No Man’s Sky Next is a Massive Free Update

Hello Games announced (on the Playstaton Blog) that No Man’s Sky Next will launch on July 24, 2018. It is described as a “massive free update.” The blog post was written by Sean Murray, Founder of Hello Games.

No Man’s Sky Next will launch as a free update for everyone who owns No Man’s Sky. It is a free update for PC, PS4 and Xbox.

Some features include:

• Team up with a small team of friends and explore the universe together, or be joined by random travelers.
• You can help friends to stay alive, or prey on others to survive.
• Tiny shelters or complex colonies that you build as a team are shared for all players.
• Fight as a pirate or a wingman in epic space battles with friends and enemies.
• Race exocraft across weird alien terrains, creating race tracks and trails to share online.
• Character customization allows you to personalize your appearance.
• The game is fully playable in third or first person, both on-foot and in ship.
• Planetary rings and improved space visuals make space more beautiful than ever.
• Dramatically improved planetary terrain generation, ground textures, water and clouds bring the environment to life.
• Significantly more detail added to ships, NPCs and buildings.
• Bases can now be built anywhere on any planet.
• Dramatically increased base building complexity and size limits.
• Hundreds of new base parts.
• Own multiple bases.
• Assemble and upgrade a fleet of frigates and command them from the bridge of your freighter.
• Send your fleet out to into the universe, or deploy them to help you as you explore a specific system.
• Improved freighter base building allows a truly custom capital ship.
• Invite your friends abroad and take on challenging multiplayer missions from the Galactic Commision Station on your bridge.