No Man's Sky News
Cartographers Expedition now LIVE!
Hello Everyone!
The release of Frontiers has been an intense and exciting time for the team. Populated civilisations are something the community have requested for a long time, and it’s incredibly rewarding for us to see players claiming their first settlement, meeting their first citizens, and experimenting with all the new base parts. We love seeing your process of discovery, and are often blown away by your extraordinary creativity with base building. Thank you for sharing your screenshots and stories, some of which you can find in the full blog post here.
Today, we are very excited to announce an event we know players have been anticipating. Expedition Three: Cartographers begins today!
In the Pioneers expedition, travellers embarked on a long journey across the galaxy: exploring, trading, building, mining and rendezvousing across five different planets. The second expedition, Beachhead, confronted travellers with a tightly-woven mystery, and a race against time to unravel it, with players all across the world eventually helping to summon the legendary SSV Normandy SR1 from Mass Effect.
Expedition seasons give us the opportunity to craft No Man’s Sky experiences that differ from the established game modes, and Cartographers is yet another unique journey, focused primarily on deep exploration of a single planet. This season places all expeditioners on the toxic world of Gisto Major, where their bespoke starship will require specialist attention to repair and launch into space.
Cartographers begins today, and will run for approximately two months.
Anniversary T-Shirt
To help commemorate the fifth anniversary of No Man’s Sky, we are releasing this stylish black and gold t-shirt, available for a limited time in the Official NMS Merchandise store here (Americas and Canada) or here (Rest of World).
Twitch Drop Campaign
We’re also very pleased to confirm the dates for a new campaign of Twitch drops! This weekend, from Thursday 9th September to Monday 13th September, tune into streamers playing No Man’s Sky on Twitch to earn an exciting new spread of in-game rewards.
Our very first Twitch drop campaign earlier this year worked out really well - in addition to welcoming a number of new travellers to No Man’s Sky, and offering existing players a new way to earn rewards, the campaign helped bring a new audience to streamers who have supported us from the very beginning, which means a lot to us!
Full details are available on the Twitch Drops page here.
Community Research
Polo’s Quicksilver Synthesis Companion is exhibiting almost organic-seeming emotion as travellers unlock the Antimatter Observation Orb, Synthesis Core, and Bubble Vat: items fashioned in the likeness of their own anomalous home. The thought of these items decorating planetary bases makes them emit a few delighted sparks.
They have hinted that they are next planning to synthesise something nautical-themed, inspired by the ancient maritime trade vessels of the Gek. Complete missions at the Nexus to contribute towards unlocking the Bubble Vat and unveiling the next batch of exotic items!
Development Update
We are continuing to work on features and content for No Man’s Sky, and look forward to sharing more when we’re ready! In the shorter term, we have already released 3 small patches since the release of Frontiers last week, and will continue to listen out for issues reported by the community. Thank you for playing!
Our journey continues.
Thank you so much,
Sean
The release of Frontiers has been an intense and exciting time for the team. Populated civilisations are something the community have requested for a long time, and it’s incredibly rewarding for us to see players claiming their first settlement, meeting their first citizens, and experimenting with all the new base parts. We love seeing your process of discovery, and are often blown away by your extraordinary creativity with base building. Thank you for sharing your screenshots and stories, some of which you can find in the full blog post here.
Today, we are very excited to announce an event we know players have been anticipating. Expedition Three: Cartographers begins today!
In the Pioneers expedition, travellers embarked on a long journey across the galaxy: exploring, trading, building, mining and rendezvousing across five different planets. The second expedition, Beachhead, confronted travellers with a tightly-woven mystery, and a race against time to unravel it, with players all across the world eventually helping to summon the legendary SSV Normandy SR1 from Mass Effect.
Expedition seasons give us the opportunity to craft No Man’s Sky experiences that differ from the established game modes, and Cartographers is yet another unique journey, focused primarily on deep exploration of a single planet. This season places all expeditioners on the toxic world of Gisto Major, where their bespoke starship will require specialist attention to repair and launch into space.
Cartographers begins today, and will run for approximately two months.
Anniversary T-Shirt
To help commemorate the fifth anniversary of No Man’s Sky, we are releasing this stylish black and gold t-shirt, available for a limited time in the Official NMS Merchandise store here (Americas and Canada) or here (Rest of World).
Twitch Drop Campaign
We’re also very pleased to confirm the dates for a new campaign of Twitch drops! This weekend, from Thursday 9th September to Monday 13th September, tune into streamers playing No Man’s Sky on Twitch to earn an exciting new spread of in-game rewards.
Our very first Twitch drop campaign earlier this year worked out really well - in addition to welcoming a number of new travellers to No Man’s Sky, and offering existing players a new way to earn rewards, the campaign helped bring a new audience to streamers who have supported us from the very beginning, which means a lot to us!
Full details are available on the Twitch Drops page here.
Community Research
Polo’s Quicksilver Synthesis Companion is exhibiting almost organic-seeming emotion as travellers unlock the Antimatter Observation Orb, Synthesis Core, and Bubble Vat: items fashioned in the likeness of their own anomalous home. The thought of these items decorating planetary bases makes them emit a few delighted sparks.
They have hinted that they are next planning to synthesise something nautical-themed, inspired by the ancient maritime trade vessels of the Gek. Complete missions at the Nexus to contribute towards unlocking the Bubble Vat and unveiling the next batch of exotic items!
Development Update
We are continuing to work on features and content for No Man’s Sky, and look forward to sharing more when we’re ready! In the shorter term, we have already released 3 small patches since the release of Frontiers last week, and will continue to listen out for issues reported by the community. Thank you for playing!
Our journey continues.
Thank you so much,
Sean
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Open-world space game No Man's Sky has pulled off an incredible feat rarely seen in gaming: it has shifted its status from one meme to another, going from a symbol of hubris and over-optimistic marketing hype to becoming the go-to example of a game that has managed to re-earn players' good will. 'Pulling a No Man's Sky' is a real thing now, something we all hope happens when a game has a rocky start. This week, that phenomenon was unofficially marked by No Man's Sky's all-time Steam reviews ticking over to 'mostly positive.'
That's quite an achievement for a game that started out with 'overwhelmingly negative' Steam reviews. Indeed, it's still possible to remember the anger and frustration players expressed for weeks following No Man's Sky's initial release five years ago. Players complained about missing features and poor performance, and the furor over the hotly anticipated space sandbox game reached such a nadir that a moderator on the No Man's Sky subreddit said he was "concerned for my safety."
Gradually, however, developer Hello Games turned the No Man's Sky ship around. Major updates like NEXT (which added full multiplayer) in 2018 and this past week's Frontiers have brought players back to No Man's Sky and even brought in new ones.
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