The Fractal update is the game’s first major patch of 2023.
I’m beginning to worry that Hello Games can’t stop working on No Man’s Sky at this point. It just put out No Man’s Sky’s 163rd update (opens in new tab)—which it’s calling Fractal—bringing a new starship, a new expedition, a robotic companion, and other bits and bobs to its space-based exploration and survival game.
The update has been timed to coincide with the release of Sony’s PS VR2 (opens in new tab), so the game is getting a « virtual reality overhaul » on all platforms. That means the UI has « been completely remade for virtual reality, » and a bunch of in-game interactions have gotten « special VR-only options » like lifting up your cockpit by hand, grabbing objects in the world, or straight-up punching aliens you come across.
