No Man's Sky (PC/PS4/XB1) | VR (Vive/PSVR2/PSVR)

[6souls]

http://kotaku.com/sources-no-mans-sk...yed-1778797365

August 9th

Hello, Sean Murray from Hello Games here, working extremely hard on our game, No Man’s Sky.

The game really has come together, and it’s such an incredible relief. As we sit an play it now, and as I watch playtesters every day, I can finally let myself get excited. We’re actually doing this.

However, as we approached our final deadlines, we realized that some key moments needed extra polish to bring them up to our standards. I have had to make the tough choice to delay the game for a few weeks to allow us to deliver something special.

After a short delay, No Man’s Sky will launch in North America on August 9, in Europe August 10, and in the UK August 12.

We understand that this news is disappointing. Making this game is the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life, but we are so close now, and we’re prepared to make the tough choices to get it right.

The universe of No Man’s Sky is incredibly vast. More than you can imagine. This is a type of game that hasn’t been attempted before, by a smaller team than anyone would expect, under an intense amount of expectation.

And despite all of that, development is genuinely going well. This is the hardest working, most talented team I’ve ever worked with, and I’m so proud of what we’re doing. For all our sakes though, we get one shot to make this game and we can’t mess it up.

To the loyal community who’s stuck by our side since the unveiling of No Man’s Sky years ago, we hope you’ll accept our sincere apology and I am humbly asking that you’ll still look forward to exploring our universe despite the slight delay.

Thank you so much, Sean

Sean Murray - Founder, Hello Games

[Silenka]

Legit. Glad they're making the hard decisions so the game is that much better.

[Odesseiron]

Listened to the guy on a podcast (thru the website we dont talk about) guy is a straight up genius. I haven't been following this game, nor am I really anticipating it. That being said, I am genuinely curious if it meets up to all the hype buildup the last couple years. It's a team of 14 or 16 people, which is insane for a game this big.

[Boyiee]

Really hate the release date, I'll be too busy with other games.

[Brill Weave]

My main issue with the game is that I've seen very little outside of the planet exploration and some vanilla combat. It's graphically stunning but at this point it's lost a ton of hype.

[Silenka]

Honestly, I want it for the novelty factor alone. I don't really care about the combat, and I think that will be very secondary to many people who just want to explore an unimaginably vast universe. As long as the exploration part is good I'll be happy, this is one game where mechanics are not going to matter to me very much.

[Scythiroth]

My main issue with the game is that I've seen very little outside of the planet exploration and some vanilla combat. It's graphically stunning but at this point it's lost a ton of hype.

Since the beginning, this game mostly just looked like an AMAZING game engine for other games and not an actual game to me.

[TheDirtyHobo]

Honestly, I want it for the novelty factor alone. I don't really care about the combat, and I think that will be very secondary to many people who just want to explore an unimaginably vast universe. As long as the exploration part is good I'll be happy, this is one game where mechanics are not going to matter to me very much.

I'm with you in spirit, but the novelty part isn't worth $60 to me. I'll be waiting until it's on sale for $20, maybe $40 if there's some serious staying power in the hype. But I'm a cheapass, so.

[Ratatapa]

Company received death threats

http://www.geek.com/games/no-mans-sk...reats-1656578/


http://www.pcgamer.com/no-mans-sky-t...llowing-delay/

[notorious bum]

This generation of low life gamers is embarrassing previous generations, who knew how to contain their adolescent rage within their own households.

[Krandor]

My main issue with the game is that I've seen very little outside of the planet exploration and some vanilla combat. It's graphically stunning but at this point it's lost a ton of hype.

Yeah, I'm not giving this game a single penny until I've really seen what it has to offer. I'm still not even sure what the point of the game is other then just wandering around.

[TheDirtyHobo]

I genuinely don't believe there were "loads" of death threats. Telling someone to kill themselves, though incredibly immature, isn't a death threat.

[notorious bum]

Unfortunately, high-profile people online don't have the luxury to dismiss any death threats as just immature and moronic, rather than psychotic and potentially serious.

[TheDirtyHobo]

Sure, treat actual death threats as serious. I'm all for that. But someone on twitter saying "I hope you die" isn't a threat, it's a passive statement of hatred. Calling it a threat is just self-victimization.

He probably did get a few threats, but I'm betting 90% of the statements were passive.

[Deftscythe]

This generation of low life gamers is embarrassing previous generations, who knew how to contain their adolescent rage within their own households.

The previous generation didn't have a direct line to the people making the games via social media. Nothing has changed, the modern internet just gave entitled man-children a soap box to stand on.

[notorious bum]

"No one man-child should have all that power."

[SephYuyX]

This is the issue with announcing games/movies too damn soon.
I don't want to hear a game announcement unless it's for sure coming out within a year.

[Krazy]

This is the issue with announcing games/movies too damn soon.
I don't want to hear a game announcement unless it's for sure coming out within a year.

Fallout 4 did it the best, imo.

[6souls]

The real reason of the delay is that they were being sued by Sky UK (formerly BSkyB) over the word Sky
Hello Games settles
https://twitter.com/NoMansSky/status/743928033942315009 | https://twitter.com/NoMansSky/status/743956071337828352

BSkyB made Microsoft change Skydrive to Onedrive.

[notorious bum]

Yo, Rupert Murdoch is a goddamn monster. How the fuck can his empire be allowed to lay havok over international courts by copywriting a generic word? Copywrite trolling is bad enough, but this is like being paid for claims of inventing the wheel or doorknobs.

So, what does this mean for all those raging 4chan lunatics that trolled death threats for the delay? Are they going to commit seppuku?