Sean Murray, founder of Hello Games, has given fans an update on the highly anticipated No Man’s Sky. If you genuinely have no idea about No Man’s Sky, we’ll give you a brief overview of the game. No Man’s Sky is an open-world survival adventure game. Open-world may not be the right way to describe the game, as Hello Games claim you can travel a universe filled with eight quintillion planets.
Here is Murray’s full message:
“Hello, Sean here, working super, super hard on No Man’s Sky.
Every day, the game is getting better and better, and despite all the late nights (and early mornings) we’re all working to get it finished and in your hands, it’s amazing to see it all coming together.
You might already know this, but we had to delay the game from its original June release date. It’s now August 9 in north America, and August 10 in Europe. We knew that people would be disappointed, and we’ve certainly heard a lot from some who decided to tell us all about that. But we’ve also heard some super nice words of support as we make the final push.
I’ve said it before, but No Man’s Sky is the hardest thing I’ve ever worked on. It’s even bigger 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.
So that’s what we’re doing right now, and every day I feel more sure it was the right decision. Thank you so much for your support and patience. The universe will be yours very soon.”
We are looking forward to seeing how Hello Games manages to turn No Man’s Sky into a proper game. Right now it looks like a procedurally generated world simulator with barely any game mechanics. If Hello Games can make the game part of No Man’s Sky into something that makes people want to go back to it, they could end up creating one of the greatest games of all time. It’s easy to see why Hello Games feel like they have so much pressure on them, people are expecting a lot from them.
No Man’s Sky is scheduled for release August 9th for PC and PlayStation 4.
