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Anna Koselke

No Man's Sky updates like Xeno Arena take "2-3x" longer on Switch 2 and Steam Deck because Hello Games has to beat "impossible memory constraints," engineer says

No Man's Sky.

No Man's Sky recently received its big Xeno Arena update, introducing a fun Pokemon and Palworld-esque creature battling system that fans had been requesting for nearly two years – and now, it'll finally be available on Switch 2, too.

Although Hello Games does its best to release updates on all platforms in a timely manner, it's unsurprisingly difficult to port patches evenly. That's why, even though Xeno Arena dropped on PC and most consoles on April 8, it's taken longer to come out on portable devices like Nintendo's Switch 2. It's happening now, thankfully, but developers are well aware of the wait – engine programmer Martin Griffiths included.

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