No Man’s Skyhas gone from strength to strength over the past few years, and it seems like the next big update may be on the horizon. It’s difficult to talk aboutNo Man’s Skywithout making reference to its disastrous state at launch, but the general consensus surrounding the game as of writing is that it eventually met and exceeded expectations through iterative updates.
No Man’s Skyis featured as a PS VR2 launch title, releasing worldwide on June 07, 2025, at which point it will be available on every modern platform. The major 4.0 update,Waypoint,saw the game arrive on the Switch, albeit with some restrictions when compared to other platforms.
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While it might seem like an innocuous tweet to the uninitiated, Hello Games founder Sean Murray habitually teases major updates forNo Man’s Skyby tweeting emojis. A man of few words, his Twitter timeline contains a lot of emojis but mostly in reaction togorgeous screenshots fromNo Man’s Skyor other news related to it. The teaser tweets he is famous for are usually standalone, containing only a single emoji that is in some way connected to the next update. This time around, Sean Murray has tweeted a snowflake emoji, sending the community into a frenzy of speculation and excitement.
Sean Murray’s hints are usually highly cryptic, and while there are plausible theories abound, it’s nearly impossible to know what the next update might contain. One highly requested feature forNo Man’s Skyis multiple biomes on each planet, including polar ice caps, but more conservative theories for the next update posit a new expedition or updates to the weather system. Examples of Sean’s previous teasers are an orange (a rather cryptic clue hinting at theOriginsupdate) and a compass (for theNo Man’s SkyWaypoint4.0 update.)
The timing of Sean Murray’s teaser tweet could mean that the next big update forNo Man’s Skywill arrive with the launch of PS VR2, but the timing between his tweets and the arrival of the update isn’t always consistent, so fans should manage their expectations accordingly and not get carried away by some of the wild speculation from the more idealistic members of the community. The last majorNo Man’s Skyupdate left some fans disappointed, but hopefully that will be remedied with whatever it is that Hello Games has in store for the game.
No Man’s Skyis available on PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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