Worlds II

January 2025

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Public Subtitle: Our Journey Continues · Phase 5 · Milestone 3
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Seasonal Commentary: When we split Worlds into two updates, we had intended to release Worlds Part II shortly afterwards. The player response to Part I was so positive that we thought actually, we want to listen to feedback and spend longer perfecting Part II. Of course, that meant it grew even bigger! We added a bunch of new biomes and creatures, as well as even more improvements to water rendering. We made "abandoned mode", an idea first introduced in Adrift, into a complete game mode. Perhaps most significantly, we added entirely new star systems - something we hadn't done since launch - which gave the narrative team a really exciting opportunity for building a new story. It gave us the freedom to add new terrain shapes and waterworlds. Finally we could add gas giants, something we had dreamt of since launch. In the background we are also working on an ambitious new game, Light No Fire. Some key tech developed for this was now being sent back - almost from the future - for No Man's Sky, allowing us to keep expanding the universe.
Seasonal Commentary Title: Worlds II