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No Man's Sky: Xeno Arena (www.nomanssky.com)
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April 08, 2026. Hello everyone,

This is already shaping up to a big year for No Man’s Sky, as we celebrate our tenth anniversary year!

Even we struggle to know how we pulled off so many large updates in 2025. 2026 is building steadily on that momentum. Our small team is excited to share our latest update…

Our new update is called XENO ARENA and it's pretty wild! Xeno Arena lets you raise, train and battle the alien creatures found across the universe. Most of the planets you’ve visited in your travels have always been teeming with wildlife - and now, for the first time, those creatures are not just your companions, but your squad and maybe your champions!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I0pzvZ-8yIs

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[–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

I never would have imagined we would be getting Pokemon in NMS.

Kind of neat about Iteration: Oceanus, I've got a feeling they will be expanding on adding more types of mini games with this new NPC.

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    • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    The timing of this update is funny, as soon as Nintendo lost their patent for 'summoning a non playable player to fight for you', this drops. Ever Sean's been holding onto this one for a while, or Hello Games are on the booger sugar and absolutely speed running dev time.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 6 months ago

    I personally think the two have nothing to do with one another. Other games have had pet battles for years (wow added them in 2012), but not all of them tried to emulate the look of Pokemon like pal world did.

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    [–] 21 points 7 months ago*

    Man, it's open season on Nintendo's patent minefield, isn't it? Everyone smells blood in the water thanks to Palworld.

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    [–] 10 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    No Man's Sky Pokemon Pal World update!

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    • [–] 10 points 7 months ago

    This feels like an insane April Fool's joke from them. But i love it and cannot wait to try it out!

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    [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Say whaaaaaat

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    [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    This was... Unexpected. It's a fun little mini game. I wish they had improved fauna generation with this update. It's gotten better over the years but it could be better still. If the animals were more compelling the community would be hunting for them more.

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    [–] -1 points 7 months ago

    An actual reason to play?

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