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No Man's Sky Rolls Out Beacon Update with Town Management and Free Switch2 Edition

Players can now run thriving space towns with higher-resolution visuals, full multiplayer support, cross-save, gyro controls, touch-screen support on Nintendo's next console

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A red ape-man struts across the surface of an alien world.
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Overview

  • The Beacon update introduces city-builder mechanics by overhauling settlements, allowing players to become mayors, construct and upgrade buildings, manage inhabitants and hire wingmen to defend towns.
  • Beacon goes live June 4 across Mac, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Nintendo Switch.
  • A free Switch2 Edition launches June 5 for existing Switch owners, bundling the Beacon features with next-generation optimizations.
  • The Switch2 Edition boosts graphics with higher resolution, improved framerate and texture density while adding full multiplayer, cross-save, cross-play, gyro control and touch-screen support.
  • Hello Games spent over a year refining the Switch2 port using secret Nintendo dev kits and continues its nine-year post-launch commitment with this 38th named update.