Hello Games has seemingly brought back a bounty of fans with the release of the NEXT update earlier this year. Many found the new content to be closer to what was promised prior to launch, which helped clean up some of the ill will felt towards the title. That said, No Man’s Sky shows no signs of stopping anytime soon, especially with The Abyss, a fresh batch of goodies that brings a bit of spookiness to the adventure.

The developer recently announced the new content, which has officially gone live across all platforms. Players may find some similarities between the update and the likes of Rapture from the BioShock franchise, but that is to be expected when everything is submerged in water. To celebrate the launch of The Abyss, Hello Games has also unveiled a new trailer that explores the depths of the features. Check it out for yourself below:

A massive amount of new content arrives with The Abyss, some of which can be seen below:

UNDERWATER GAMEPLAY AND VISUALS

• Increased the diversity of underwater biomes.
• Improved character movement in the water.
• Improved surface swimming.
• Improved swimming for customised characters.
• Allowed the torch to be used underwater.
• Improved underwater and swimming cameras.
• Improved camera behaviour when approaching the surface of the water.
• Added support for jetpacking underwater.
• Increased the probability of oxygen spawning as a secondary resource underwater.
• Increased the depths at which underwater buildings can spawn.
• Prevented drones spawning underwater or following you deep underwater.
• Added underwater only emotes.
• Improved underwater character and swimming audio.
• Improved underwater prop placement and object densities.
• Improved terrain editing underwater and fixed an issue where it could rapidly propel the player upwards.
• Improved colours of the water surface, and underwater effects.
• Improved foam effect at the edges of water and objects.
• Fixed an issue where a line could be seen round underwater objects and the underwater horizon.
• Improved water visuals at night.
• Removed a hard pixelated edge seen at the edge of water.

FISH AND UNDERWATER CREATURES

• Improved detection of whether the player is inside a building while underwater.
• Improved general fish shoal behaviour.
• Increased spawn rates of fish and creatures underwater.
• Improved predatory fish movement and behaviour.
• Improved logic for spawning and despawning underwater creatures.
• Improved movement of underwater cow and rodent type creatures.
• Improved and added to fish and underwater creature audio.
• Added jellyfish, clams, crabs, and abyssal horrors.

Many more aspects have been either added or tweaked, including new base-building components, a new vehicle to explore underwater, additional missions, and much more. You can check out everything that is shiny and new in the patch notes right here. No Man’s Sky is currently available on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Keep it tuned to Don’t Feed the Gamers as this story develops, and for other gaming goodness going on right now, check out the following:

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What say you, gamers? Are you ready to adventure off into The Abyss? Have you been enjoying No Man’s Sky since the NEXT update, or have you been there since the beginning? Sound off in the comments section below, and be sure to follow DFTG on Twitter for live gaming and entertainment news 24/7!