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EXPLAINED: Hello games - The Real Truth

Xbox Game Pass is your key to some of the year's most nominated games

They might get a trophy, but you're still the winner.

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No Man's Sky patch tests out improvements to its Pokemon-like battling update, like letting creatures poop more often

Finally

GamesRadar

No Man's Sky updates like Xeno Arena take "2-3x" longer on Switch 2 and Steam Deck because Hello Games has to beat "impossible memory constraints," engineer says

It can "take a disproportionate amount of engineering time" to nail

GamesRadar

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No Man's Sky's Xeno Arena update has given me something I never knew I needed: Pokemon battling in VR

Now Playing | In what is definitely an April Fool's joke that got out of hand, No Man’s Sky’s Xeno Arena has offered me a whole new perspective on turn-based monster battling

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No Man’s Sky Xeno Arena update adds turn-based creature battles and Arena League progression

Out of pocket monsters.

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Almost 2 years later, No Man's Sky boss finally responds to fan asking for Pokemon-style update: "We did it"

The Xeno Arena update fits the request perfectly

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Palworld and No Man's Sky crossover seems more likely than ever as Pocketpair lead shoots his shot for a "fun collab idea" moments before Hello Games' Pokemon-style update is unveiled

Pals in space, perhaps

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No Man's Sky Xeno Arena update lets you "raise, train, and battle the alien creatures found across the universe," is inspired by Hello Games' love of Pokemon, Palworld, and World of Warcraft's pet battling

You can battle against NPCs, friends, and other players

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No Man's Sky boss Sean Murray once again gets the community dancing with just a few short posts: "Save some emojis for Light No Fire buddy"

The stadium emojis are mounting

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No Man's Sky player creates stunning underwater city reminiscent of BioShock's own Rapture, and I'm not even sure this is the same game anymore

How is this even possible?

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No Man's Sky player mods in the third-person camera customization fans have wanted for almost 10 years: "Hello Games should implement this, right now"

"Sean are you listening"

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No Man's Sky player discovers new planet that looks a whole lot like Hello Games' upcoming survival sandbox: "I found Light No Fire"

The "Earth-like" world is truly a sight to behold

GamesRadar

I became a space trash collector in No Man's Sky and fell in love with a community doing the same

Now Playing | No Man's Sky is one of the most fulfilling communal experiences I've had in gaming in a long time

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No Man's Sky's latest patch fixes a bug that's in the top 2 hardest issues the devs have ever had to solve in the survival game: "Apologies this one got through"

It was "particularly tricky" to address

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No Man’s Sky Remnant update 6.2 adds gravity gun, scrap hauling, and a new expedition

Another free No Man's Sky update!

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After days of teasing No Man's Sky fans with cryptic emoji posts, Hello Games boss Sean Murray reveals new update with gravity guns, recycling, and vehicle customization that lets us build spider mechs

Remnant is officially out today

GamesRadar

No Man's Sky and Light No Fire fans in shambles as Hello Games boss Sean Murray starts tweeting emojis again: "violently shaking"

Some joke the safety vest emojis clearly mean "OSHA manuals for everyone"

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Away from 2025's biggest and best, here's what we actually played most this year

Away from the big ones of 2025, here’s what we’ve actually been playing this year, from older multiplayer games to timeless classics.

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No Man's Sky fans waiting for news on follow-up Light No Fire going through it after The Game Awards sent hopes soaring before immediately crushing them: "It's official, we wait for next year"

Light No Fire was seen at the awards show... in the form of a shirt

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From Fortnite to Helldivers 2, the best ongoing games of 2025 have kept themselves fresh

Year in Review 2025 | Whether they're in early access or are live-service titles, these games have seen continued updates

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Every game, trailer, and announcement in the 2025 PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted

25 games we're hyped about and a whole load of new reveals.

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No Man's Sky lead says Sony has a "KNACK for this kind of thing" as people try and riddle out the viral Game Awards teaser – that, or "Geoff is simply opening a hell portal"

The Elder Scrolls 6, who?

GamesRadar

No Man's Sky lead responds to reports of stolen assets in fellow open-world survival game Once Human, says the "joke's on them" because they're actually unfinished

"We forgot to LOD those rivets"

GamesRadar

Well darn, Hello Games' Sean Murray says the team working on No Man's Sky follow-up Light No Fire is "tiny" and working "in the background"

Light No Fire is somewhere out there in no man's land

PC Gamer

Sean Murray just crushed my hopes of playing Light No Fire anytime soon by describing the dev team as 'tiny' and working 'in the background' at Hello Games

It doesn't sound like it's a full-court press on Hello Games' planet-sized fantasy sandbox.

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