’s Skyupdate, developer and Hello Games founder Sean Murray refers to the expedition as “a love-letter from one science-fiction game to another,” with the expedition available to all players for the next two weeks. This isn’t the only surprise revealed forNo Man’s Skytoday, as this unnamed update also marks the release of a visually-enhanced version of the game for the PlayStation 5 Pro, as well as a cross-save function which allows fans to play their save games across every platform that supports the game.
Everything New in No Man’s Sky’s Latest Update
Thiscross-save functionality in particular is a crucial step forward forNo Man’s Sky, and one that players have been hoping to see for many years. AsNo Man’s Skyhas soared to greater and greater heights following its launch in 2016 over the course of dozens of free content updates, the game has achieved a considerable and thriving playerbase as a result of it coming to new platforms such as the Nintendo Switch, Mac and PSVR 2 - the latter of which benefiting from the enhancements made with the new Playstation 5 Pro version.
All of these new additions to the game come just weeks afterthe launch ofNo Man’s Sky’s sixteenth expedition, The Cursed, which brought the Halloween spirit to the sci-fi exploration game in yet another limited-time community expedition event. AsNo Man’s Sky’s community continues to thrive after the game’s extremely popular Worlds Part One update, many remain excited for the release of Worlds Part Two, which will further continueNo Man’s Sky’s journey.
No Man’s Sky
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Lose yourself in a vast sci-fi odyssey as you explore a near-infinite, procedurally generated universe. Set out from the edge of the Euclid galaxy and carve out your own interstellar existence in a vast universe teeming with life, danger and near-endless mystery. No Man’s Sky is a hugely-ambitious, heavily-stylised, sci-fi adventure that spans entire galaxies all brought to life with procedural generation. Travel through an endless array of increasingly diverse and dangerous star systems, prospecting for rare materials, trading with alien life, populate planets and searching for clues to the meaning of the universe’s mysterious existence. How you survive is up to you. Assemble entire fleets of dreadnought-class freighters and tear across the universe; build sprawling habitable bases across planet surfaces, beneath the ground or under the ocean; buy and upgrade your own weapons and star ships and do battle with outlaw space pirates, hostile alien fauna or the mysterious sentinel fleets. The universe is yours to explore - trillions upon trillions of planets, waiting to be discovered.
