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No Man's Sky: Desolation

Scavenge and survive in the haunted wreckage of derelict freighters with the Desolation update. Introducing procedurally-generated freighters, more story content, combat improvements, freighter customisation…

16 July 2020

No Man's Sky: Desolation is a video game developed by Hello Games, released 16 July 2020 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What No Man's Sky: Desolation is

No Man's Sky: Desolation was developed by Hello Games and released in 2020. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Scavenge and survive in the haunted wreckage of derelict freighters with the Desolation update. Introducing procedurally-generated freighters, more story content, combat improvements, freighter customisation and more!
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

No Man's Sky: Desolation launched on 16 July 2020, within three weeks of Ghost of Tsushima, Fortnite, Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout and Fall Guys. It arrived 7 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Ghost of Tsushima, Fortnite, Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout, Fall Guys.

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When did No Man's Sky: Desolation come out?
No Man's Sky: Desolation was released on 16 July 2020 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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