Summary
- Xeno Arena is the latest free update for all No Man’s Sky players.
- Build a team of battle creatures and enter them into gladiatorial contests at the Xeno Arena.
- Optimize your tactics by learning your creature’s strengths and weaknesses or upgrading them through genetic modifications.
Last month’s Remnant update caused much hilarity as you tooled with your newfangled gravity guns and customisable exocraft, transporting precarious industrial cargo across uneven terrain in a classic risk vs. reward fight. Our latest update is a whole different beast.
Introducing… Xeno Arena, an all-new beast battler for No Man’s Sky! Build your pet squad. Beef up your animal stats. Train your ultimate fighting team. And throw down in epic simulated showdowns in the Xeno Arena.
Xeno Arena playfully brings attention back to the creatures you have been adopting throughout your adventures and turns them from journey companions into potentially lucrative battle pets.
The Space Anomaly has recently been decked out with an array of holodeck tables where you can enter your most powerful animals in simulated battles with other space farers for bragging rights and tangible rewards. If you prefer a more solitary journey, there are also NPC alien lifeforms to challenge at Space Stations – including champion battlers who take expert advantage of the local wildlife’s biome affinities, and reigning champion iteration: Oceanus at the Anomaly.
Choose wisely and understand each of your creature’s unique attributes to prevail against your opponent and reap the spoils on the table. The size, agility, species, and origins all play a part in a successful tactical encounter, and you must be strategic in your selection and respond strategically to your contender’s every move.
Moreover, there are hundreds of attack, defence and healing abilities to discover and master, such that each companion combination has countless ways of engaging with your combatant.
There is even the option to genetically evolve your creatures, fine-tune their capabilities, and complement the other members of the pack to create the ultimate battle squad. Win battles to rise in the ranks of the Arena League and earn in-game medals and titles.
And when it comes to your squad, there’s strength in depth so the number of creatures you can adopt at any one time has been raised from 18 to 30.
Now there is more reason than ever to befriend and nurture the beasts you encounter throughout the universe as you build up your squad in readiness for the next Xeno Arena face-off.
Our journey continues.
No Man’s Sky
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Inspired by the adventure and imagination that we love from classic science-fiction, No Man’s Sky presents you with a galaxy to explore, filled with unique planets and lifeforms, and constant danger and action.
In No Man’s Sky, every star is the light of a distant sun, each orbited by planets filled with life, and you can go to any of them you choose. Fly smoothly from deep space to planetary surfaces, with no loading screens, and no limits. In this infinite procedurally generated universe, you’ll discover places and creatures that no other players have seen before – and perhaps never will again.
Embark on an epic voyage
At the centre of the galaxy lies a irresistible pulse which draws you on a journey towards it to learn the true nature of the cosmos. But, facing hostile creatures and fierce pirates, you’ll know that death comes at a cost, and survival will be down to the choices you make over how you upgrade your ship, your weapon and suit.
Find your own destiny
Your voyage through No Man’s Sky is up to you. Will you be a fighter, preying on the weak and taking their riches, or taking out pirates for their bounties? Power is yours if you upgrade your ship for speed and weaponry.
Or a trader? Find rich resources on forgotten worlds and exploit them for the highest prices. Invest in more cargo space and you’ll reap huge rewards.
Or perhaps an explorer? Go beyond the known frontier and discover places and things that no one has ever seen before. Upgrade your engines to jump ever farther, and strengthen your suit for survival in toxic environments that would kill the unwary.
Share your journey
The galaxy is a living, breathing place. Trade convoys travel between stars, factions vie for territory, pirates hunt the unwary, and the police are ever watching. Every other player lives in the same galaxy, and you can choose to share your discoveries with them on a map that spans known space. Perhaps you will see the results of their actions as well as your own…
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