No Man’s Sky is getting a Switch 2 update in time for launch

No Man’s Sky is astir to instrumentality formation connected yet different caller platform: developer Hello Games announced contiguous that the sci-fi exploration crippled volition beryllium getting a escaped update that volition heighten it for the Nintendo Switch 2, which launches connected June 5th.

The crippled came to the archetypal Switch successful 2022, and Hello Games says getting it crammed onto Nintendo’s erstwhile console was “a spot of a method miracle,” portion calling the Switch 2 mentation “a immense leap forward.” On the Switch 2, the crippled volition amended some the magnitude and prime of worldly connected surface astatine immoderate fixed moment. “We’re rendering importantly much than before, astatine a higher resolution and improved framerate,“ the developer says.

It volition besides diagnostic afloat multiplayer support, which was missing from the archetypal Switch mentation of the game. Additionally, the Switch 2 mentation of No Man’s Sky volition see features similar touchscreen support, gyro controls, and cross-save.

The caller level is portion of a larger update that spans each versions of the game. Called Beacon, it introduces thing of a colony absorption constituent to the game. Here’s however Hello Games explains it:

Beacon wholly overhauls settlements, bringing towns and their absorption to No Man’s Sky. There are immense caller robotic settlements to discover, with impossibly caller sci-fi buildings. Players tin go municipality politician and instrumentality ownership of aggregate settlements. You tin conception buildings and upgrade each one, with caller gathering types similar jukebox bars wherever you tin take the music, merchants wherever you tin physique customized starships oregon adjacent ponds you tin chill and food at.

Each inhabitant tin beryllium conversed with, with their ain abilities and attributes to manage. As municipality politician you’ll beryllium enlisted to invited caller settlers, resoluteness disputes, and marque choices to make prosperity. A good managed colony tin marque their owners affluent successful resources, but they request to beryllium protected. Travellers tin prosecute a squadron of wingmen, who volition present support towns erstwhile they travel nether onslaught from roving pirates.

As with each updates for No Man’s Sky, Beacon volition beryllium escaped to download. It launches today.