No Man’s Sky Gets New Gameplay Trailer Featuring New Multiplayer

By Christian Pepitoon
No Man's Sky NEXT update

Game developer Hello Games has finally delivered a new gameplay trailer based on the upcoming and needed NEXT update for No Man’s Sky. It finally adds the most anticipated feature of all.

No Man’s Sky upcoming update adds new feature

The upcoming update finally launches the most-sought feature of the video game: multiplayer. This feature will be added to the game in-game next week with the NEXT update. The new trailer focuses on this much-requested element in the game and shows just what they can expect from playing with others.

The first gameplay footage also features other items that will be added in the game. It shows off the new third-person perspective.

Here are the notes of this upcoming update:

  • New Multiplayer Mode
  • Team up with a small group of friends to explore the universe together, or joined with random travellers online
  • Help friends stay alive, or prey on others to survive
  • Build shelter or complex colonies together to share with your team
  • Fight as a pirate or a wingman in epic space battles with friends and enemies
  • Race exocraft across weird alien terrains, creating race tracks and trails to share online

Extensive Visual Overhaul

  • Play in third or first person, both on-foot and in ship
  • Gaze on planetary rings and improved space visuals that make space more beautiful than ever
  • Explore dramatically improved planetary terrain generation, ground textures, water and clouds that bring the environment to life
  • Enjoy significantly more detail added to ships, NPCs and buildings

Unlimited Base Building

  • Build bases anywhere on any planet, with hundreds of new base parts added to the game
  • Create bigger and better bases than ever before, with dramatically increased base building complexity and size limits
  • Architect and own multiple bases

Command Freighters:

  • Assemble and upgrade a fleet of frigates and command them from the bridge of your freighter
  • Send your fleet out to into the universe or deploy them to help you as you explore a specific system
  • Build a truly custom capital ship with improved freighter base building
  • Invite your friends aboard and take on challenging multiplayer missions from the Galactic Commision Station on your bridge

The game is currently available on PlayStation 4 and PC, and will arrive on Xbox one later on. The NEXT update will launch on July 24.

Check out the gameplay trailer below:

Source: Official Website