No Man’s Sky Gets Fresh Horror-Themed Forsaken Update Just a Month After Cosmos
Hello Games has officially released the spooky No Man's Sky Forsaken update just in time for Halloween, bringing haunted technology, eerie alien cosmetics, and major quality of life improvements to all platforms including iOS.
Just as No Man’s Sky lands for iOS, the ever-expanding space sim is getting a spooky new update in time for Halloween. Forsaken is the latest creation from developer Hello Games, which successfully redeemed itself for the game's poor launch years ago and just keeps going with massive free updates anyway.
Last month, the development team released the No Man’s Sky Cosmos update in time for the game's tenth anniversary. The Cosmos update made space significantly more exciting to explore by letting you get close to stars, build your own custom space station, and explore the dangerous wreckage of huge space hulks.
What Is Included in the No Man's Sky Forsaken Update?
The No Man's Sky Forsaken update aims to show what Hello Games calls the "darker side of the universe." You will be able to search the vast galaxy for haunted technology and biological horrors to sell to eccentric traders, but acquiring them will require you to brave the most harrowing corners of the cosmos.
Trading these terrifying items grants access to new seasonal items that fit the Halloween theme. These rewards range from creepy ship parts to horrifying new options for your traveler.
New Seasonal Rewards and Organic Ship Parts
The seasonal items introduced in this update give players unique ways to customize their equipment and starships with an alien aesthetic.
- Creepy and Organic Shipbuilding Options: Customize your starships with eerie alien cockpits and unknowable organic modules.
- Larva Tank Helmets: Equippable cosmetic helmets featuring unsettling glass tanks containing alien larvae.
- Writhing Multi-Tools: New multi-tool designs complete with writhing, wormy appendages that move as you play. Yummy.
Key Quality of Life Tweaks and UI Improvements
On top of the terrifying seasonal content, the update introduces several helpful user interface tweaks and accessibility features. Players can now toggle a minimal HUD option for a cleaner screen, navigate an updated and better radial menu, and tinker with a bunch of other quality of life options.
One of the coolest additions in this patch directly impacts how you traverse space. You can now warp straight to any star you can see directly from your cockpit, making star system navigation faster and more immersive than ever.
No Man's Sky iOS Release and Platform Availability
The Forsaken update is available today across all supported platforms. This includes mobile players jump-starting their galactic journey via the newly minted No Man’s Sky for iOS.
If you want to look at every tiny change, stat adjustment, and bug fix included in this release, you can check out the full patch notes on the No Man’s Sky website.
How No Man's Sky Tech Powers Hello Games' Light No Fire
If you are wondering why Hello Games just keeps going with No Man's Sky -- other than its massive popularity -- you just need to look at its upcoming game, Light No Fire. Light No Fire is a fantasy sword and sorcery RPG from the same team that simulates an entire, densely packed planet built to actual scale instead of simulating an endless galaxy.
A lot of the ongoing updates and technical advances in No Man’s Sky are technical advances Hello Games is using to develop Light No Fire, which will eventually let players soar across vast skies on dragonback. Gamers have not seen new footage of Light No Fire since its reveal back at The Game Awards 2023.
After the sketchy launch of No Man's Sky back in the day, it seems like the Hello Games team plans to take a quieter approach and let the game speak for itself this time around.
Whether you are jumping in on mobile or exploring space from your PC or console, the spooky content in the No Man's Sky Forsaken update gives players plenty of haunting reasons to dive back into the galaxy today.
from IGN India
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