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'Full Multiplayer Experience' Coming To No Man's Sky This July

The space sandbox is finally becoming the best version of itself. 
Charles Singletary Jr
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For No Man's Sky, the free Atlas Rises update finally introduced multiplayer gameplay, allowing up to 16 people to explore the universe together in synchronous co-op. It wasn't the fully formed multiplayer people hoped for, but a state. Now, with the Next update coming July 24, 2018, a robust multiplayer experience is being added to No Man's Sky.

"No Man's Sky can, kind of, be a bit mysterious [and] a bit weird at times. Also sometimes a little bit lonely," Murray says during an Inside Xbox interview. "This is very different. It's more Battlestar. It's Star Trek: Away Team. It's fun. It's funny and emergent and kind of intense."

Murray goes on to give a loose breakdown of what players can expect in the Next update coming this summer. You'll be able to gather with friends or just come across random strangers. You can team up or you can attack other people as well. The small communities or massive colonies spread across multiple planets that are built with a team will be online and can be visited by others.

The experience translates to space as well where dogfighting takes place. You can even create a pirate crew and attack freighters together. Racetracks built planetside were also mentioned during the interview.

No Man's Sky is available now on PC and PS4. The Xbox One version will launch with the Next update on July 24, 2018, and all of the game's updates are free.

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  • Shacknews legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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    May 18, 2018 7:25 AM

    Charles Singletary posted a new article, 'Full Multiplayer Experience' Coming To No Man's Sky This July

    • Lawgiver legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      May 18, 2018 8:36 AM

      in that interview he says we will talk more about the "next" update in a bit but they never do. Is the "next" update just the mp stuff?

    • Gylis legacy 10 years
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      May 18, 2018 8:42 AM

      Am I the only one who thinks that multiplayer is the last thing that game needed? Or base building for that matter. Neither of these of additions improves the best thing the game had to offer - exploration.

      NMS had incredibly shallow and grindy mechanics, which was the main problem.

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