Summary
No Man’s Skyhas officially rolled out two hotfix updates, 5.26 and 5.27, which are now available for players on all platforms. TheseNo Man’s Skyupdates aim to improve the overall gameplay experience by addressing a variety of bugs, enhancing stability, and optimizing performance.
Released in 2016,No Man’s Skyis an action-adventure survival game set in a vast sci-fi universe with a focus on exploration. Following an initial launch that did not meet expectations, Hello Games has worked to enhance the game by adding missing features, resolving technical issues, and addressing bugs, resulting in a more refined experience. Regular updates continue to improve the game, ranging from technical fixes to the introduction of new content, such as the Octoberrelease ofNo Man’s SkyExpedition 16: The Cursed, which brought themed adventures, additional challenges, and exclusive rewards for players.
Now, Hello Games has released two hotfixes forNo Man’s Sky, namely 5.26 and 5.27. Patch 5.26 focuses on resolving various issues, such as fixing a bug that caused the Boundary Herald starship to struggle with landing and addressing visual glitches in the ship’s canopy animation. Several fixes improveNo Man’s Sky’s cloud save functionality, including resolving problems with the cross-save banner appearing unnecessarily, save spinners displaying longer than needed, and rare cases of saves failing to load correctly. Additionally, the patch introduces optimizations like faster PC load times, VR enhancements, and texture memory improvements. Platform-specific fixes include resolving crashes near the second rendezvous point in the Beachhead Expedition on PlayStation 5 and addressing visual corruption on Xbox One, along with rare crashes related to Multi-Tools and planetary rendering.
Patch 5.27 is smaller in scope but still tackles several issues to refine the gameplay experience. This update fixes a bug that caused certainNo Man’s Skyship typesto struggle with landing and resolves a crash when flying starships over land. On the Nintendo Switch, a graphical corruption issue occurring during interactions with NPCs has been fixed. Together, these updates demonstrate Hello Games' ongoing commitment to addressing player concerns and maintaining the stability and quality ofNo Man’s Skyacross all platforms.
Hello Games’ ongoing support is further illustrated by its responsiveness to player feedback. In October, aNo Man’s Skydeveloper prioritized fixing a game-breaking bugafter learning a player had invested 611 hours into the game. This dedication to the community has transformedNo Man’s Skyinto one of the most celebrated redemption stories in gaming, cementing its place as a favorite among sci-fi exploration fans.
No Man’s Sky
WHERE TO PLAY
Lose yourself in a vast sci-fi odyssey as you explore a near-infinite, procedurally generated universe. Set out from the edge of the Euclid galaxy and carve out your own interstellar existence in a vast universe teeming with life, danger and near-endless mystery. No Man’s Sky is a hugely-ambitious, heavily-stylised, sci-fi adventure that spans entire galaxies all brought to life with procedural generation. Travel through an endless array of increasingly diverse and dangerous star systems, prospecting for rare materials, trading with alien life, populate planets and searching for clues to the meaning of the universe’s mysterious existence. How you survive is up to you. Assemble entire fleets of dreadnought-class freighters and tear across the universe; build sprawling habitable bases across planet surfaces, beneath the ground or under the ocean; buy and upgrade your own weapons and star ships and do battle with outlaw space pirates, hostile alien fauna or the mysterious sentinel fleets. The universe is yours to explore - trillions upon trillions of planets, waiting to be discovered.
