Update 2.0 for No Man`s Sky has arrived on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Simply titled Beyond, the latest major update for the ambitious space explorer marks the three year anniversary of its initial release by adding a veritable bucketload of new features and improvements, from massively expanding the multiplayer experience, to adding fully-fledged VR support.If you haven`t taken the plunge with No Man`s Sky yet, now might be the best time to do so. The early game has been streamlined and revised to better teach new players its multitude of disparate mechanics, while a new catalogue has been introduced that automatically adds substances, crafting products, and new technologies to its pages when first encountered. A useful rework of the Pinning system also allows you to get detailed step-by-step instructions on how to find and build any item in the aforementioned catalogue. Meanwhile, new story content has been added in order to weave together the three main narrative pathways that encompass No Man`s Sky`s story. Perhaps most excitingly, you can now play the entirety of No Man`s Sky in virtual reality using either Steam VR or PlayStation VR. The multiplayer introduced in the NEXT update has also been expanded upon, with the Space Anomaly transforming into an all-new hub area able to support up to 16 players at a time on all platforms. Throughout the rest of the universe, the player count has been raised from four to eight on console and from four to 32 on PC. Any other space explorers you discover are now represented with full character models, too, allowing you to see each other`s character and ship customisations. As well as giving you the ability to browse and visit other player`s bases via the Space Anomaly, Beyond will also highlight the best bases created by the No Man`s Sky community and allow you to visit them. Multiplayer missions are also now initialised from the Space Anomaly via the Nexus. A large set of unique missions is currently available, in ...
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