Swapping Between Platforms Has Never Been Easier, As The Latest No Man's Sky Update Adds Cross-Save Feature
Since its disastrous initial release in 2016, has continued to be one of the gaming industry's best redemption stories, as updates from developer Hello Games have continued to give the game new features and content. Even in 2024, 8 years after launch, is still receiving big updates, including graphical improvements, system overhauls, and even entirely new content like fishing and new themed Expeditions.
As announced in a short trailer onHello Games' YouTube channel, a new update also implements cross-save, allowing players to share progress across different platforms by connecting their accounts to the website. The included platforms are PlayStation, Steam, Xbox, Nintendo, and GOG, although Nintendo is currently listed as «coming soon.» Notably, linking accounts will also enable Twitch Drops for, allowing players to receive extra rewards for watching streams of the game.
As shown in the trailer and detailed on the website, 's cross-save feature will work by allowing players to upload their saves to cloud storage, which can hold a maximum of five saves per player.
Once the saves have been uploaded, players can then download them to local storageon any platform where they've linked their account, allowing them to transfer progress from one platform to another. Currently, as per the website's FAQ, the feature is in beta, and will only be made available to a limited number of players, with more slots to open up later.
Notably, the implementation of cross-save is 's sixth major update in 2024, making it one of the game's more active years despite the game's long lifespan and the development of Hello Games' next project,. Most recently, 's update, added in October, added a new expedition to the game, which focused on horror aspects and forced players to adapt to a different method of interstellar travel.
A new update to one of the most expansive open-world space games has added some great new features that will have players itching to take to the sky.
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