No Man’s Sky Now Supports Cross-Save Across Multiple Platforms

Howdy,

This 12 months has already been a really busy one for No Man’s Sky, with six updates already this 12 months, together with the large Worlds Replace. Our final one, The Cursed, dropped simply a few weeks in the past, and gamers have been loving the spooky Halloween vibe. 

In sport improvement some options take weeks or months, and others take years. At present we’re releasing some options which have been years within the making.

Cross-Save Assist on All Platforms

Ranging from as we speak we’re rolling out Cross-Save assist on all platforms together with PC, Xbox One, Xbox Collection X|S, Nintendo Change, Steam Deck, and extra. This has been an enormous endeavor and is one in every of most requested options.

With the ability to soar seamlessly between platforms is transformative. Gamers can play from the consolation of their couch on console, proceed an Expedition on the transfer with Change or Steam Deck, construct an unbelievable base on their beefy PC rig, and consider it in extremely immersive Digital Actuality. 

Including the flexibility to switch saves between platforms by way of a server is very tough for No Man’s Sky, because the work concerned will increase with every platform supported and the way lengthy of us have already been taking part in for. Each these numbers are giant for our tiny workforce. 

It’s quite common for gamers to rack up 1000’s of hours of saves exploring throughout house, constructing elaborate bases and cataloguing their discoveries, with extremely detailed saves. Including Cross-Save for us is a bit bit like transferring home, the longer folks have lived there the extra sophisticated it’s to maneuver them! We even have gamers who performed as soon as at launch, eight years in the past, instantly loading up that save on a platform that didn’t even exist again then!

For these causes we now have secretly been introducing the know-how for this replace for over six months. We at the moment are prepared to start out rolling Cross-Save out to a small variety of gamers. From as we speak, all No Man’s Sky gamers can hyperlink their completely different accounts collectively at No Man’s Sky: Cross-Save web site. A subset of gamers might be enabled to then choose their saves from a number of gadgets on the in-game save display. Within the coming weeks all gamers might be invited to take action.

The Normandy Returns

Everybody right here at Howdy Video games is a big sci-fi nerd. One among our absolute favourite collection is the unbelievable Mass Impact video games. To affix in Mass Impact’s annual N7 celebrations, we’re happy to welcome the legendary SSV Normandy SR1 again into No Man’s Sky! 

It was in 2021 that the Normandy made its first look in one of many first expeditions we ever ran. The limited-time expedition culminated in gamers having the ability to declare the Normandy for his or her fleet.

Within the intervening years since that occasion, we now have welcomed an enormous variety of Travellers, not least a complete new cohort of Change gamers and an more and more giant variety of Chinese language followers. Many of those new gamers have envied those that proudly displayed their Normandy of their frigate assortment.

Mass Impact followers know that this legendary freighter solely seems when it’s most wanted! At present, and for the following two weeks, as a love-letter from one science fiction sport to a different, we’re giving everybody one other likelihood to come across the Normandy in an overhauled model of the unique mission and add it to their assortment.

Big due to our associates at EA and Bioware for serving to make this occur.

It has been a momentous 12 months for No Man’s Sky in a number of methods. We’re so grateful to have the ability to proceed this journey with you.