Almost 2 years later, No Man's Sky boss finally responds to fan asking for Pokemon-style update: "We did it"

No Man's Sky.

It's been nearly 10 years now since Hello Games first launched No Man's Sky into the wild – and although it suffered a shaky release, the studio is always hard at work with patches like the new Xeno Arena update to help improve the now-beloved space gem.

Seriously, it's basically become a meme now that Hello Games will never be finished with its work on No Man's Sky, as every year seems to boast a plethora of new updates – but Xeno Arena itself, a patch that packs Palworld and Pokemon-style creature battling, might've been a long time coming.

Almost two years ago now, in September 2024, a player – content creator Gothalion – requested an update that sounds a whole lot like Xeno Arena in an online post.