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No Man’s Sky’s 17th free content update adds bustling, task-filled settlements

Your friendly settlement, complete with a friendly neighborhood robo-walker suit. [credit: Hello Games ] Can you believe it has been five years since the gaming Internet first lost its mind about No Man’s Sky? The ambitious game launched in 2016 with a seemingly infinite galaxy and clearly finite mechanical systems—a beautiful portal to interactive zen, […]

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No Man’s Sky confirms Mass Effect crossover, adds iconic Normandy SR-1 to fleet

Joker appears to have jumped halfway across the galaxy and hit a target the size of a pinhead. That target happens to be an entirely different video game: No Man’s Sky! [credit: Hello Games ] We at Ars Technica love crossover events in every pop-culture format, but they’re arguably the best in video games, since […]