{"id":42847,"date":"2026-04-09T00:26:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T16:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=42847"},"modified":"2026-04-09T00:26:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T16:26:37","slug":"no-mans-sky-is-adding-pokemon-style-battles-in-xeno-arena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=42847","title":{"rendered":"No Man&#039;s Sky Is Adding Pokemon-Style Battles In Xeno Arena"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/a\/uploads\/screen_medium\/1837\/18375603\/4679318-noman%27sskyxenoarena.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the nearly 10 years since its debut, No Man&#8217;s Sky has undergone some very dramatic changes. But the latest update from Hello Games has taken on even more unexpected directions, including some Pokemon-like battles in the new Xeno Arena.<\/p>\n<p>As laid out in the new patch notes, Xeno Arena&#8217;s battles will be &#8220;simulated combat,&#8221; so players&#8217; creatures of choice won&#8217;t be hurt by taking part in these matchups. The game is increasing the amount of critters that players can adopt from 18 to 30, and each one has their own set of abilities and moves that will determine their prowess in the arena.<\/p>\n<div data-embed-type=\"video\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=I0pzvZ-8yIs\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"100%\" data-video-start=\"74\">          <\/div>\n<p>There&#8217;s also a breeding aspect that can used on the Space Anomaly to genetically modify the offspring of players&#8217; creatures with an eye towards certain physical characteristics and attributes. The behavior of each creature will also determine some of its battle stats and the way it behaves during a fight.<\/p>\n<p>Continue Reading at GameSpot<br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/no-mans-sky-is-adding-pokemon-style-battles-in-xeno-arena\/1100-6539279\/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the nearly 10 years since its debut, No Man&#8217;s Sky has undergone some very dramatic changes. But the latest update from Hello Games has&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[2898,3970,7406,20017,20018,2401,20003],"class_list":["post-42847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-adding","tag-arena","tag-battles","tag-man039s","tag-pokemonstyle","tag-sky","tag-xeno","wpcat-32-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/42848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}