New Update, 'Next', to Launch in August Along with XBox One Release

Hello Games has announced that "Next" is an upcoming expansion to the game and that it is expected to launch in August of this year. In addition, the team revealed plans to bring the game to XBox One alongside the currently existing PlayStation 4 and PC versions. 

There are no details about what "Next" will entail, though co-founder Sean Murray said that much of the new content and feature improvements is based on player feedback and that it will expand story themes.

We call this update "Next" because it's an important next step on a longer journey for us and the community. We've been working our socks off on this and it's by far our biggest update so far. It will be free to existing players and we'll continue to support No Man's Sky in this way for the foreseeable future.

We've learned a lot over the last few years, faster than we would have liked. I'd love to avoid talking completely and just make things people can play, but we knew this was going to leak anyway and I think it's news that should make a lot of folks happy.

We'll keep you posted as more details are released. In the meantime, head to the No Man's Sky site.