Now this is a pretty juicy rumour - especially if you're a fan of No Man's Sky. Cast your mind back to the time just after the game launched, and you'll probably remember all that outrage regarding the title's lack of multiplayer. Players tried to meet up with each other within the virtual universe, but it turned out that the release didn't actually support any kind of direct player-to-player interaction, despite developer Hello Game's insinuations that No Man's Sky featured a shared universe.
Jump forward to the present day, and some fans believe that multiplayer is finally heading to No Man's Sky. An alternate reality game called Waking Titan is essentially a weird marketing campaign for the intergalactic title, and those who have been keeping on top of its somewhat cryptic messaging have come up with a load of different theories on what it may eventually be leading to,
We'd be here all day going over every single detail, so we'll try to keep this short. The video that we've embedded above is actually taken from a Twitch stream to do with Waking Titan. It's strange and doesn't really make much sense, but the gist of it is that 10,000 Waking Titan players will receive a "level 4 Atlas pass" which will allow them to take part in something that begins on the 21st July.
Many believe that this "pass" will actually be a closed beta invite, and the existence of a beta generally suggests some sort of online functionality is in the works. And so, we reach the guesswork conclusion that No Man's Sky is being prepped for multiplayer. To be fair, the whole thing seems reasonable, but as with anything of this nature, we'd recommend keeping your expectations in check.
As we reported earlier, an update for No Man's Sky is supposedly dropping next month. The update was also teased via Waking Titan, so all of this may well be connected. In any case, are you still playing No Man's Sky? Would the introduction of multiplayer pull you back in? Journey to the stars in the comments section below.
[source kotaku.co.uk]
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Better late than never I suppose... I think it is commendable that the content has now been added. I wonder if this will attract any players back. The game is very very cheap now.
Multiplayer unless can be turned off in nms would stop me playing the game i do like playing nms so i hope this rumor turns out to be untrue
I know there's a lot of people that would like this, but for me personally, the isolation is the absolute best thing about it and I wouldn't be particularly bothered about encountering any other players.
@KratosMD
Released a few months after Elite : Dangerous to boot.
It's already a shared universe, and although I still dive into it every now and then, multiplayer in this sense would probably put me off for a bit.
I still have my fingers crossed for a third-person mode.
With Elite now being available, No Man's Sky has become utterly pointless for me.
Hmmm, well, it is very cheap to buy on fleabay. What would multiplayer involve? All endlessly gathering materials together? What else happens in No Man's Sky, I've always been a bit unsure.
no mans sky and oh hello games are a joke, sincerely an embarrassed Aussie
VR is what this game needs. Period
I never expected No Mans Sky to be multiplayer I loved playing it got The Platinum but still continued to play. 600Hrs in the game. I have moved on to Elite Dangerous!! Its fantastic Has Multiplayer but I am playing in solo mode. I signed up for the titan Pass Lvl 4 in No Mans Sky. If it has new content I will check it out.
Like many others said above, multiplayer in NMS would make me stop playing it. I hope, if they actually put it in, that it will be with the option to turn it off.
The last thing I need in NMS is being killed for a laugh by some idiot, after he's done excavating the terrain around my base in the shape of a penis. No, thanks.
I still go back occasionally. I enjoy it, but the constant grind for material irritates now, as I just want to explore. That said, for me the game was exactly what was promised.
Not in the least bit interested in multi-player.
Kinda feel that with the release of Elite: Dangerous, Hello Games have missed the boat when it comes to multiplayer. Most people interested in these types of games will have committed to Elite by the time this releases I imagine. Shame, NMS was a game that had incredible potential but poor marketing and a lack of in game content and missions let this game die. I get that a lot of people enjoyed it as a chill adventure game but so many people got burned that it's hard to see it ever recovering
But it already dead.
too little too late to save this dog turd of a game elite is so much better
It still seems to me that there is a big difference between Elite: Dangerous & NMS, namely the former is fly only (the planet surface trekking is purely by buggy, right?) and the latter is pretty much land exploration with the flying secondary.....right?
If that's true then they are very different games, though I would suggest to Hello Games to forget multiplayer - I too love the solace of lone exploration the game offers - and have a mission system campaign added, THAT would be very interesting!
@Galvatron I'd dive right back into NMS if they added a proper mission system and more interesting NPCs
I'd rather see co-op; say up to maybe 6 friends, than a true multiplayer...
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