‘No Man’s Sky’ channels ‘Dune’ in ‘Emergence’ update

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No Man’s Sky is taking a few cues from the classic sci-fi universe of Dune, with desert planets, dark cults, and rideable sandworms coming to the spacefaring exploration game.As developer Hello Games details in a blog post (thanks, Eurogamer), the upcoming Expedition Four: Emergence will also be the first event to feature a specific narrative, with players finding themselves marooned on the desert world of Wasan and forced to cleanse the planet of “cursed dust” as they try to escape.Setting the scene, Hello Games details that “across the universe, planets have been blighted by the activity of Titan Worms.

These colossal sandworms plough through the desert sands, blacking out the sun as they arc overhead, and defiling the very terrain with.