No Man's Sky Finally Lands Cross-Save Features In New Update
Plus, Mass Effect's Normandy returns
by Jim Norman · Nintendo LifeYou've got to hand it to No Man's Sky developer Hello Games, that team sure knows how to roll out the updates. Just weeks after the spooky 'Cursed' update landed, another patch is set to blast off today with cross-save features as its headline addition.
Starting today, Hello Games is rolling out cross-save compatibility to a select number of No Man's Sky players, so you can bring your Switch progress wherever you want to play. Now, this is an in-progress rollout, so not everyone will have access straight away. All players can now link their different accounts on the No Man's Sky cross-save website, with a small group able to select their saves from multiple devices. Hello Games says that all players will be able to do the same in "the coming weeks", so keep watching the stars.
But that's not all! The update also sees a returning ship thrown into the mix as Mass Effect's 'The Normandy' makes its NMS return. A new limited-time expedition starts today, with the chance to add the iconic cruiser to your fleet if you manage to complete it. This event will be sticking around for the next two weeks, so be sure to dive in before then if you want to showcase your Mass Effect love to the galaxy.
All of this is set to kick off today, though we know that previous patches have occasionally taken a little longer to land on Switch.
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Will you be using the No Man's Sky cross-save feature in the coming weeks? Let us know in the comments.
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Awesome, this is what I've been waiting for since the game came out on Switch two years ago. Now I can play it on the go on the Switch and continue playing on the telly with my PC. The cross-save website doesn't yet allow you to register your Switch account yet, but hopefully they'll add it soon.
Also, finally a chance to see how the beautiful Switch-exclusive red-and-blue starship looks like in 4k resolution. 😎
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- JohnnyMind
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Love to hear it for those who wanted to play the same save file on more than one system!
ANOTHER expedition?😅 I was expecting a break from the game after giving up The Cursed (whose combat milestones proved overwhelming with the annoying ghosts joining the fray right around the first quadraped wave, all the moreso after a couple such dogpiles screwed half my shield modules in the system that also happened to lack a station for buying wiring looms at), but it doesn't sound like it will last now. Still, it would redefine first world problems to seriously bellyache about content influx like this. Normandy was a Beachhead reward, right? (EDIT: indeed, the new event is literally called "Expedition 2 Redux: Beachhead"😄) Googling the matter doesn't seem to show it reprised until now, including that one expedition that already had select pre-Switch awards, so hopefully I'll make use of this opportunity.
As for cross-save, it's always welcome QoL stuff although I don't picture myself realistically using it. If I keep my fingers crossed for it (no pun intended) anywhere at all, that would be the upcoming Genshin Impact wherein I did rack up some progress elsewhere by now.
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