Ever since launch, one of the cornerstones of No Man’s Sky has been the strange fauna that you encounter on most of the planets you visit. Players are almost certain to come across unique looking alien lifeforms as they make their way through the universe, but up until now, interaction with them was mostly limited to scanning them to add their data to your encyclopedia. That all changes today with the arrival of No Man’s Sky‘s first content update for 2021, dubbed Companions.
As the name suggests, the Companions update allows you to tame the alien lifeforms you encounter and turn them into your pets. It sounds like you can tame any lifeform you come across, no…