Player numbers for No Man's Sky have reached a five-year-high following the recent release of Worlds Part 1, a massive update that, among other things, added a host of new content to the game and overhauled some aspects of the sci-fi experience's graphics. No Man's Sky developer Hello Games has already started working on a new project, but the studio has assured fans that work on its earlier survival title is far from over.
Aside from introducing a new Expedition, delivering a long list of bug fixes, and providing several quality-of-life improvements, the 5.0 Update for No Man's Sky essentially transformed the game's visual presentation. In a blog post that was released before Worlds Part 1 went live on July 17, Hello Games founder Sean Murray highlighted some of the latest build's most notable changes, including more detailed shadows, new volumetrics, higher definition water, and even reworked wind simulation. According to Murray, the studio added these improvements in the hopes of making gamers feel as if they had stepped onto the cover of a science fiction book while spending time in No Man's Sky, and it seems as though the company's efforts have paid off, with players...
