No Man's Sky has been on a huge redemption arc years after its release, and it continues with the announcement of more new content coming soon. This next big update is called, No Man's Sky: Beyond! It will be released in Summer 2019. While details are somewhat vague, one of the big components being added in the update will be "No Man's Sky Online." This will bring a new social and multiplayer experience to the game that allows players to meet anywhere in the universe to play together. While this sounds like an MMO, there will be no additional subscription required, and will not contain any microtransactions! This should be a pretty exciting update, and bring some more content to players who have been enjoying the game so far.
Here's the full text of the update, along with the teaser video for No Man's Sky: Beyond.
Hello Everyone,
We know that there is a lot of hunger out there for news and updates on No Man’s Sky. We wanted to share some information from behind the scenes.
Our next chapter will be called No Man’s Sky: Beyond, coming Summer 2019.
Each chapter for No Man’s Sky has been more successful than the last. Thanks to our community, NEXT our large release last year was especially so. It went on to bring enjoyment to millions of new players, and it helped to change the legacy of this game we care so much about.
Earlier this year, whilst working on our roadmap of three future updates, we decided we wanted to interweave their features, and had a vision for something much more impactful.
We are excited to announce that Beyond will contain those three major updates rolled into one larger free release.
The first component of Beyond we are announcing today is No Man’s Sky Online.
No Man’s Sky Online includes a radical new social and multiplayer experience which empowers players everywhere in the universe to meet and play together. Whilst this 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.
These changes are an answer to how we have seen people playing since the release of NEXT, and is something we’ve dreamed of for a long time.
We will talk more about each component when we know we can be precise, and look forward to sharing more in the coming weeks.
Beyond will be our most ambitious chapter so far, and something we’ve been working ridiculously hard on. We’ll continue to support No Man’s Sky in this way for the foreseeable future.
It’s unexpected but so rewarding to see so many accolades and nominations for No Man’s Sky as Best On-going or Most Evolved this year. To some NEXT may have felt like a natural end-point for our journey, but for us it was another step on a longer voyage.
Thank you so much,
Sean
Published: Mar 15, 2019 05:35 pm