Enlarge / What better way to celebrate 43.3 million copies sold than to add some paid DLC? (credit: Nintendo) Nintendo fans who watched the game maker’s latest announcement-filled Nintendo Direct video may have hoped to see reveals of previously announced Switch sequels like Metroid Prime 4 or the sequel to Breath of the Wild. Sadly, […]
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, […]
Enlarge / No Man’s Sky added a bunch of trippy stuff this week, including rideable mounts. We love mounts. But we also love frames, so hence, we’re analyzing the game’s newfound use of DLSS, specifically in its punishing VR mode. (credit: Hello Games) Over the past few years, Nvidia’s Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS) standard has […]
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 […]