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No Man’s Sky’s foundation in procedural generation means that Sony’s upcoming PlayStation 4 Neo could substantially change the game beyond surface-level improvements, developer Hello Games has proposed. Hello CEO Sean Murray told theDaily Starthat because No Man’s Sky is procedurally generated, rather than handcrafted, more powerful hardware doesn’t just mean …
Read More »Hello Games: PS4 Neo could ‘fundamentally change’ No Man’s Sky
‘More powerful hardware doesn’t just mean upgraded textures or a higher framerate,’ CEO Sean Murray enthuses about title's procedural framework
Read More »Vlambeer’s Rami Ismail defends No Man’s Sky day one patch
Uses Hello Games sci-fi adventure as an example of devs facing a flawed certification process
Read More »No Man’s Sky probably won’t arrive on Steam until Friday evening
It’s finally here. In the US, anyway. One of the most hyped and anticipated games of recent times releases on PS4 in the US today (August 9th). It arrives in the UK tomorrow (August 10th). But PC gamers will have to wait a few more days for their fix. After …
Read More »Vlambeer dev explains why day one patches are a modern necessity
Folk are en masse bemoaning the huge day one patch that will bring with it a wipe of No Man’s Sky’s servers, but launch patches are a side-effect of the modern console games industry. That’s according to Vlambeer’s Rami Ismail, who has in a lengthy blog post explained the structures …
Read More »Early No Man’s Sky players face progress wipe
There are plenty of No Man’s Sky copies already out in the wild, but those who already have the game should think twice before putting in a serious number of hours. Hello Games has confirmed that a huge patch will go live for the game on launch day – which …
Read More »Gamer drops $1,300 on early copy of No Man’s Sky
The game is out in less than two weeks, but for one gamer that was simply too long to bare. A Reddit user going by the name Daymeeuhn has paid out a truly mind blowing $1,300+ to land an early copy of No Man’ Sky. He then proceeded to dump …
Read More »Tiny delay for No Man’s Sky on PC
No Man’s Sky won’t quite launch day and date on PC and PS4. The game’s website has confirmed that the PC version of the space adventure will arrive on August 12th. That’s a couple of days after the European release on August 10th and three days after the August 9th …
Read More »Hello Games accused of failing to license No Man’s Sky universe generation ‘superformula’
Dutch company Genicap claims it owns the rights to maths behind procedural creation of near-infinite number of planets
Read More »No Man’s Sky keeps its name after legal tussle with Sky TV
Upcoming space sim No man’s Sky has avoided the need to change its name. Hello Games boss Sean Murray has revealed that the studio has settled a three-year legal dispute with BskyB, which felt it had ownership of the term ‘Sky’. Indeed, so protective is it of the word the …
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