No Man's Sky Launches the Swarm Update
IGN • • technology
Key Points:
- Hello Games has released The Swarm update for No Man's Sky, introducing a massive, Death Star-like structure in space and the game's largest space battles to date against the Hive of Glass threat.
- Players are divided into three factions through a personality test and must cooperate and compete in missions to build the Prismatic Core and combat the Hive, with progress tracked publicly in-game and online.
- The update features new enemy types, including agile swarmer ships and the formidable Hive of Glass boss, plus planetary missions involving salvaging crashed drones and sabotaging the swarm network.
- Rewards for participating include new cosmetics, weapons, and customization sets, while numerous stability, performance, and quality-of-life improvements have been implemented across platforms.
- The Swarm expedition will run for approximately eight weeks, encouraging large-scale community engagement and strategic gameplay in both space and planetary environments.