No Man’s Sky is finally, finally great

Occasional No Man’s Sky correspondent Josh Drummond finds the infinite space-based sandbox game just got infinitely more fun. At the beginning of this year, No Man’s Sky – 2016’s soaringly-ambitious, savagely-received space exploration not-sim – was all but done. Apart from a very small (but very enthused) player base, the numbers of which spiked briefly each … Read more

No Walkman’s Sky? No Man’s Sky developers send mysterious cassette tapes to Reddit

What’s on the tapes? Pure hype or a genuine ‘reaching out’? The Spinoff’s No Man’s Sky correspondent Josh Drummond on what is proving to be a genuine head scratcher.  This post will be updated as the story progresses, so check back often. After a launch that might be charitably described as “mixed” and uncharitably as an … Read more

The 8 hour No Man’s Sky live-stream supercut into 7 minutes

On the launch day of Hello Game’s massively anticipated No Man’s Sky Don Rowe and José Barbosa played the thing for 8 hours straight. They invited special guests and streamed it all live to the internet. This is their story heavily edited and cut into 7 minutes. Check out our other coverage of No Man’s Sky: … Read more

Hype, The Universe, and Everything – exploring the infinite expectations of No Man’s Sky

Since its announcement No Man’s Sky has exploded brains with the promise of unfettered space exploration. Can it beat the hype? Josh Drummond reckons it won’t, but not for the reasons you think. The game-changing game trailer that will change gaming begins with a black screen. Text flashes that assures us that all footage is captured … Read more