No Man’s Sky just got a creepy Lovecraftian update in time for Halloween

There is no such thing as a larger commercial for the virtues of endurance than No Man’s Sky. The sport was an underwhelming fart when it first released again in 2016. Now it’s top-of-the-line titles round, due to continuing support by developer Hey Video games. The corporate simply dropped a surprise Halloween-themed update and it’s fairly darned cool.

The most recent launch is named The Cursed and it’s crammed to the brim with creepy stuff to expertise. There’s an entire new “twilight universe” the place “gamers will battle to maintain a grip on actuality whereas haunted by visions and voices from one other dimension.” Time can shift unexpectedly and gamers may encounter “spectral anomalies.” There’s additionally no FTL on this twisted realm, forcing gamers to strategically use the traditional portal community.

This type of reality-bending nonsense appears plucked straight out of the Gamecube classic Eternal Darkness or, extra just lately, the horror fishing sim Dredge. I’m very a lot right here for it.

To navigate this cursed house, there’s a brand new ship to pilot. The Boundary Herald Starship is a professional flying saucer, created from a “Giger-esque coil of tubes, pipeworks and engines.” It’s an actual magnificence and the developer’s first try at designing a retro-style spaceship. The replace additionally contains bioluminescent pets and a brand new exosuit.

This can be a limited-time occasion, as gamers will solely have round three weeks to discover this twilight universe. Nonetheless, the glow-in-the-dark pets, up to date exosuit and, fortunately, the flying saucer are right here to remain.

That is simply the newest gameplay replace for No Man’s Sky. To this point, there have been over 35 main named updates and lots of extra medium-sized patches and the like. In current months, the builders added the ability to fish and integrated new weather systems.