No Man's Sky (Switch) News Articles
Monday14th Nov 2022
News Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Leads Nintendo's Nominations At The Game Awards 2022
Neon White, Sifu, and Tunic all net 3 noms each
The nominations are out for Geoff Keighley's yearly glamorous advertising and awards event, The Game Awards, which will be broadcast on Thursday, December 8th. Now, we're all well aware by this point that Nintendo's representation on these lists is usually pretty lacking until you get to the indies...
Tuesday1st Nov 2022
Video New Switch Hardware Won't Stop Bad Ports
Port-ability
There's been a fair number of Switch ports this year alone. Some are surprising, others long-awaited and requested, but every time a game on another system makes its way onto Nintendo's hybrid console, there's always a bit of a debate that often leads to a discussion of the Switch 2, Switch Pro — whatever you want to call it. The...
Wednesday19th Oct 2022
Random You Can Now Walk Down Guildford High Street In No Man's Sky
Shop local
Ah, No Man's Sky. The bliss intergalactic traveller where you can visit an infinite number of planets, discover new species, push the boundaries of physical advancement and now, it seems, visit the high streets of small English towns. Yes, that's right. Tired with the procedural generation of an endless galaxy and just wishing for the...
Video Digital Foundry's Technical Analysis Of No Man's Sky On Switch
"Compromised but playable"
Earlier this month, Hello Games released its space-exploration RPG No Man's Sky on the Nintendo Switch. The tech experts over at Digital Foundry have now taken a closer look at the game's performance on the hybrid system, summing it up as "comprised but playable". The game uses temporal anti-aliasing, but it's coverage...
Friday14th Oct 2022
UK Charts NieR:Automata And No Man's Sky Switch Ports Make Decent Debut
FIFA 23 stays up top
We're at the tail end of the week already, but last week's UK chart data from GfK has just come in, and there's no change at the top as FIFA 23 retains the top spot. Not surprising in the UK — though the Switch version only makes up 8% of those sales given that it's the Legacy Edition — but Splatoon 3 is still comfortably in...
Monday10th Oct 2022
News No Man's Sky Waypoint Update Is Now Live On Switch
Adds Relaxed Mode, Switch Bonuses And More
Update [Mon 10th Oct, 2022 13:30 BST]: Releasing on other consoles late last week, No Man's Sky's Waypoint update is now available on Switch. This means that all of the new features mentioned below are now fully playable on the Nintendo console - including the Switch-specific rewards. We have been having...
Monday3rd Oct 2022
News No Man's Sky Creator Is Happy To Leave Microtransactions Out Of The Game
"what we enjoy is delivering value to players"
We are but a few short days away from No Man's Sky's inaugural flight to Switch on October 7th and we are buckling in to see how this massive game plays on Nintendo's comparatively tiny console. In order to put some of our fears to rest, we recently got the chance to sit down with the game's creator,...
Video We Played Some No Man's Sky On Switch - Here's What We Thought
An early hands-on with Hello Games
We are but a few short days away from the Switch release of No Man's Sky on October 7th and it is fair to say that we have been nervous to see how this frankly massive game would run on Nintendo's little console. Following a huge update to the game as we currently find it out in the wild, it seemed unlikely that...
Saturday1st Oct 2022
Video 9 Exciting New Games Coming To Nintendo Switch In October 2022
Mario + Rabbids, Bayonetta 3, Persona 5 and more!
September wasn't a bad month at all with games like Splatoon 3 and Return to Monkey Island, but October is shaping up to be even better. This month we've got a lot of heavy-hitters ranging from Switch versions of NieR:Automata and No Man's Sky to Persona 5 Royal. The Bayonetta
Sunday25th Sep 2022
News No Man Sky's 4.0 Update Will Be "Fully Focused" On The Nintendo Switch Launch
And "delivering that technical mini miracle"
One of the many titles coming to the Nintendo Switch next month is the ambitious space epic No Man's Sky. The release of the game lines up with the 4.0 update, and if you're wondering what else might be included, it seems the Switch version is "the focus" of this next game update. Hello Games' founder...
Wednesday20th Jul 2022
News No Man's Sky's New Endurance Update Confirmed For The Ever-Expanding Switch Port
To boldly go where no update has gone before
News of Hello Games' Switch release of No Man's Sky on 7th October has us all fizzing with excitement to blast off into outer space on Nintendo's console. And with today's Endurance update hitting the game on Playstation, Xbox and PC, our expectations are rocketing even higher. No Man's Sky hardly had...
Friday24th Jun 2022
News No Man's Sky Will Launch As A "Single-Player Experience" On Switch
No mention of multiplayer
In case you missed it, Hello Games' ambitious space epic No Man's Sky will be coming to the Switch on October 7th. If you're looking forward to experiencing the game with friends or other players, in general, you may have to potentially wait for an update later down the line. According to the official game website, No...
Thursday23rd Jun 2022
News No Man's Sky For Nintendo Switch Gets A Firm Release Date
Blast off later this year
No Man's Sky, Hello Games' ambitious space epic, has finally secured a release date for the Switch. The good news is you won't be waiting too long either, as it will be landing both physically and digitally on October 7th, 2022. Originally debuting on the PS4 back in 2016, the game was met with decidedly mixed reception...
Wednesday25th May 2022
News The "Finishing Touches" Are Being Added To No Man's Sky On Switch
See you soon, space
No Man's Sky for Switch was confirmed back in Nintendo's February Direct. Scheduled for a summer release, we've not had many updates on this hybrid version — which is confirmed to be coming with all 20 previous updates, including the two newest ones — since its announcement. But in a press release for today's Leviathan...
Thursday10th Feb 2022
News No Man's Sky Has Been Secretly In The Works For Two Years, And There's More Info To Come
But will it be a cloud version?
No Man's Sky is coming to the Nintendo Switch, which many people — especially those who've played the ambitious spacefaring saga on other platforms — are a little sceptical of. How are they going to fit an entire procedurally-generated galaxy in the comparatively tiny Switch? Hello Games' Sean Murray took to the...
Wednesday9th Feb 2022
News Spacefaring Epic 'No Man's Sky' Is Coming To Nintendo Switch
Space, man
Hello Games' epic space exploration title No Man's Sky is coming to Nintendo Switch, it has been confirmed. Originally released in 2016 for PlayStation 4 and PC, the game overcame launch issues to become one of the most immersive titles of its kind. It came to Xbox One in 2018, and PS5 and Xbox Series X/S in 2020. Amazingly, it looks...
